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Cemeteries (U.S.)

Ancient Burying Ground - Hartford, CT
Arlington National Cemetery
   - Tomb of the Unknowns
Bachelor's Grove - near Chicago, IL
Bonaventure Cemetery - Savannah, GA
Cave Hill Cemetery - Louisville, KY
Cedar Hill Cemetery - Hartford, CT
Cedar Memorial - Cedar Rapids, IA
Charles Baber Cemetery - Pottsville, PA
Chippiannock Cemetery - Rock Island, IL
Christ Church Burial Ground - Philadelphia, PA
City Cemetery - Sacramento, CA
(Historic) Columbian Cemetery - Portland OR
Congressional Cemetery - Washington, D.C.
Copp's Hil Burying Ground - Boston, MA
Crownhill Cemetery - Indianapolis, IN
Davenport Memorial Park - Davenport, IA
Elmwood Historic Cemetery - Detroit, MI
Elmwood Cemetery - Memphis, Tennessee
Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery -
   Riverside, CA
The Evergreens Cemetery - Brooklyn, NY
Forest Hills Cemetery - Boston, MA
Graceland Cemetery - Chicago, IL
Granary Burying Ground - Boston, MA
Green-Wood Cemetery - Brooklyn, New York
Green Lawn Cemetery - Columbus, Ohio
Grove Street Cemetery - New Haven, CT
Hillsborough County Cemeteries - FL
Hollywood Cemetery - Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Forever - Hollywood, California
Huguenot Cemetery - St. Augustine, FL (abandoned cemetery information)
Hunter Cemetery Restoration Project
ICUdayton.org - Dayton Cemetery
Kalamazoo County, Michigan Cemeteries
Kensico Cemetery - Valhalla, New York
King's Chapel Burying Ground - Boston, MA
Lafayette Cemetery Research - New Orleans, LA
Lake View Cemetery - Cleveland's Outdoor
   Museum & Arboretum (Ohio)
Laurel Hill Cemetery - Philadelphia, Penn.
Madison County Cemetery - Indiana
(Historic) Mead Family Burying Grounds -
   Greenwich, CT
Mountain View Cemetery - Oakland, CA
Mount Auburn Cemetery - Cambridge, Mass.
Mt. Carmel Cemetery - Cabot, Arkansas
Mount Carmel Cemetery (Jewish) -
   Ridgewood, NY
Mt. Hope Cemetery - Bangor, Maine
Mount Hope Cemetery (Friends of) -
   Rochester, NY
Mount Moriah Cemetery - Southwest
   Philadelphia, PA
Mount Olivet Cemetery - New York City
Mountain View Cemetery - Oakland, CA
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery
Newton's Historic Burying Grounds -
   Newton, MA
New York Marble Cemetery
Oakdale Memorial Gardens - Davenport, IA
Oakgrove Cemetery (Friends of) - Fall River,
   MA
(Historic) Oakland Cemetery - Atlanta, GA
Oakwood Cemetery - Macomb, IL (Friends of)
Historic Oakwood Cemetery - Raleigh, NC
OldBurialHill.org - Marblehead, MA
Old Burying Ground - Beaufort, NC
Old City Cemetery - Lynchburg, VA
Old Gray Cemetery - Knoxville, TN
Pine Hill Cemetery - Davenport, IA
Prospect Hill Cemetery - Omaha, NE
Riverside & Moline Memorial Cemeteries -
   Moline, Illinois
Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries -
   Rochester, N.Y.
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery -
   California
Silverbrook Cemetery (Friends of) - Niles, 
   Mich.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Sleepy Hollow,
   N.Y.
South Street Cemetery - Fitchburg, MA
St. John's Historic Cemetery - Pensacola, FL
St. Mary's Cemetery Park & Ventura Cemetery Park (Friends of) - Ventura, CA
Swanpoint Cemetery - Providence, R.I.
Texas State Cemetery
Titus Cemeteries (Titus County, Texas)
Tolomato Cemetery - St. Augustine, FL
Town of Maine Cemetery - Park Ridge, Illinois (aGraveConcern.org)
Tulocay Cemetery - Napa Valley, CA
Vale Cemetery - Schenectady, N.Y.
West Minster Hall Burying Ground - Baltimore, MD
West Virginia - Cemeteries and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum - Dayton, Ohio
The Woodlawn Cemetery - New York City, NY
(Historic) Woodlawn Cemetery - Toledo, OH
Woodmere Cemetery Research - Detroit, MI

