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Cemeteries
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) 
 Information about the memorials and 24 American burial grounds on foreign soil maintained by this commission. Features listings of individuals interred at the cemeteries and those missing in action from the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Includes an events calendar for observances such as Memorial Day. http://www.abmc.gov/home.php Topics: Agriculture, Death & Dying, Government, Government, History, Military Last updated Aug 9, 2007 Arlington National Cemetery
The official website for this Washington, D.C., cemetery features historical information about the cemetery (including monuments and memorials and the Tomb of the Unknowns), and details about some of the people buried there. Provides photo galleries, a guide to burial at the cemetery, and information about military funerals, the origins of the 21-gun salute and "Taps," and other traditions and ceremonies. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/ Topics: Death & Dying, Military Last updated May 21, 2007 The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS)
An international organization that fosters "appreciation of the cultural significance of gravestones and burial grounds" and encourages recording and preserving gravestones. The site's FAQ is filled with information on gravestone rubbings, symbolisms, and cleaning tools and materials. "Join the AGS" lists membership benefits. http://www.gravestonestudies.org/ Topics: Death & Dying, History Last updated Feb 18, 2005 Beneath Los Angeles: The Famous, the Infamous, and the Just Plain Dead
This A-Z and searchable site claims to be the home page of the permanent residents of Los Angeles, CA. It memorializes their residency through a photo-guide of their gravesites, with some brief annotations. Shameless Plugs/More Than a Passing Fancy elaborates on this photographic hobby and on the "camera-toting looky-loos" who are in "pursuit of celebrity grave hunting." http://www.beneathlosangeles.com/ Topics: California: History, Death & Dying, History, Los Angeles & Environs Last updated Oct 1, 2002 The Boy King Returns: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Exhibit about the 2005 traveling exhibit of King Tut artifacts. The "Unraveling the Mysteries" section includes images of Tut's tomb, CT scan imagery of the interior of the King Tut mummy, and images of the many layers of shrines and coffins in which King Tut was entombed. Also includes links to related articles. From the National Geographic Society. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/tut/ Topics: Archaeology, Death & Dying, Heads of State, History Last updated Jul 13, 2008 Celebrating America's Freedoms
Contains "stories about some of America’s most beloved customs and national symbols." Topics include the bald eagle, national cemetery system, Pledge of Allegiance, "The Story of Taps," and customs associated with the flag. Useful for holidays such as Veterans Day, Flag Day, and Memorial Day. From the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/ Topics: Death & Dying, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, History, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Military, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Nov 1, 2004 The Farber Gravestone Collection
This collection "is an unusual resource containing over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States. ... This online version of the Farber Gravestone Collection is sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society." Searchable and browsable. http://www.davidrumsey.com/farber/ Topics: Crafts, Death & Dying, History Last updated Aug 30, 2005 Find A Grave
A directory of the locations of the graves of thousands of famous dead people with photographs of many of the graves. Browsable by name, location, and claim to fame, and searchable by first or last name or date. There are also links to cemeteries, funeral homes, and other related subjects. There is an extensive bibliography included. http://www.findagrave.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, History Last updated Nov 29, 2002 Interment.net: Cemetery Transcription Library
The heart of this site is a database of around three million burial records and tombstone inscriptions for close to six thousand cemeteries worldwide. You can search for burial records (read the search instructions) and browse the cemetery directory by country, state, and county. Special collections include veterans cemeteries, flooded cemeteries, and cemeteries of the California missions. There are numerous articles from the Cemetery Column and links to related sites. http://www.interment.net/ Topics: California: Environment & Energy, California: Libraries & Archives by Type, California: Science, Death & Dying, History Last updated Jan 11, 2004 The Last Slave Ships: Key West African Cemetery
This report details the evidence of an African cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida, and describes how it was located. Includes facsimiles of historical records, maps, graphs, tables, and photos. In 1860, the U.S. Navy intercepted three American-owned slave ships taking Africans to Cuba. Now refugees, the Africans were taken to Key West before being sent to Liberia. Many died and were buried at Higgs Beach. From the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. http://www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/lastslaveships/cemetery.htm Topics: Black Resources, Death & Dying, Geography, History, Labor, Photograph Collections Last updated Jul 27, 2007 The Los Angeles Grim Society
Highlights here include maps of Hollywood cemeteries (with selected graves marked); photographs of celebrity graves; an archive of articles on the Black Dahlia murder, Disney Studio strike of 1941, and William Mulholland, plus the searchable archive of obituaries from the defunct "Grim Reader" site; and the "L.A. Wayback Machine" list of events of the month in previous years. Various features of the site can be searched. The site has not been updated since June 2001. http://grimsociety.com/ Topics: California: History, California: History by Place, California: Photograph Collections, Death & Dying, History, Los Angeles & Environs, Mysteries and More, Newspapers, People Last updated Jun 25, 2003 Nationwide Gravesite Locator
This searchable database from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "contains more than three million records of veterans and dependents buried in VA's 120 cemeteries since the Civil War. It also has records of some burials in state veteran's cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery from 1999 to the present." Search results include military branch and rank, service dates, and location of the gravesite. LII Record of the Month for April, 2004. http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Death & Dying, History, Military Last updated Oct 15, 2005 The Natural Death Centre
The website for this British organization promoting "inexpensive, family-organised, and environmentally-friendly funerals" features information about natural (or woodland or green) burial grounds and alternatives for simple and green funerals. Includes annotated links to funeral companies and organizations (in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) that offer natural burial options, links to news coverage, and related information. http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History Last updated Apr 20, 2007 The Ossuary in Sedlec
This site presents a gallery of over four dozen images of decorations, made from over 40,000 sets of human bones, adorning a small Christian chapel, The Sedlec Ossuary (also called Kostnice), located outside the town of Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The information page explains the history of the origin of the ossuary (a container, receptacle, or structure for bones of the dead) and the commission of the artist/woodcarver, Frantisek Rindt. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~silver_p/kutna.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts, Death & Dying, History Last updated Jun 9, 2008 Political Graveyard
Find dead politicians by cemetery, geographical location, ethnic origin or sex, length of life, religion, organization belonged to, whether died in office, type of death, by name (by letter of the alphabet) and several other ways. Unfortunately not yet searchable. Source for entries is mainly the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress . The Webmaster intends to expand beyond the scope of that volume, and he invites visitors to contribute records for state and local officials, with the aim of becoming a comprehensive source of documentation on the subject. Links to historic cemetery resources will interest genealogy buffs too. http://politicalgraveyard.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, History, Notable People: Government Last updated May 12, 2004 Saving Graves: One Cemetery at a Time
Devoted to "preserving, protecting and restoring endangered and forgotten historic cemeteries worldwide." Contains "information including cemetery laws, links to government agencies, cemetery index links, preservation groups and listings of Endangered Cemeteries." http://www.savinggraves.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, History Last updated Aug 1, 2006 Theban Mapping Project (TMP)
This website gives an overview of Egyptian history and archaeology and tours of major monuments and tombs. Includes thousands of images, an interactive atlas of tomb mappings, dozens of narrated tours, a three-dimensional exploration of a tomb, and more. Searchable. http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ Topics: Archaeology, Death & Dying, History, History By Place Last updated Jul 21, 2005 |
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