When I was growing up, many of my friends thought I was strange because I liked cemeteries. A few friends were even fearful of walking on the same side of the street as the cemetery. They couldn't understand what I found so interesting in the old Presbyterian Cemetery in my hometown of Madison, North Carolina. The old tombstones with the names of the town fathers, dates in the early 1800s, unusual engraved icons, and interesting epitaphs still fascinate me, and perhaps that's why I am working on a manuscript on the subject, hoping to include many of the thousands of photographs, old postcards, and stereograph images I have collected over the years.

The Internet has opened up a new world for all of us. We now have access to vast amounts of information from our own computers at any hour of the day or night. Information about cemeteries and details about their denizens are among the expanding body of information available, and we can conduct online cemetery research about our family lines online as well. In "Along Those Lines . . ." this week, let me share with you a number of interesting online sites for your cemetery research, followed by this week's installment of "The Citation Corner," in which I'll illustrate how to create a source citation for a Web site. Click to Continue Article (offsite)

Canada: Ontario Cemeteries

Bentinck Township

Old Presbyterian Durham
Rody's Evangelical United Brethren
Lamlash
Evangelical United Brethren

Egremont Township

Springfield Methodist
Pioneer
Old Methodist Mount Forest
Mount Zion Methodist
Mount Gilead Methodist
Hilts Methodist

Normanby Township

Pioneer
Chapel Hill
Negro
Abandoned
Single Grave

RootsWeb Cemetery Message Boards

Walkie-Talkie Cemetery Research
Tape Recorder Helps Verify Cemetery Info
Letter to the Editor: Sailor's Snug Harbor Cemetery
Making Connections at the Cemetery
Letter to the Editor: Looking for St. Lambert Cemetery, Montreal
Kids at the Cemetery
Videotape Cemetery Finds
Cemetery Tips from Readers
Cemetery Tips Submitted by Readers
How Not To Conduct a Cemetery Research Trip
More Cemetery Tips Submitted by Readers
The National Cemetery Administration Records Verification Project
Cemetery Tips Submitted by Readers
Virtual Cemetery Research
Cemetery Research Online
An Easy Way to Label Cemetery Photos
Cemetery Clues You Might Have Missed
Cemetery Inscriptions
Digital Cemetery Photography
Cemetery Iconography
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Henry County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 2 (Calhoun Cemetery)
Page County, Virginia, Cemetery Records, Vol. I (Luray Cemetery) Cemetery Record Compendium
Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index
Shenandoah County, Virginia, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 (Woodstock)
Piatt County, Illinois Marriage and Cemetery Records, 1841-53
U.S. Cemetery Address Book
California Cemetery Inscription Sources
Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources
Pleasant Hill Cemetery Inscriptions, Pritchett, Texas
Duncan's Creek, South Carolina Church Cemetery Records
Prospect Hill Cemetery Inscriptions, Front Royal, Virginia
Loudon County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions
Ray County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volume IV-VI
Randolph County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 3
Ralls County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Pettis County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Saline County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 2-7
Saline County, Missouri: Ridge Park Cemetery Records
Montgomery County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-2
Miller County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Marion County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-2
Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions: Graniteville
Appleton City, St. Clair County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Sullivan County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volumes 1-5
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts: Cemetery Inscriptions
Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records
New Madrid, Missouri Cemetery Records, and Marriage Records, 1864-1874
Macon County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-11
Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1, 3-5
Randolph County, Missouri, Cemetery Records and Histories, Vol. IV (1-6) & Vol.V (1-2)
Linn County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 2 & 8
Lafayette County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. I
Wunders Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Addison County, Vermont, Cemetery Records, Vol. II-III
Carroll County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. I, III-IV
Oakhill Cemetery Inscriptions, Oakhurst, California
Johnson Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey
Waterloo County, Ontario, Cemetery Inscriptions
Riverside Cemetery Index, New Hambug, Ontario
Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index (Eleven Counties)
Lexington, Massachusetts Cemetery Records
Woodland Cemetery Records, Kitchener, Ontario
Lawson Cemetery Records, Payne County, Oklahoma
Bennington, Vermont Cemetery Inscriptions
Fairbanks, Alaska Cemetery Records
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
Prairie View Cemetery Inscriptions, Grangeville, Idaho
Swan Creek Cemetery Inscriptions, Monclova, Ohio
Knocktemple Old Cemetery Inscriptions, County Cavan, Ireland
West Virginia Cemetery Readings, 1941
Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records
Massachusetts: Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions
Cross Creek, Pennsylvania Cemetery History
Marble Cemetery Records, New York City, New York, 1830-1937
Iowa Cemetery Records
Morris County, New Jersey Cemetery Inscriptions
Harney County, Oregon, Cemetery Records
Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah Cemetery, 1846-1999
Utah Cemetery Inventory
Ray County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volume I-III
Clay County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volume I-II
Iosco County, Michigan, 1901-99: Esmond-Evergreen Cemetery
Saratoga County, New York, Cemetery Records, Volume I
New London County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume I and II
Windham County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume I
Mason County, Kentucky, Cemetery Records, Volume I
Hancock County, Maine, Cemetery Records, Volume I
Barton County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. I
Bates County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-4, 5 (Part 1), 6 (Parts 1 & 2), 7, 8 (Parts 1-3)
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio: Camp Chase Cemetery
Johnson County, Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions
Boone County, Missouri, Cemetery Records Vol. 2 (Part 1 & 2), 5, 6, 7, 8 (Part 1 & 2)
Callaway County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-3, 6
Caldwell County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 6
Camden County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Cape Girardeau and Adjoining Counties, Missouri, Cemetery Records
Cass County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1
Cedar County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 2
Chariton County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 & 2
Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12
Daviess County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 2
Grundy County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 3 & 6