Resources
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Quick Links (click on a link below to go to that section)
Preservation | Landscaping | Cleaning | Resetting | Documentation | Law | Community | Other
Preservation (Overall)
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NPS: Preservation Brief #48, Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries (PDF)
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MI Economic Dev: Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide (PDF)
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NC-OSA: Cemetery Program
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NCPC: In Safe Hands: An introduction to historic cemetery care (video)
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PNC: Digging into North Carolina’s African American Cemeteries (video)
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NTHP: Preservation of Historic Burial Grounds (PDF)
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MEDC: Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide (PDF)
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Chicora: Grave Matters: The Preservation of African-American Cemeteries (PDF)
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AAHC: African American Cemetery Preservation (PDF)
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GDOT: Identification and Evaluation of Burial Grounds Handbook (PDF) - while labeled Georgia has good overall information for those looking to apply with the National Register of Historic Places (known as Section 106)
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Landscaping:
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AGS: More than mowing the grass (PDF)
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Cleaning Markers:
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NPS: Best Practice Recommendations for Cleaning Government Issued Headstones
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Chicora: Cleaning
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Atlas Preservation: Cleaning a Monument with D/2 (Video)
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NCPTT: Cleaning Grave Markers with D/2 (Video)
Resetting Markers
Documentation:
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NPS: Documentation (How-To)
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NCPTT: Cemetery Survey Form (PDF)
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NC-OSA: Citizen Cemetery Site Form (PDF)
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NC-OSA: Archaeological Investigators Cemetery Site Form (PDF)
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Chicora: Recording Historic Cemeteries: A Guide for Historical Societies and Genealogists (PDF)
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Chicora: Cemetery Field Survey Sheet (PDF)
Law:
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NC-OSA: Useful NC Cemetery Laws
Community:
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NCAAHC: Building a Historic Cemetery Community (video)
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AGS: Guide to Forming a “Cemetery Friends” Organization (PDF)
Other:
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NPS: Safety
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Chicora: Quick Field Guide to Monument Types (PDF)