The Association for Gravestone Studies

he following list contains links to web sites pertaining to the study and preservation of gravestones. While efforts are made to update this site regularly no guarantee is made that all links are current or monitored.

Cemetery Pages/Gravestone Resources by Region or Topic

Alabama
Alabama Historical Commission-Historic Cemeteries
Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance
Magnolias & Peaches (Cemetery transcriptions in Alabama, symbolism info)

Alaska
Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery
The Lutheran Cemetery, Sitka

Arizona
Pioneers' Cemetery Association

Arkansas
Evergreen Cemetery, Fayetteville
Arkansas Gravestones

California
Colma Cemeteries
Old City Cemetery, Sacramento
Sea Breeze Pet Cemetery, Huntington Beach
Orange County Cemetery District
California Stone Carvers

Colorado
City of Boulder, Columbia Cemetery Conservation
Evergreen Cemetery Benevolent Society

Connecticut
Connecticut Gravestone Network
Connecticut Cemetery Association
The Ancient Burying Ground Association

District of Columbia
Historic Congressional Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery

Georgia
Georgia State Historic Preservation Office: Cemetery Preservation Page

Idaho
Idaho State Historical Societies Cemetery List

Illinois
Cemeteries in Peoria County
Illinois Ancestors Tombstone Project

Indiana
Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Association
Madison County Cemetery Commission
Crown Hill Cemetery
Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery in Harrison Township
Howard County, Indiana Cemeteries
Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Iowa
State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries

Kansas
Kansas cemetery list by county

Kentucky
Governor's Office Cemetery Preservation Fund

Louisiana
Save Our Cemeteries
Dead Space: St. Louis Cemetery #1

Maine
Maine Old Cemetery Association
Boneyard Art (Maritime Imagery on ME stones)
First Parish Cemetery - York

Maryland
Coalition To Protect Maryland Burial Sites

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cemetery Guide
Amherst Cemetery Records
Cape Cod Gravestones, by Robert Carlson
Crossways Cemetery, Tisbury
Middlesex County Cemetery Directory
West Tisbury Village Cemetery
Massachusetts Cemetery Association
Massachusetts Cemeteries (transcriptions)
Historic Landscape Preservation Initiative
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
Nantucket Cemeteries Inscription Project
Experience Mayhew's INDIAN CONVERTS

Michigan
Redford Cemetery Association
Whispering Pines Pet Cemetery
Michigan Tombstone Transcription Project
Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles

Minnesota
Lakewood Cemetery
Minnesota Association of Cemeteries

Missouri
Cemetery Transcriptions, 4 Counties
St. Louis Area Cemeteries List

National
Searchable gravestone photos from 23 states

New Hampshire
New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
New Hampshire Cemetery Association
Lane Tavern Burial Ground - Sanbornton

New York
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands
Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn
New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
New York State Division of Cemeteries
Lower Hudson Conference Conservation Treatment Grant Program
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery
Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island
Trinity Wall Street Cemetery
Evergreens Cemetery

New England
New England Cemetery Association
Grave Matter

North Carolina
North Carolina Cemetery Survey, by the NC Office of State Archaeology
Memorial Stones and Markers of Catawba County Confederate Soldiers

Ohio
Ohio Cemetery Preservation Society
Gravestones of Geauga County, Ohio, early 1900's
Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project
Tomb With A View
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo
Lakeview Cemetery, Bay Village
Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin (database)

Oregon
Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association
Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept.: Heritage Programs: Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries

Pennsylvania
Christ Church Burial Ground
Pennsylvania German Gravestones
The Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Phillygraves.com
List of Philadelphia Area Cemeteries
Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Home Page
African Slave Markers in Colonial Newport
Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries

South Carolina
SC Cemetery State Laws
Cemetery Preservation Handbooks
Low Country, Inc.
The Chicora Foundation