Cemeteries (International)

Arnos Vale Cemetery - Bristol, UK
Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe
General Cemetery - Sheffield, UK
Kensal Green Cemetery - London, England
London's Victorian Garden Cemeteries
   (TimeTravel-Britain.com)
National Federation of Cemetery Friends -
   UK
Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris France (official site)
Père Lachaise Cemetery - Paris France (TravelAdventures.org)
San Pedro Cemetery - Medellin, Colombia (TravelAdventures.org)
Tombs of Dundee Howff - Dundee, Scotland
Victorian London Cemeteries (GenDocs)

Cemetery Art

Bellamorte.net
CemeteriesAndGraveyards.com
Cemetery - The Photography of John
   Thomas Grant
CemeteryChick.com
CemeteryPrints.com
Cemetery Walk - Photography by Lori M.
   Barrett
Gothic Gourds
Jennifer Carter Photography
Mendicant of the Hidden, Voltary of the
   Sepulcher (poetry blog)
Mortified13.com - the art of Erik Quarry
Travels of a Taphophile

Cemetery Associations

Cemetery Association of Oregon
Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery - Bristol,
   U.K.
Indiana Cemetery Association
Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
International Cemetery, Cremation and
   Funeral Association
Jewish Cemetery Association of North
   America
National Cemetery Administration (U.S.)
National Federation of Cemetery Friends -
   UK
California Historic Cemetery Alliance
Indiana Cemetery Association
Maine Cemetery Association
Maryland Burial Sites, Inc. (Coalition To
   Protect)
Massachusetts Cemetery Association
Jewish Cemetery Association of
   Massachusetts
Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association - Detroit, MI
Friends of Greenwood Cemetery - St. Louis
   County, Missouri
New Hampshire Cemetery Association
New Jersey Cemetery Association
New York State Association of Cemeteries
Prospect Cemetery Association - York College Campus, Jamaica, NY
Cemetery Association of Oregon
Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association
Oregon Historic Cemeteries Program
Cemetery Association of Oregon
Nashville City Cemetery Association (TN)
Spirits Alive - Eastern Cemetery, Portland,
   ME
Vermont Cemetery Association
Virginia Cemetery Association
Lake View Cemetery Association - Seattle,
   Washington

Cemetery Blogs & Sites

Beneath Thy Feet - U.K.
Beyond the Ghosts ... (no longer updated
   but contains interesting information)
Blood and Frogs
Cemetery Blog (not updated since 2010)
Cemetery Seeker
The Cemetery Traveler
The Dead Conjurers (graves of famous magicians)
Death Becomes Her ~Epitaphs, tombstones, obituaries and other death related posts
Digital Cemetery Walk
Ephemeral New York
Escape to the Silent Cities
European Cemeteries
Exploring almost forgotten gravesites in
   Ohio
Gardens of Stone
Geneapprentice
Girl of the Graveyard
Granite in My Blood
A Grave Interest
Gravely Speaking
Graveside Stroll - Josh Perry
Gravewords
The Graveyard Detective
The Graveyard Shift - Paderborn, Germany
Green-Wood (Cemetery) Historian Blog
Headboards Of Stone – A Mississippi Graveyard Rabbit Blog
Hunting Kiwis - Tracing Canterbury's History through Headstones (New Zealand)
Jamie's Chicago Gangsterland
   Cemetaries(sic) Page
John Thomas Grant - photographer
Limestones.blogspot.com - Dedicated to cemetery preservation in Ohio
Mausoleum: Revalorando el Patrimonio Funerario (in Spanish)
My Grave Addiction
New York City Cemetery Project
On a Grave Subject (a Graveyard Rabbit)
Oriente Eterno
Pond Springs Cemetery Blog - Austin, TX
Saving Stories - Helping All People Find Ancestors' Stories
Southern Graves
StoneLetters - symbolism (U.K. site)
Your Funeral Guy

