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
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
                    

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

                    

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
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

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
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)

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
                    

United Kingdom
The Cemetery Research Group
Scottish Graveyards
The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery
                    

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
Stone Quarries and Carvers
 

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
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
Grave Groomers, LLC
Texas Cemetery Restoration
 

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
British Churches and Cathedrals
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

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
 

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
SPEAKING STONES The 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
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
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
 

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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