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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

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    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)
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    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
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    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


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    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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       - Minda Powers-Douglas

    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

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    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
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    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

    TheCemeteryClub.com is first and foremost a free resource for people who appreciate cemeteries. If your site has a links page, a reciprocal link to http://www.TheCemeteryClub.com would be appreciated.

    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.

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