Texas
Save Austin's Cemeteries
Texas Historical Commission-Cemeteries
(Included on their site is a downloadable brochure "Rescuing a Historic Cemetery"
Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi
Save Texas Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Texas (Transcriptions)
Glenwood Cemetery (Houston) database

Washington
Washington State Paranormal Investigations and Research (WSPIR)

Vermont
Vermont Cemeteries Project (transcriptions)
Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Vermont Cemetery Association

Virginia
The Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg
VA Dept. of Historic Resources FAQ Page: Cemetery Preservation
Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association

Canada
Links to Canada Cemetery/Obituary Sites
Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, British Columbia
StonePics-Cemeteries of Newfoundland, Newfoundland
InfoPEI-List of all cemeteries on Prince Edward Island
Canadian Headstones - searchable database of gravestone photos

Czech Republic
Czech Cemeteries Database

Europe
Association for Significant Cemeteries

France
Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Germany
Museum fur Sepulkralkultur

Italy
The 'English' Cemetery, Florence

The Netherlands
The Terebinth an association devoted to the preservation of funerary culture in the Netherlands

United Kingdom
The Cemetery Research Group
Scottish Graveyards
The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery
Ireland - searchable gravestone photos
Historic Scotland - Graveyards and Gravestones Information
Scotland - Maintaining your graveyard (pdf)
Scotland - Looking after gravestones (pdf)
Scotland - Researching your graveyard (pdf)
Scotland - Sources of funding (pdf)

Jewish Cemeteries
Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning
International Survey of Jewish Monuments
International Assn. of Jewish Genealogical Societies-Netherlands Cemetery Project
Hebrew Free Burial Association
Reading Hebrew Tombstones
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
The Hebrew Free Burial Association

Cemetery Associations
N.E. Cemetery Associations

New England Cemetery Association
http://www.newenglandcemetery.org/ We are an educational organization dedicated to the collection and dissemination of information pertaining to the operation, maintenance and improvement of New England cemeteries. Our members represent all types of cemeteries including municipal, religious, private and non-profit; historical and newly developed; active and inactive. Our members come from all six of the New England states and even beyond and subscribe to the association’s Code of Ethics.

New Hampshire Cemetery Association
http://www.nhcemetery.org/ The purpose of the New Hampshire Cemetery Association is to promote the advancement of knowledge in the operation and maintenance of cemeteries, to facilitate the exchange of information, to create and maintain high ethical standards in cemetery administration, both active and historical, and to secure the advantage to be obtained by mutual cooperation. Any person or organization directly engaged in the operation of a cemetery in the State of New Hampshire should be a member of this Association. The dues are $20 per year per person. Contact: Jeff Snow, Edgewood Cemetery, 107 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 03064 - 594-3327 or snowj@nashuanh.gov

The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhoga/ The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association is a non-profit organization composed of genealogists, historians, cemetery officials and other interested individuals dedicated to preserving the historical graveyards of New Hampshire. Our bylaws can be
viewed here. We seek to promote the knowledge of New Hampshire History by bringing together people interested in old graveyards. We continue to foster an interest in the discovery, maintenance, records preservation and cataloging of graveyards and cemeteries. Contact: Jean Mertinooke, President - 24 Highland Road, Kensington, NH 03833-5850

Massachusetts Cemetery Research
http://www.mass-doc.com/cemetery_research.htm Cemetery research in Massachusetts is probably one of the most unique research tools available to the family genealogist. Stones in some cemeteries date back to the early 17th century. Clues found in this type of research can help to positively prove relationships, find "unknown" relatives and provide birth and death information that has been forever lost.

Vermont Cemetery Association
http://www.vermontcemeteryassociation.org/ The fundamental purpose for which this association exists is to inspire continued effort toward the improvement of Vermont cemeteries. To this end it seems essential that we declare the principles and ethics upon which rests the successful administration of our affairs.

