Beth Bond wrote: > > Hi, > Can someone tell me what the letters IHS on a tombstone mean? Was it some > sort of an organization? In this case it is on a monument type stone. From a Web site called "The City of the Silent" http://www.alsirat.com/silence/index.html in hoc salus (I.H.S.) - There is safety in this. Ann -- Ann Avery Hunter Richmond, Virginia mailto:[log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html