| This course will explore the history of cemeteries, the symbolism used, and the types of cemeteries. We will discuss the records created, how to locate a gravesite, and a summary of records published in books and online. Expect 18 contact hours.
Course Content
Module 1
Death Dying & The History Of Cemeteries
Early History of Burials in the World
History of Burials
• British Isles
• British Colonies
• United States
Funeral Customs
Bibliography
Module 2
Gravestones Speak
Colonial America
• New England
Ethnic Influences
18th, 19th & 20th Century
Module 3
Types of Cemeteries & Their Records
Cemetery Types
• Frontier Graves
• Private Family Plots
• Churchyard Burial Grounds
• Common or Town Burying Grounds
• Corporate Public Cemeteries
• Potter's Fields
• State & National Cemeteries
Cemetery Records
Bibliography
Module 4
Locating A Grave
Online
• Find A Grave
• Interment.net
• Billion Graves
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
Research
Bibliography
Module 5
Caring For Gravestones & Abstracting Their Records
Preservation of gravestones
• Cleaning Solutions
• Resetting a Stone
Collecting the Data
Bibliography
Module 6
Published & Online Sources
The Published Book
Books to Electronic Files
Online Sources
Miscellaneous Sources
Sources by State
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
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