Maine Cemetery Association
http://www.mainecemeteryassociation.org/ The goals of the Association shall be the advancement of good, ethical cemetery management, and the free exchange of ideas between the Association’s members. Maine Cemetery Association PO Box 663 Bangor, ME 04402 (207) 945-6589

Connecticut Cemetery Association
http://www.ctcemetery.org/ The objective of the association shall be to promote the advancement of practical knowledge in the operation and maintenance of cemeteries, to create and maintain high ethical standards in the conduct of cemetery administration, and subscribe to the established code of ethics. Raymond C. Scholl, President, Connecticut Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 63, Ansonia, CT 06401 (203) 734-3577

Connecticut Gravestone Network
http://www.ctgravestones.com/aboutCGN.htm Organized in 1995, the Connecticut Gravestone Network's purpose is to educate the public on the importance of old graveyards and cemeteries in our history. It also promotes an appreciation for gravestone carving respected for the valuable art form that it is.

New York State Association of Cemeteries
http://www.nysac.com/ The New York State Association of Cemeteries (NYSAC) is comprised of approximately 525 cemeterians and crematory members throughout New York, and approximately 50 supplier members throughout the United States and Canada - all working together to provide professional services to the communities they serve. The purpose of the New York State Association of Cemeteries is to the furtherance of effective cemetery management and operation for better community service

Cemetery Theft Issues
Theft of cemetery ornaments in Northeast Texas
http://www.ctgravestones.com/theft.htm

Carvers and Links
Karin Sprague
904 Tourtellot Hill Road
North Scituate RI 02857
401-934-3105
karinsprague@aol.com

Sarah A. Madison
167 Henry St
Amherst, MA 01002
413-545-3527
madison@comcol.umass.edu

Houmann Oshidari
433 Bedford St
Lexington MA 02420
781-862-1583

The John Stevens Shop
29 Thames St
Newport RI 02840
401-846-0566

Douglas Coffin
8 Park St
Belfast ME 04915

Michael Fanning
182 Gulf Rd
Middletown Springs VT 05757
802-235-2412
fanning@vermontel.com

Allison Blake Schofield
Gravestone Carver
610 Albany Tpke.
Old Chatham, NY 12136
518 794 0047
www.wordstoobigtoread.com

Stone Conversations Mailing List
Carolina Sculpture Studio
Raspberry Bay Stone
Stone Quarries and Carvers

Conservators
Please be advised - AGS does not assume any responsibility for the performance of those listed below. Anyone using this directory assumes full responsibility for checking the consultant's credentials. Listing does not imply endorsement or recommendation by AGS and is not a demonstration of professional competence.
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Colebrook, CT
New England Cemetery Service, W. Hartford, CT
Beij, Williams and Zito Inc., Hartford, CT
Conservation Solution, Inc., Washington, DC
The Center for Historic Cemeteries Preservation, Tallahassee, FL
Ponsford Ltd. Acworth, GA
Stonehugger Cemetery Restoration, Martinsville, IN
Stone Revival Cemetery Restoration, Franklin, IN
Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration, Hartford City, IN
The Graveyard Groomer, Connersville, IN
Donna Walcovy - Marking Burials, Mashpee, MA
Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants, Concord, MA, DENTILS@aol.com
Ta Mara Conde, New Salem, MA, thechizler@yahoo.com
Blackwell's Stain Glass Restoration, Jamaica Plain, MA
Cathedral Stone Co., Hanover, MD
Grave Groomers, LLC, Minneapolis, MN
Gravestone Services of New England, Bedford, NH
Cultural Preservation and Restoration, Blairstown, NJ
C.R. Jones, Cooperstown, NY, jonesp2@telenet.net
Joseph A. Ferrannini, Hoosick Falls, NY, jaferrannini@aol.com
Gone But Not Forgotten, Fulton and Lucas Counties, OH
H.C. Wood, Inc., Lansdowne, PA
Mosko Cemetery Monument Services, Hanover, PA
The Chicora Foundation, Columbia, SC
Texas Cemetery Restoration, Dallas, TX
Tracy Coffing, Purcellville, VA , tlcoffing@earthlink.net
David Via, Round Hill, VA, dvia357@aol.com
Charles Marchant, Townshend, VT, cemassoc@svcable.net
Stone Faces & Sacred Places, Mineral Point, WI, strangstad@aol.com
Heather Lawson, Raspberry Bay Stone, Bass River, NS, Canada
Restoration Trades Directory

