he following list contains links to web sites pertaining to the study and preservation of gravestones.

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
arkansasgravestones.org
                    

California
Colma Cemeteries
Old City Cemetery, Sacramento
California Historic Cemetery Alliance
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.
Sea Breeze Pet Cemetery, Huntington Beach
Orange County Cemetery District
                    

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

Connecticut
Connecticut Gravestone Network
Connecticut Cemetery 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 (photos and information about cemeteries in Peoria county)
Illinois Cemeteries (photos and information about cemeteries all over Illinois)
                    

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
Cemetery Transcriptions, 5 Counties
                                   

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)
                    

Maryland
Coalition To Protect Maryland Burial Sites
                    

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cemetery Guide
Cape Cod Gravestones, by Robert Carlson
Crossways Cemetery, Tisbury
Middlesex County Cemetery Directory
West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury
Massachusetts Cemetery Association
Massachusetts Cemeteries (transcriptions)
Massachusetts Cemetery Project (transcriptions)
Historic Landscape Preservation Initiative
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 
Nantucket Cemeteries Inscription Project
                    

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

Minnesota
Lakewood Cemetery
Minnesota Association of Cemeteries
                    

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

New Hampshire
New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
New Hampshire Cemetery Association
                    

New York
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

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

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
Charleston Strolls
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)
Cemeteries of Texas (Transcriptions)

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
                    

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
                      

United Kingdom
The Cemetery Research Group
Scottish Graveyards
                    

France
Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Italy
The 'English' Cemetery, Florence   
 

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

Europe
Association for Significant Cemeteries

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 Theft Issues

• Theft of cemetery ornaments in Northeast Texas

• http://www.ctgravestones.com/theft.htm

Carver Links

• Karin Sprague

• Stone Conversations Mailing List

• Carolina Sculpture Studio

• Raspberry Bay Stone

Conservators

• Ponsford Ltd. Acworth, GA

• Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Colebrook, CT

• New England Cemetery Service, W. Hartford, CT

• Stonehugger Cemetery Restoration, Martinsville, IN

• Gravestone Services of New England, Methuen, MA

• The Chicora Foundation, Columbia, SC

• Gone But Not Forgotten, Fulton and Lucas Counties, OH

• Stone Revival Cemetery Restoration, Franklin, IN

• Beij, Williams and Zito Inc., Hartford, CT

• Thomas A. Stevens, Cemetery Restorations, Newcastle, ME

• H.C. Wood, Inc., Lansdowne, PA

• Conservation Solution, Inc., Washington, DC

• Cathedral Stone Co., Hanover, MD

• Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration, Hartford City, IN

• The Graveyard Groomer, Connersville, IN

• Stone Revival Cemetery Restoration, Franklin, IN

• Heather Lawson, Raspberry Bay Stone, Bass River, NS, Canada

• Cultural Preservation and Restoration, Blairstown, NJ

Preservation Information

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation

• International Association of Cemetery Preservationists

Genealogy Links

• Wisconsin Historical Society

• New England Historic Genealogical Society
  

Link Pages

• City of the Silent

• Don's Cemetery Page

• Lawrence Kestenbaum's Links to resources on cemetery history and preservation

• British Churches and Cathedrals

• ICFA Links for cemeteries and death related issues

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

Museums and Photo Presentations

• Hunterian Museum Scotland

• Papaver's Gallery of Cemetery Pictures

• The Farber Collection Online

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)

• Find A Grave

• Interment.net (international cemetery transcriptions)

• cluestones.com (cemetery lists)

• Deathindexes.com

• US Genweb Project

• Cemetery Junction

Reference Links

• Everlife Memorials Learning center devoted to different aspects of memorialization: types of markers, cleaning, purchasing, manufacturing and installing.

• Searchable Death Indexes and Records

• SPEAKING STONES, Th. Emil Homerin Department of Religion & Classics University of Rochester. This course examines gravestones and funerary architecture in Rochester's historic Mt. Hope cemetery.

• 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

• Memorials.net

Vendor's Corner

Clothing
Gravestone Artwear
Grave Images

Cemetery Databases
AGS Database Program
Bryant Minard Consultants
Advantage Design Services
PastPerfect Software
Custom Data Systems
AskSam.com
Cemetery Management Software
Cem-Editor Cemetery Transcription Software
Pontem Software 

The Crypt Keeper Software

webcemeteries.com

Memorials

Valdosta Memorials
DeRegis-Walser Monuments
Carolina Sculpture Studio

Materials
Interglo Stone

The Organix Group

Gravesite Products and Graveside Care

The Gravesite Masters

Graven Images Oracle

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