Brockmeier, Kevin. (2007). The Brief History of the Dead. Randon House. The author tells us about a city filled of the dead in an inbetween world wrapped up in a mysterious story of how they all got there. http://www.randomhouse.com
Brown, John Gary. (1994). Soul in the Stone: Cemetery Art From America's Heartland. University Press of Kansas. KA. This fascinating book is a great source of cemetery iconography and various cultural differences, obscure images, ethics and photographs.
Brown, Raymond Lamont. (1969). A Book of Epitaphs. Taplinge Publishing Company. N. Y. This book compiled a variety of epitaphs from churchyard humor to sympathy, historical and the art of poetry.
Bunnen, Lucinda, Warren Smith, Virginia. (1991). Scoring in Heaven: Gravestones and Cemetery Art of the American Sunbelt States. Aperture Foundation, Inc. N. Y. This incredibly unusual pictorial book gives great photographs of various burial traditions in descriptive sections with creative color graphics and graveyard fetishes.
Francis, Doris, Kellaher, L., Neophytou, G. (2005). The Secret Cemetery Berg. N. Y. These authors created this dynamic book describing the study of cemeteries, landscapes, gardens, long term care, ethics, and historic renewal of cemeteries.
Jackson, Kenneth T., Vergara, Camilo Jose. (1989). Silent Cities: The Evolution of the American Cemetery. Princeton Architectural Press. N. Y. This generously packed for information book discusses a wide variety of graveyards, various cultural cemeteries, the designing of cemeteries, and popular contemporary cemeteries.
Keister, Douglas. (2004). Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography. MFG Books. N. Y. This great read lists recognizable symbols and icons from headstones.
Largo, Michael. (2006). Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia on How To Die. Harper Collins. This horrific read gives us the details of how we really die from colonial times to the present. http://finalexits.com/
Pine, Vanderlyn R. (1975). Caretaker of the Dead: The American Funeral Director. Irvington Publishers, Inc. N. Y. This book offers a generous guide and understanding of cemeteries and management of funeral directors.
Reynolds, Sheri. (1997). A Gracious Plenty. This author gives a fantastic fictional story into the world of the dead through the eyes of a lonely, odd girl whose life's work is to take care of the local town's cemetery. http://www.sherireynolds.com/
Robinson, David. (1995). Saving Graces: Images of Women in European Cemeteries. W. W. Norton & Co. N. Y. This book has amazing photographs of cemetery sculptures of women in beautiful black and white photographs.
Strangstad, Lynette. (1988). A Graveyard Preservation Primer.American Association for State and Local History. TN. This primer directs the reader step by step to the preservation of graveyards.
Other Web sites
Cathedral Stone Products. (2005). D/2. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.cathedralstone.com/ This site lists D/2 biological solution product used for cleaning headstones.
Cemetery Information Management System. (2008). C.P.A. Cemetery Information Management System. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.cimscemeterysoftware.com/ - This web site offers user friendly and affordable cemetery management software to keep records and data highly organized.
Cemetery Poetry. (n.d.). Cemetery Poetry. Retrieved November 24, 2008 from, http://www.poetrycemetery.com/ - This web site offers poets a place to post, share and publish thier poems about death.
Cemetery Mapping Service. (2008). Topographix, Cemetery Mapping Service. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://topographix.com/ - The web site offers site survey mapping of your cemetery using ground penetrating radar and high tech TIMS software.
Everlife Memorials. (2000). Cleaning and Preservation of Tombstones, Headstones and Gravestones. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/headstones/cleaning-cemetery-tombstones.htm This site offers a great description of cleaning and preserving headstones including Mohs Hardness scale and other information about different types of stones.
Forest of Memories. (M. D.). Resources and Information Supporting Eco Burial in North America. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.forestofmemories.org/eco_burial.htm - This web site offers alternative ways for burial services and cemetery sites and still keeping with a spiritual burial but returning the body to nature and planting a tree over the site.
Francis, Doris, Kellaher, L., Neophytu, G. (2008). Secret Cemetery. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://us.macmillan.com/thesecretcemetery - This site gives a great look into the world of the cultural anthropology of personal garden memorials and landscaped from past civilzations to the present.
Gov Death Records. (n. d.). Death and Obituary Records Search. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://govdeathrecords.com/ - This web site is a member fee registration required site that allows access to all the states in the U.S. in search of death records and information.
Harris, Mark. (n. d.). Grave Matters: A Journey Through a Modern Industry To A Natural Way of Burial. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.gravematters.us/ - This site describes the intent to ecologically handle burials.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. (2008). Death, Burial and Afterlife of Ancient Greece. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm This site gives a great description of the beliefs and burials practices of the anceint greek.
Historic Gravestone Preservation. (2008). Graveyard Conservation and Preservation. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://gravestoneconservation.com/ - This web site is hosted by a preservationist, Jonathon Appell who offers services, history, news and workshops and training for graveyard conservation and preservation.
Historic Graveyards. (2008). Historic Graveyards. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://www.historicgraveyards.com/ - This web site is a plethora of various cemetery web site resource listings including: pet memorials, funerals, restoration, headstones, cemeteries, and civil war reenactments.
InnerSource. (2208). InnerSource Photography: Cemeteries Around the World. Retrieved November 24, 2008 from, http://cemetery.innersource.com/ - This site offers a gallery of cemetery photographs from around the world.
Les Cimetieres de Paris. (M. D.). Les Cimetieres de Paris blog spot. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://pariscemeteries.blogspot.com/ - This great blogsite is always being updated to and gives a generous listing of other great cemeterie in France to view. You won't regret visiting these sites!
My Florida Division of Historical Resources. (2008). Abandoned Cemeteries. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://flheritage.com/archaeology/cemeteries/ - This resource inside Florida's home web site gives information about historic burial grounds and a list of FAQ's regarding what to do if you stumble upon burial grounds or human remains.
Roots Web: Finding Our Roots Together. (2008). Roots Web: Finding Our Roots Together. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/ - This web site offers ways to create family genealogy and search for help from one of the many volunteers who can help you find family members death records or burial information.
The Association for Gravestone Studies. (2005). Preservation. Retrieved September 25, 2008 from, http://gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm - The mission of this Association's web site is to provide education, interpretation, conservation and preservation with regards to appreciation of the cultural significance of gravestones and burial grounds.
