In the Shade of The Elm Tree


In the Shade of the Elm Tree
In Memory of Jim Davis ...superintendent at Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT

NERGC 2011 Luncheon Presentation by NEAPG New England Gravestones Handout "How to talk about the dead with your mouth full and not worry about your mother turning over in her grave!"
Web Resources by Midge Frazel Photograph taken at Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT in 2003 Pilgrim Path
Midge Frazel's Granite-in-My-Blood Cemetery Blog
Finding the Graveyard or Cemetery
Find-A-Grave http://www.findagrave.com/	Histopolis http://www.histopolis.com/Cemeteries.aspx
Cyndi's List: Cemeteries http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm	USGS Mapping Page http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
Essential Resources
The Association for Gravestone Studies http://www.gravestonestudies.org/ I am a member of this organization	Frequently Asked Questions http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm Resources http://www.gravestonestudies.org/resources.htm
Cemetery Symbols Photo Gallery http://genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/ ig/tombstone_symbols/index.01.htm	Waterhouse Symbolism http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ~waterhousesymbolism/
Interment.net http://www.interment.net	Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/
A Very Grave Matter http://www.gravematter.com/default.asp A Very Grave Matter: List of Links	Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.net/
Cemeteries, Graveyards and Burying Grounds http://www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html	Genealogy.com: Virtual Cemetery http://www.genealogy.com/vcem_welcome.html
Gravestone Shapes http://igs.indiana.edu/Survey /projects/gravestones/index.cfm	Headstone Shapes http://www.abwalker.co.uk/upright-headstones
Tips for Photographing Gravestones http://ccmdgs.org/cemetery_transcription/ Photocems/PhotoGuidesm.htm	eHow: How to Photograph Gravestones http://www.ehow.com/ how_7721012_photograph-headstones.html
Flush Markers Slant Markers	Granite Colors
Learn about Cemetery Blogs
Gena-Blogger Members Cemetery Blogs ...maybe someone has already blogged about your ancestors!
Association of Graveyard Rabbits ...look for a graveyard rabbit in the area of your ancestors!
Selected Web Resources
Grave Concerns http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/ pdf/publications/Grave_Concerns.pdf Arkansas Manual for Gravestone Preservation	Glossary of Victorian Cemetery Symbolism http://www.vintageviews.org/ vv-tl/pages/Cem_Symbolism.htm
Cemetery Junction Directory http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/	Cemetery Records Online http://www.geneasearch.com/cemeteries.htm
Historical Marker Database http://www.hmdb.org/
New England Graveyards and Gravestones
CT Gravestone Network http://www.ctgravestones.com/ Reading Gravestone Transcriptions http://www.ctgravestones.com/Conservation/ inscriptions.htm	Nantucket (MA) Cemeteries Transcription Project http://www.nha.org/library/cemeteries/index.html
Massachusetts Cemetery Directory http://www.mass-doc.com/mass_cemetery_guide.htm	Rhode Island Cemeteries Database http://ricemeteries.tripod.com/index.html
New London County, CT Cemeteries http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/ conewlondon/cemeteries/index.html	Cape Cod Gravestones http://www.capecodgravestones.com/ Falmouth [MA] Cemetery Project http://www.falgen.org/cem/
Tools of the Graveyard Sleuth
Gravestone Addiction: Gravestone Symbolism features a photograph and a basic meaning http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html
Standards for Transcribing Cemeteries	Gravestone Symbolism http://www.obcgs.com/gravestone.html
Cemetery Transcription Form from Family Tree Magazine http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ upload/images/pdf/cemetery.pdf	Gravestone Photographic Resource http://www.gravestonephotos.com Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Wales and England
Cemetery Data Report Forms look on this page for cemetery http://www.censustools.com/	Commemorative Flagholders and Plaques http://www.joycetice.com/flaghold/flaghold.htm
City of the Silent: Grave Terminology http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/ pages/Cem_Symbolism.htm	Cemetery History and Preservation http://www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html
Monument Typology and Grave Markers http://www.tngenweb.org/darkside/typology.html	Glossary of Symbols and Terms for Studying Cemeteries http://www.history.org/History/ teaching/glossary2.cfm
For Education and Home Schooling
Arkansas Historical Cemetery Project Historic Cemeteries: History Written in Stone and Over 100 Things to Do in a Cemetery	Learning About Ourselves by Visiting the Past http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/ Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/History/HIS0202.html ...middle school lesson
CSI: Cemetery Scene Investigation ...a very special 21st century project	Cemetery of Famous Americans http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/ Lessons/2299.htm
Digital History: Puritans Gravestones as History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ learning_history/puritans/puritans_gravestones.cfm	Cemetery Studies http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cemetery/ ...eighth grade
The Cemetery: History Written in Stone http://frank.mtsu.edu/~chankins/THEN/Cemetery/	Death and Dying in the 18th and 19th Centuries http://memorialhall.mass.edu/classroom/ curriculum_8th/lesson1/bkgdessay.html

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In the Shade of the Elm Tree