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June 1, 2010 Finding Indiana's cemeteries is massive undertaking Putting together state registry is nearing its 10th year By Maureen Hayden CNHI INDIANAPOLIS - John Walters found his life's calling in a long-abandoned cemetery, surrounded by fallen tombstones. Hired to mow its grass, h

Search for your ancestors in free cemetery and obituary listings. Plus, learn how to do a tombstone rubbing, use GPS to locate family cemeteries, clean and maintain cemeteries, interpret the meaning of icons and symbols on gravestones, and use records from funeral homes, undertakers and coroners.

Interment.net contains thousands of transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions, from cemeteries in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. Access is free - no subscription fees, no money

Photos of Texas Cemeteries. Grave sites, tombstones, historical markers -- all are welcome -- just make sure its in Texas!

A great place to post your photos of western ghost town,mining camp and pioneer cemeteries, tombstones and associated landscape. Try not to use weird lighting, colors or over-edit your photos. Keep it real. This is not for ghost or paranormal photos. Please respect these historical burial sites. Enjoy.

A computer program for the genealogy community which is intended to assist you in determining a full surname from only a part of the surname. This software is intended for use when you have a partial surname from a document that is hard to read or a partial surname from reading a tombstone. It would also be good for determining surnames from old paintings. When you put in the characters you can figure out and click Search, the program will create a list of matching surnames. This software also helps you to search the web for information on the surnames it suggests.

Surname Suggestion List and Surname Findit were developed by Matt Combs.