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• 'Markers' - Association for Gravestone Studies Journal - Internet Archive

• 3 Methods for Reading Hard-to-Read Tombstones

• AGS Field Guide No. 5: Gravestone Rubbing for Beginners

• Cemetery Preservation Supply LLC Your headquarters for D/2 Biological Solution

  Successfully used in cemeteries. D/2 has been successfully used to remove staining from a variety of surfaces including natural stones such as marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, slate; masonry surfaces such as brick and cast stone; concrete; wood; aluminum and vinyl siding; and canvas. The site is a supplier of D/2 Biological Solution and includes a video for how to clean gravestones, as well as news updates and a blog.

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

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

• Cemetery Stones & Monuments: From Quarry to Cemetery Monuments

  This cemetery section describes the origin of the stone in the quarry to the installation of the old cemetery stones and monuments. The processes of quarrying and finishing the stone, types of monuments, how cemetery stones/monuments and accessories were advertised in monumental magazines and from catalogs are described through photographs and narrative. There is also a discussion about the many early marble stones that were signed by the stone carvers and monument companies.

• Connecticut Gravestone Network - Cleaning Basics

• Dan Weiskotten's Tombstone Research Page

  Focusing on lists of tombstone carvers in upper New York state.

• Death & Bereavement in Judaism: Putting Stones on Jewish Graves

• Early American Gravestones

  Introduction to the Farber Gravestone Collection, by Jessie Lie Farber. A great article with information about motifs, spelling, letters and more.

• Effigies & Brasses

  Searchable database of medieval tomb monuments - effigies, brasses, etc. Generally focusing on 1200-1450 in all countries where such monuments are present.

• Forgotten Faces: A Window into our Immigrant Past

  Forgotten Faces is the first book and site to present collections of early 20th Century Photo-Ceramic Memorial Portraits on tombstones. It explores early memorial portraiture as an art form and as valued historical artifact. It presents the unique beauty of this funerary art as related to immigrant traditions at the turn of the 20th century.

• Genealogy.com - Tips for Photographing Gravestones

• Grave Symbols

  From the Olive Tree.

• Graven Images

  Describes the symbolism of motifs on gravestones - from The Olive Tree.

• Gravestone Artwear

  Wear rubbings become wearable usable art.

• Gravestone Guardians of North Carolina

  In Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Elkin, Dobson, Yadkinville, Mocksville, and the surrounding area, Gravestone Guardians provide professional cleaning of: headstone, gravestone, marker or foot-stone, bronze marker restoration, weeding, lichen removal, inscription enhancement, and graveside delivery or planting of flowers. We NEVER power wash, sand-blast or use harsh chemicals on any gravestones. Fully insured.

• Gravestone Weathering

• Graveyard Detectives (Facebook)

  Graveyard Detectives provides a home for those interested in the world of graveyards and cemeteries. Photographs of memorials and gravestones, accompanied by some research on the person(s) they commemorate are most welcome. If you have any interesting related memorabilia, please share them with us. The purpose of the group is help us expand our knowledge of this most fascinating area of interest.

• Headstone Abbreviations

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