Preservation Information
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
International Association of Cemetery Preservationists
How to remove graffiti from historic stone
Gravestone Preservation
Lettering in Marble book
Preservation Directory.com

Genealogy Links
Wisconsin Historical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Obituaries Help - a source for obituary and vital records search
Find a Grave

Link Pages
City of the Silent
Don's Cemetery Page
Lawrence Kestenbaum's Links to resources on cemetery history and preservation
ICFA Links for cemeteries and death related issues
Forgotten Faces --This site is about the book: Forgotten Faces: A Window into our Immigrant Past, which presents a collection of well-preserved ceramic memorial portraits.

Member Links
The Cemetery Club
A Chicago Firehouse, by Karen Kruse
Meet Me In Heaven
Gravestone Girls
Powell Genealogical Services
Gravestone Images, by Terri Bertsche
Digital Cemetery Walk
Gale Wall genealogy
Richard Waterhouse - Symbolism
Falmouth, MA Cemetery Project
Green-Wood Cemetery Blog

Museums and Photo Presentations
Reed College - Early Gravestone Images
Hunterian Museum Scotland
Papaver's Gallery of Cemetery Pictures
The Farber Collection Online
Silent Cities UK pictures
Homestead UK and Paris pictures

Project Sites
GraveNet For teachers and students
Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project
The Tombstone Transcription Project
Little Crosby Church Project
Gravestone Archives (searchable database with photos from Canada and some U.S. states (Alaska, Indiana, Montana, Oregon and more)

Online Groups
Cemetery Photos
Cemetery and Gravemarkers
New England Anomaly
Georgia Gravestone Network
State Cemetery Groups on Rootsweb.com
Cemetery Message Boards
The Club For Cemetery Buffs

Online Transcription Databases
(also see individual states above)
Internment.net (international cemetery transcriptions)
cluestones.com (cemetery lists)
Deathindexes.com
US Genweb Project
Cemetery Junction
Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin Ohio

Reference Links
Reed College - Study guide - Reading gravestones
Everlife Memorials Learning center devoted to different aspects of memorialization: types of markers, cleaning, purchasing, manufacturing and installing.
Searchable Death Indexes and Records
Saving Graves
All about cemeteries and funeral homes (genealogy.com)
City of the Silent's Limited Encyclopedia of Grave Terminology
How to find a burial place in cemeteries or cemetery records
How to locate cemeteries and cemetery records
Gravestone Abbreviations, by Mike Mitchell (Adobe Acrobat file)
The Political Graveyard
New England Anomaly
Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols
Prestige Memorials Info Center
Stone Quarries and Beyond
Zinc Markers.com
Consumers Guide to Cemeteries
1906 San Francisco Disaster - article

VENDORS' CORNER

Clothing
Gravestone Artwear
Grave Images
Memorials.net
Gravemarkers.info

Cemetery Databases
Stone Orchard Software
Advantage Design Services
PastPerfect Software
Custom Data Systems
AskSam.com
Cemetery Management Software
Cem-Editor Cemetery Transcription Software
Pontem Software
The Crypt Keeper Software
Web Cemeteries

Memorials
Valdosta Memorials
DeRegis-Walser Monuments
Carolina Sculpture Studio
Karin Sprague
Pet Memorials

Materials
Interglo Stone

The Organix Group

Gravesite Products and Graveside Care

The Gravesite Masters
Perfect Memorials
907 Natural Stone Cleaner and Kit

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