HOW TO ORGANIZE THE DOCUMENTATION OF A CEMETERY:
- Documentation Day for a Cemetery
- Cemetery Software Genealogy Tool for Palm "Cemetery"
This inexpensive, shareware application helps you keep track of the records gathered in the cemetery. Enter information about the type of burial, information about the cemetery itself, any dates and inscriptions found and information
about any images taken at the grave.
http://keifferusa.com
INFORMATION FOR CEMETERIES, FUNERAL HOMES, AND SYNAGOGUES WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE:
- Under Construction
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH A TOMBSTONE:
HOW TO DO A GRAVE RUBBING:
- http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm#Some Gravestone Rubbings Dos and Don'ts
- http://www.alsirat.com/silence/rubbings.html
- http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/oct00/rubbing.html
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~nesgs/Ancestree/vol01/v01n02p53.htm
- http://www.meininger.com/Education_Center/Kids_Club/kids_activities/GraveRubbings.cfm
HOW TO INTERPRET SYMBOLS ON JEWISH TOMBSTONES:
- "More About Reading Jewish Tombstones" by Morris Ochert.
- http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035/jew_cem.html
- THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY
HOW TO TRANSLITERATE HEBREW TOMBSTONES:
- How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone
- http://iajgs.org/cemetery/instructions/appendixd.html
- http://www.jewfaq.org/death.htm#Tombstones
- http://www.akhlah.com/aleph_bet/aleph-bet.php
HOW TO TRANSLITERATE YIDDISH TOMBSTONES:
- JewishGen Infofile: YIVO Transliteration
- Yiddish Transliteration Table
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/yiddish/school.html
HOW TO CARE FOR A TOMBSTONE:
- http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm#Tools and Materials for Gravestone Cleaning Projects
- http://www.progenealogists.com/tombstonecare.htm
- http://www.geocities.com/earlofdonegal/TOMBSTNE.htm
- http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com/restorationindex.lasso - Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance
JEWISH FUNERALS, BURIALS, AND MOURNING CUSTOMS:
- Jewish Funeral Customs
- http://www.jewish-funerals.org/
- http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/burial/index.htm
- http://www.orchadash-tucson.org/rabbi-mourning-customs.html
- http://www.scheinerman.net/judaism/life-cycle/mourning.html
PEBBLES ON JEWISH GRAVES:
- http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/time/Life_Cycle/pebbles.htm
- http://www.askmoses.com/qa_list.html?h=284
- http://jewish.com/askarabbi/askarabbi/askr4800.htm
- http://www.orchadash-tucson.org/rabbi-ask-pebbles.html
- http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_c/bl_gravesrocks.htm
- http://www.myjewishlearning.com/lifecycle/Death/Burial_Mourning/GravesideService/WhyStones.htm
CEMETERY RECORDS ON THE WEB:
- http://www.interment.net
- http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/il-burial_records.htm Locating Burial Records In Israel
- JewishGen Directory of Chevra Kadisha in Israel
FUNERAL HOMES ON THE WEB:
- http://www.funeralnet.com/index.html
- http://funeralhomesonline.com
- http://www.jfda.org/search.html National Association of Jewish Funeral Homes
- http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm
CEMETERIES ON THE WEB:
- http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm
- http://gye.future.easyspace.com
- http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Death_and_Dying/Cemeteries/
- http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/index.html
- http://www.totentanz.de/usa.htm
LANDSMANSCHAFTEN:
- http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/landshaf.txt
- http://home.att.net/~landsmanshaft/translations.htm Translations of common Hebrew and Yiddish words in landsmanshaftn and burial society names