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US: Cemetery and Mortuary Records
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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.


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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