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|
Cemetery
Preservation Virtual Classroom
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|
The
Cemetery Advocacy
Series
|
Saving A
Cemetery: Getting Started
(Monday,
August 18, 2003)
Prescribed Cemetery
Burns (Monday,
August 18, 2003) |
Digital
Bookshelf
|
| General
Resources |
Recommended
Reading
A listing of
recommended cemetery related reading materials.
(Thursday,
September 05, 2002 - 29.40 kb)
(Tuesday,
September 05, 2002 - 89.50 kb) |
| Locating
Cemeteries and Gravesites |
Locating
a Cemetery
(Thursday,
September 05, 2002 - 23 kb)
(Tuesday,
September 05, 2002 - 8.13 kb)
Using Aerial Photography
to Locate or Document a Cemetery
Locating
Graves By Use Of
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Imagery
Use of GPS in
Locating A
Cemetery or Gravesites
Burial
Ground
Documentation
OFFSITE
- Washington
State Cemeteries Association
Identifying
Unmarked Gravesites
Locating
Unmarked
Graves by Probing
By Kristin J.
Wilson,
Physical Anthropologist / Archaeologist |
| Getting
Started: Your First Steps |
Determining
Cemetery Ownership
Sample
Permission Form
(Monday,
December 02, 2002 - 14927 bytes)
(Monday,
December 02, 2002 - 27.50KB)
Find
Project Help
Media
Promotion
Scouting
Assistance
Cemetery Budget
Planning
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|
Identifying
Various
Gravestone Types |
Iron
Crosses: Sentinels of the Prairie
OFFSITE
-
North Dakota State University
Slot
& Tab Tombstones
OFFSITE
-
Slot &
Tab Tombstones
Table/Box
Gravestones
OFFSITE
- Slot
& Tab Tombstones |
| Care
and Cleaning of Cemeteries |
Best
Practices for Cemetery Lawn Maintenance
OFFSITE
- Chicora
Foundation, Inc.
Building
Replacement Markers
Cemetery
Signs- An Important Step in Cemetery Preservation
OFFSITE
- Oregon
Historic
Cemetery Association
Creating
a a Cemetery
Registry
Getting
Official's
Interested
Planning
to clean up an old cemetery?
OFFSITE
-
Oregon
Commission on Historic Cemeteries
Requesting
Replacement V. A. Gravestones and Markers
Using A
Tripod Hoist
What’s
the difference between “restoration” and
“preservation”
OFFSITE
- Chicora
Foundation, Inc. |
| Care
and Cleaning of Gravestones |
Cleaning a Gravestone
Gravestone
Cleaning: Non-ionic Detergents
Pressure
Washing
Gravestones
Removing
Graffiti
from Historic Masonry
OFFSITE
- National
Park
Service Technical Preservation Briefs
# 38
Removing
Lichens
Resetting
Tilted or Broken
Gravestones
OFFSITE
- Chicora
Foundation, Inc.
Shaving
Cream...What's Right? What's Wrong?
Straightening
Early Gravestones |
|
Care
and Cleaning of Ironwork |
Care of Iron Fences
Cemetery
Ironwork
OFFSITE
- Chicora
Foundation, Inc.
The
Maintenance
and Repair of Architectural Cast Iron
OFFSITE
- National
Park
Service Technical Preservation Briefs
# 27
Securing
Cemetery Plot Gates
OFFSITE
- National
Park Service Cultural Resource Managment
Wrought
Ironwork
OFFSITE
- Buildingconservation.com |
|
Cemetery
Landscaping Issues |
Cemetery Horticulture
Cemetery or
Grave
Scraping
Protecting
Cultural
Landscapes: Planning, Treatment and Management of Historic Landscapes
OFFSITE
- National
Park
Service Technical Preservation Briefs
# 36
Removing
Rocks in Cemeteries |
| Gravestone
Repair |
Pinning
a
Gravestone To a Concrete Footing
OFFSITE
- Washington
State Cemetery Association
Building
A New Base
OFFSITE
- Indiana
Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
The Use of Sealants on
a Gravestone |
| Reading
Gravestones |
Gravestone Rubbings
Interpret
Gravestone Abbreviations
Interpret
Gravestone Motifs
Interpret
Gravestone
Latin Inscriptions
The Use Of Chalk
Use
Alternative Gravestone Reading Methods |
| Cemetery
Associations |
Start
a Cemetery Protection Association
Establishing
a Nonprofit Organization
OFFSITE
- The
Foundation Center Learning Lab
Guide
to Funding Research
OFFSITE
- The
Foundation Center Learning Lab |