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• Ancestry Academy - Find A Grave ^FREE

  Find A Grave is the world's largest website devoted to memorializing the loved ones who came before us and their graves. Come take a cemetery walk with Michael, learn how to further your family research and become an active contributor of Find A Grave.

• Archaeology, Genealogy, and GIS Meet at Columbia Cemetery

  Online article on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping of the Columbia Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado.

• Cemetery Research and Gravestone Rubbings...a How To, Site

  How to research cemeteries, care for tombstones and photograph the stones.

• Cemetery Studies

  Pictures of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati Ohio and lesson plans for students.

• Connecticut Gravestone Network - Cleaning Basics

• Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy - Welsh Words and Phrases on Gravestones

• Family Tree Magazine - Go on a Cemetery Tour to Search for Family History Clues

• FamilySearch Blog - Four Tips for Sleuthing in Cemeteries for Your Ancestors

• FamilySearch Wiki - United States Cemeteries

  Cemetery record types, locating cemeteries, address books, and other sources of cemetery records.

• Genealogy.com - Tips for Photographing Gravestones

• Genealogy.com - Using Cemeteries and Funeral Homes for Genealogy

• GenealogyMagazine, Episode 11: Cemetery Records (YouTube)

  In this episode, we compare a transcript of grave markers to photographs of the actual inscriptions and find surprising differences. Still, a published source may be the last link to the original if it becomes damaged or destroyed.

• Gravestone Rubbing for Beginners

  By Jessie Lie Farber.

• How to Read A Graveyard

  From DoHistory.

• Legacy QuickGuide: Cemetery Research $

  The Cemetery Research Legacy QuickGuide

• Occasional Genealogist - Cemetery Photography: The Best Supplies

• OVS-Genealogy - Taking Photos of Cemeteries, Monuments, and Tombstones

  Tips and suggestions, and examples for taking photos of tombstones.

• Recording Cemeteries with Digital Photography

  From the Cemetery Column.

• Reproducing brasses and incised slabs

  From the Monumental Brass Society.

• Researching and Recording Civil War Veterans Burials in Michigan Cemeteries