Cemetery Research

African American Cemeteries Online
American Battle Monuments Commission
Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project
The Association for Gravestone Studies
Birth Date Calculator (ProGenealogists.com)
A Brief History of Cemeteries - by Joel
   GAzis-SAx
CanadianGenWeb Cemetery Project
CapeCodGravestones.com
Catholic Cemeteries of Chicago
Cemeteries of Florida
Cemeteries of the United States
Cemetery Junction
CemeteryRegistry.US
Cemetery Research Group - University of York, U.K.
Connecticut Gravestone Network
Cyndi's List - Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
Dead Presidents
Early American Gravestones (Farber
   Collection)
Empire de la Mort - Charnal houses and burial catacombs
The Farber Gravestone Collections
Find A Grave
The 5th Street Cemetery Necrogeographical
   Study
Fraternal Organizations List (Exonumia.com)
Genealogy.com's Virtual Cemetery
Grave Addiction
GraveMatter.com
Graveyards.com (Chicago area)
Heritage Charlotte - Charlotte County, New
   Brunswick, Canada (includes Graveyards &
   Cemeteries sections)
Historic Texas Cemeteries
Hollywood Underground
IllinoisAncestors.org
Illinois Saving Graves
Information on Gravestone Weather
Interment.net
International Association of Jewish  
   Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
   Johnson County, Kansas - Digital
   Cemetery Project
Known Tombstone Carvers of Pennsylvania
Legacy.com
Magnolias & Peaches 
Massachusetts Cemetery Directory
Memento Stones blog
MEMMENTO Online Cemetery
Michigan Cemetery Sources
The Museum of Funeral Customs (closed)
Nantucket Cemeteries Inscription Project
The National World War II Museum - New
   Orleans
(Upstate) New York State Tombstone
   Carvers, An Inventory and Geographical
   Index of
Paris Cemeteries - France
Political Graveyard - The Internet's Most
   Comprehensive Source of U.S. Political
   Biography
Reading Gravestones study guide - Indian
   Converts Collection)
Reflections: The American Funeral Tour
   (mobile touring exhibit)
SavingGraves.org
Southern Graves
Taphophilia.com
The Texas Underground (dedicated solely to
   notables buried in Texas)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Society of the
   Honor Guard
Vermilion County Illinois & Surrounding
   Counties
A Very Grave Matter - New England
   cemeteries
United States Department of Veterans
   Affairs - Burial & Memorials Home
WorldWideCemetery
Zincmarkers.com - A site dedicated to white 
   bronze cemetery monuments

Cemetery Restoration and Preservation

• The Association for Gravestone Studies
• Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance
   Cemetery Restoration Committee -
   Patchogue, NY
• Cemetery Resource Protection Training (CRPT) - Florida Public Archaeology Network
• Chicora Foundation - Cemetery Preservation
   (Columbia, S.C.)
• Combined Effort - They offer a variety of services involving cemeteries and have completed many projects for the Department of Veteran Affairs
• Comparative Study of Commercially  
    Available Cleaners for Use on Federally-
    Issued Headstones - National Center for 
    Preservation Technology and Training
    (NCPTT)
• Connecticut Gravestone Network
• Gravestone Conservation - Jonathon
    Appell, Monuments Conservator
• GravestonePreservation.info
• Gravestone Services of New England
• Illinois Historic Cemetery Preservation
   (including Cemetery Preservation Training,
   Part I: Basic Workshop)
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Cemeteries
• Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration
   Project
• International Association of Cemetery
   Preservationists, Inc.
Last Resting Place (UK)
• Michigan Graveyard Outreach
• Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide (pdf)
• National Center for Preservation Technology
   and Training (offers lots of in-depth, FREE
   information)
• Pioneer America Society
• Sacred Spaces LLC - Historical Graveyard Restoration
• SaveAGrave.net
• Save Austin's Cemeteries
• SaveOurCemeteries.org - New Orleans
• SavingGraves.org
• Schladen Architectural Stone Carving -
   Preservation, Restoration and Creation of
   New Work
• Stonehugger Cemetery Restoration Inc.
• Stone Revival Historical Preservation
• Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC
• Texas Historical Commission

