READING LIST
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A listing of recommended cemetery
related reading materials. If you know of a title that we have
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additional information that is not generally found in bibliographies
-- ISBN, binding, price -- but is useful if you are trying to find
or buy the listed work. The general entry format that you will find
in most cases looks like this:
Author, First Name. Nth
ed. Publisher, Year. ISBN 0-000-00000-0, binding, size, pages,
price.
A general review
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the review is known, we have listed the author's name and e-mail
address following the review. (At the author's request, Saving
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Your Guide to
Cemetery Research.
Carmack,
Sharon DeBartolo.
1st ed. Berkeley, CA: Betterway Pubns, 2002. ISBN
1558705899 , paperback (0.90 x 11.00 x 8.52 inches),
192 pp., $19.95 (Amazon - 13.95).
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This guide is a comprehensive look at cemetery research.
It begins with a look at the different types of records
created when a person dies--documents which might also
give clues to the final resting place. Detailing every
phase of cemetery research, learn how to find your
ancestor's final resting place, how to get the most out
of your trip to the cemetery, how to record and create a
family heirloom out of an ancestor's tombstone, and
learn about overlooked clues in cemeteries and on
tombstones.
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The Last Great Necessity :
Cemeteries in American History (Creating the North
American Landscape)
Sloan,
David Charles. Reprint. Johns Hopkins Univ Press,
1995. ISBN 1558705899 , paperback (0.91 x 9.93 x
7.02 inches), 192 pp., $19.95 (Amazon - 13.97). |
A comprehensive
discussion of the history of cemetery design and
management rather than graves, this resource is
organized by historic periods and traces the shift from
cemetery churchyards to memorial gardens within a social
context. Concerned primarily with large eastern
cemeteries. About 50 illustrations, a nice bibliographic
essay which discusses sources, and a very complete index
A Scholarly work on the history of American
cemeteries.
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Necessity : Cemeteries in... |
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A Graveyard Preservation Primer
(American Association for State and Local History
Book Series)
Strangstad,
Lynette. Reprint. Altamira Press, October 6, 1995).
ISBN 0761991301 , Textbook Binding (0.40 x 8.92 x
5.97), 126 pp., $24.95 (Amazon - 24.95). |
Written for
non-professional and professional preservationists involved
in small to mid-size graveyard preservation projects. This
basic primer explains in step-by-step fashion how to
preserve and restore a graveyard. Restoration is discussed
with recommendations as to what lay people should and should
not undertake.
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Preservation Primer
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Soul in the
Stone: Cemetery Art from America's Heartland
Brown, John Gary.
Reprint. University of Kansas Press, 1994. ISBN
0700606343 , Hardcover (1.11 x 11.34 x 8.80 inches),
256 pp., $39.95 (Amazon - 27.97). |
A comprehensive
discussion of the history of cemetery design and
management rather than graves, this resource is
organized by historic periods and traces the shift from
cemetery churchyards to memorial gardens within a social
context. Concerned primarily with large eastern
cemeteries. About 50 illustrations, a nice bibliographic
essay which discusses sources, and a very complete index
A Scholarly work on the history of American
cemeteries.
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Cemetery Art from... |
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Cemeteries and Gravemarkers : Voices
of American Culture
Meyer, Richard
E..
Reprint. Utah State University Press, 1992. ISBN
0874211603 , Paperback (0.91 x 9.01 x 6.05 inches),
347 pp., $23.95 (Amazon - 23.95). |
[Cemeteries
and Gravemarkers] makes it clear that the dead have
by no means exhausted their potential to enlighten--and,
at times, chasten--the living. In fact, the singular
strength of [this book] is the opportunity it has
provided for new voices to be heard.
Meyer
examines burial grounds through the centuries and across
the United States to give a different view of the
history and cultural values of America.
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Going Out in Style : The
Architecture of Eternity
Keister, Douglas.
Reprint. Checkmark Books, 1992. ISBN 0816036497 ,
Paperback (0.75 x 10.84 x 8.82 inches), 160 pp.,
$29.95 (Amazon - 20.97). |
Depicts the
endless variety of mausoleum styles in cemeteries across
the United States...the book features dozens of
full-color photographs portraying the majesty and
mystique of the private mausoleum
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Cleaning Headstones, Memorials &
Mausoleums
Hueston, Frederick M.
National Training Center For Stone & Masonry Trades , 2000.
ISBN 189269008x , Paperback , 41 pp., $12.95 + $4.00 s&h
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Cleaning Headstones, Memorials
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A Practical Guide For Church Cemeteries
Couch, Douglas G.
Georgia Baptist Foundation, Inc , 2001. Paperback , 66 pp.,
One copy will be sent free to any requesting Church, extra
copies $10.00 May be read for free at the link below
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
A comprehensive guide to
all aspects of churchyard cemetery issues, with the main
objective assisting churches with maintaining their
cemeteries from a practical standpoint and at the same time
promoting building endowment to fund the associated
maintenance costs. Highly informative and one of the only
books of it's kind.
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Regional Resources |
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Canada |
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Ontario |
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Landscapes of Memories - A Guide for
Conserving Historic Cemeteries
Anson-Cartwright, Tamara. Reprint. Queens Printer
for Ontario, 1998. ISBN 0874211603 , Paperback , 72
pp., $10.00 (Canadian) |
One of the top
resources in it's field, this guide examines in detail
conservation and repair treatments for historic
monuments and tombstones. Highly recommended by
Saving Graves.
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Memories |
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Massachusetts |
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A Guide to
Massachusetts Cemeteries.
Lambert, David Allen.
1th ed. Berkeley, CA: New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 2002. ISBN 0-88082-134-5 , paperback (8.5 x 11
inches), 368 pp., $17.95.
New England Historic
Genealogical Society is proud to publish this
one-of-a-kind guidebook giving genealogists with
Massachusetts ancestors an invaluable tool. For the
first time a researcher can quickly gain information on:
- cemetery names
- year of the
consecration of the cemetery, or the oldest known
gravestone or burial
- location of the
cemetery
- printed and
manuscript sources for the cemetery
- contact
information for the office affiliated with the
cemetery
This book contains many
previously undocumented burial grounds as well as
citations to published transcriptions of gravestone
listings in places such as the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, the National Society of Daughter's
of the American Revolution, and the official
Massachusetts Vital Records to the end of 1850. A must
for those with ties to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts!
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Rhode Island
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Mallet & Chisel: Gravestone
Carvers in Newport, Rhode Island in the 18th Century.
Luti, Vincent F.
1st ed. New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. ISBN 0880821132
, hardcover), 352 pp., $50.00.
Over 20 years of research
went into the creation of Mallet & Chisel, a book that
studies eighteenth-century gravestone carvers working
exclusively in Newport, Rhode Island. Exhaustive research of
numerous town and county archives and a survey of over 1,000
gravestones seeks to establish the names and biographies of
the gravestone carvers and their impressive bodies of work.
In addition to the remarkable stories of the carvers,
scholars and readers will enjoy the amazing array of 200
lively folk art photographs and drawings.
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