Useful Burial Information Links

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:

• http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/photographingheadstones.html

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