Historic Preservation
• Department of Historic Resources – Virginia
• HistoricPreservation.com - The
    Preservation Marketplace
• National Council for Preservation Education
• National Historic Trust for Historic
   Preservation

Cemetery Services

Discover Rods - for cemetery dowsing
Enviroscan.com (for detecting underground
   objects)
Eternal Comforts Grave Care
Peter Troost Monument Company - Since
   1889 (includes slide shows on How Your
   Memorial/Mausoleum is Made)
Save Your Stones - Gravestone cleaning kits and services
Virtual Underground - 3-D array ground
   penetrating radar and burial mapping
   services

Cemetery Tours

Bonaventure Cemetery Tours - Savannah,
   GA
Ghost and Gravestones Tours - Boston, MA;
   Savanna, GA; St. Augustine and Key West,
   FL
Haunted History Tours - New Orleans
Historic New Orleans Tours
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour
New England Curiosities Tours
New Orleans Spirit Tours
New Orleans Walking Tours

Eco Burials

The Centre for Natural Burial
Ecopod - UK
Final Footprint - Green caskets
Forest of Memories - volunteer network
Greensprings Natural Cemetery - Newfield,
   NY
The Natural Burial Company
Natural Burial Co-operative - USA
White Eagle Memorial Preserve -
   Goldendale, WA

Educational Resources

• TheCemeteryClub.com offers workshops on symbolism, cemetery art and history, proper gravestone rubbing techniques and more. E-mail Minda for details.

• Cemetery Studies
• Cleaning and Preservation of Tombstones, Headstones & Gravestones
• Graveyard Sleuths - Michigan
• Massachusetts Studies Project - using
   cemeteries to teach local history
• National Register of Historic Places
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Rock Island County Historical Society -
   Moline, IL
• Scott County Historic Preservation Society
Thomaston-Upson Archives - Georgia

Funerary & Grief Assistance

Air travel guidelines for cremated remains
Beyond Indigo
Death and Funeral Customs
Funerals-and-Flowers.com - free resource
Funeral Customs – Past and Present
   (ChristianCourier.com) article
FuneralPlan.com
Funeral Services Guide
The Funeral Source
Funeralwise.com
Gravestones HQ (how to select a gravestone)
The Headstone Guide (U.K. site)
History of American Funeral Customs
iMortuary.com - Your Funeral Home,
   Cremation & Cemetery Resource 
Jewish Funeral Customs
Mourning in America: Anna Piaggi, Marvin
   Hamlisch and Public Rites on Twitter
   (article)
MySendOff.com
MyWonderfulLife.com - Plan your funeral,
   your way.
National Museum of Funeral History -
   Houston, TX
Remembered.com
Victorian mourning rituals (see "History:
   Victorian Era)
YourTribute.com

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Genealogy

Access Genealogy
Amy's Genealogy, Etc. Blog
Ancestry.com - Genealogy and Family
   History Records
Beginning Genealogy Tips - Davenport Public Library (Iowa)
Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and
   More
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
FamilySearch.org (provided by the LDS)
Genealogy.org
Genealogy Research Resources
GovAncestryRecords.org
Kinexxions - Becky Wiseman's genealogy blog
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
The National Archives (U.S.)
Public Domain Genealogy
TribalPages.com
United States Cemetery Project
The USGenWeb Project

