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Rowe Granite Company 1912-1914

Jacksonville, Illinois. From the Morgan Area Genealogical Association.

Sickness and Death in the Old South

While focusing on the south eastern United States, this provides excellent resources such as glossaries and scanned images of cemeteries and monuments.

Standards for Transcribing Cemetery Headstones

Survey of Iron Cross Cemeteries in North Dakota

A survey of cemeteries in North Dakota containing iron cross grave markers.

The Cemetery Column - A Tombstone in Your Palm

Article by Steve Paul Johnson about using your Palm Pilot to record tombstone details in a database.

The Gravestone Gallery: Cemetery Curiosities and Tombstone Tributes -- Then, Today and Tomorrow

An article for new and experienced roots-seekers, accompanied by a photo tour that is being expanded regularly, on the role of cemeteries in genealogical research and in our culture.

The Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Endeavours to procure a photograph of each and every Canadian War Grave from the South African War (1899-1902), World War 1 (1914-18), World War II (1939-45), Korean War (1950-52) and all United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to the present day.

Tips for Photographing Gravestones

Tomb and Mausoleum Descriptions

From Grave Addiction.

Tombstone Meanings

Tombstone Rubbings

Tombstones Are Secondary Sources

Article by George G. Morgan.

Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions

Virtual Brass Rubbing

Sawbridgeworth, England. From Great St. Mary's Church.

Why Do Jews Put Stones On Tombstones?

Why put stones on graves?

Woodmen of the World

A fraternal organization.