Gravestone Rubbing

More information may be found on the All About Gravestones page

Gravestone Rubbings Do's and Don'ts - Association for Gravestone Studies
Gravestone Rubbing Supplies - Gravestone Artwear
Gravestone Rubbing Tips - Connecticut Gravestone Network
How To Do a Tombstone Rubbing -
   About.com Genealogy

History: Civil War

Civil War Album - Modern Photos of
   America's Civil War Sites
CivilWar.com
Civil War Era Mourning
Civil War Facts Sheet by Just Military Loans
   (special thanks to Ms. Donato's students
   at SocialStudiesHelp.com)
Civil War Traveler
Civil War Trust - Saving America's Civil War
   Battlefields
Cyndi's List - Civil War Links
'Eli Whitney and the History of the Cotton Gin' by Streetshirts.co.uk (special thanks to Emily and Joan, AfterSchoolCarePrograms.com
FamilySearch.org - Civil War
PBS - Civil War
Tennessee Civil War Cemeteries

History: Victorian Era

Funerary Practices - Morbid Outlook
Mostly-Victorian.com
Mourning Rituals and Customs in the
   Victorian Era
Victorian Era Death and Mourning
Victorian Etiquette for Funerals
   (Victoriana.com)
Victorian Funeral Customs and Superstitions
   - Friends of Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall
   River, MA

Online Help & Activism

• American Lung Association
• CaringBridge.org
• The Hunger Site - Click to Give ... For Free!
• KidsAreHeroes.org
NetAction - A how-to on virtual activism
• Progressive Portal: Easy Online Activism
• QuitDay.org - Tobacco use and the elderly
• RXDangers - Information about defective medical devices and dangerous medications available on the market
• ServiceLeader.org: Virtual Volunteering
• The Video Activist Network

Mental Health & Addiction Recovery Resources

• AddictionGuide.com (All-in-one guide to help users regain control of their lives.)
• DrugRehab.com (A resource for people fighting addiction and substance abuse.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• No Kidding Me Too (Removing the stigma of mental illness and getting help for those in need)
• RehabInfo.net - Trusted Addiction Information & Help
• Remind.org (Helping to heal the physical
   and psychological wounds of war.)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Screening for Mental Health
• "Suicide Prevention in College" (AffordableCollegesOnline.com)
• SuicidePreventionLifeline.org (available 24/7); toll-free (800) 273-8255

Photography Tips

5 Tips on Getting Great Cemetery Photos
   (Archives.com)
11 Tips for Taking Pictures in a Cemetery
   (StoneAngels.net)
Guide to Photographing Headstones
   (for the Charles County Cemetery
   Transcription Project)
Tips for Photographing Gravestones
   (Genealogy.com)
Tips for Taking Great Cemetery Pictures
   (Genealogy.about.com)

Writing Tips

www.weirdyear.com
www.thewriterssite.com
Grammar and Writing Guide
Guide to Grammar and Writing

White Bronze Monuments

Cemetery Monuments Made of Zinc -
   Smithsonian Museum Conservation
   Institute
The Conservation of American War Memorials Made of Zinc - Carol A. Grisson
   and Ronald S. Harvey
Monroe Street Cemetery - White Bronze
   Headstones
Save A Grave - White Bronze Headstones
Science Leads the Way - White Bronze
   Cemetery Monuments
What is 'White Bronze?' by Barbara Rotundo
'White Bronze' Cemetery Markers Were
   Victorian Chic
Zincmarkers.com

Link Request Guidelines

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Link submission requests must be for sites with information useful in cemetery and related research. Solely commercial site links will not be accepted for the Link Library at TheCemeteryClub.com, but commercial websites may contact us regarding our affordable advertising rates.

Acceptable for-profit sites include:
- Cemetery services not readily available to the average person
- Grave site caregivers (only those who do not use power/pressure washers or other products that may harm the gravestones
- Eco burial products
- Cemetery tours

If your site is selling items such as cremation urns or jewelry, caskets, etc., links to your site are welcome via advertising.

General Resources

• CourtReference.com
​• GoAllOutdoors.com


YouTube Channels of Interest
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