Cemetery Inscriptions Collection
1902-2005
4 boxes 6 linear feet
Call no.: MS 669
Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.
Consisting of self-published and limited-run compilations of gravestone transcriptions from historical cemeteries, the AGS Cemetery Inscriptions Collection offers rich documentation of epitaphs and memorial language, with an emphasis on colonial and early national-era in New England and Ohio. The collection is arranged by state and town.
Historical Note
Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Consisting of self-published and limited-run compilations of gravestone transcriptions from historical cemeteries, the AGS Cemetery Inscriptions Collection offers rich documentation of epitaphs and memorial language, with an emphasis on colonial and early national-era in New England and Ohio. The collection is arranged by state and town.
Information on Use
Terms of Access and Use
Restrictions on access:
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: Association for Gravestone Studies Cemetery Inscriptions Collection (MS 669). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
History of the Collection
Acquired from the Association for Gravestone Studies, 2010, from donations received .
Processing Information
Processed by Dex Haven, June 2010.
Additional Information
Language
English
Contents List
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Connecticut
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1985-2005
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5 items
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Whittlesey, Gurski and Scully, Cemeteries of Brookfield, Connecticut (Brookfield, CT)
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2003
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Box 3
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Whittlesey and Scully, A Handbook of Cemeteries, Brookfield Connecticut (Brookfield, CT)
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1985
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Box 3
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Young, Robert, Inscriptions From Cemeteries of Danbury, Vol. 1 (Danbury Cemeteries)
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2005
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2 copies
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Box 3
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Spaulding, John J., Eastbury Cemetery Inscriptions (Glastonbury, CT)
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1997
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Box 4
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Noble, Patricia, Gravestone Inscriptions, Zion’s Hill Cemetery, Suffield, CT (Zion’s Hill Cemetery, Suffield, CT)
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2004
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2 copies
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Box 2
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Delaware
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1982-1986
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3 items
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Whitcraft, Martha; Lucy Hazen Barnes, Cemetery Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, New Castle, DE, Tombstone Survey (Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery)
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1986
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Box 2
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Whitcraft, Martha; Lucy Hazen Barnes, Red Clay Creek Church Cemetery Tombstone Survey (New Castle Co. Cemetery)
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1982
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Box 2
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Whitcraft, Martha; Lucy Hazen Barnes, White Clay Creek Church Cemetery Tombstone Survey (New Castle Co. Cemeteries)
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1984
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Box 2
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Georgia
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1999
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1 item
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Piechocinski, Elizabeth C., Old Burying Ground: Colonial Park Cemetery (Savannah, GA)
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1999
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Box 1
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Illinois
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1984
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1 item
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Baselt, Fonda and Josephine Moeller, Cemeteries of Champaign County, Illinois (Champaign Co., IL)
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1984
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Box 2
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Indiana
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1993
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1 item
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Baker, Sue, Hancock Co., Indiana Tombstone Inscriptions: One Hundred Years, 1833-1933 (Hancock Co. IN)
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1993
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Box 4
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Kentucky
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1975-1987
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2 items
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Owen, Kathryn, compiler, Old Graveyards of Clark County, Kentucky (Clark Co. Cemeteries)
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1975
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Box 4
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Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Ancestors, Quarterly: Pioneer Thomas Cemetery (p. 164), Frankfort Cemetery, (p. 172)
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1987
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Box 2
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Louisiana
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1986
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1 item
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Westerman, Audrey, et. Al., Bikur Shalom Cemetery, Donaldsonville, LA (Donaldsonville, LA)
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1986
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Box 3
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Massachusetts
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1902-2000
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13 items
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Bunnell, Paul J., Cemetery Inscriptions of the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts and its Villages 1600-1900 (Barnstable, MA)
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1992
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Box 4
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Bedford Hist. Society, Old Burying Ground Databases, Bedford (Bedford, MA)
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1995
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Box 3
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Latham, Williams, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, MA (Bridgewater, MA)
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1882 (reprint)
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Box 4
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Webb, Denise; Andrea Carlin, Site Survey and Assessment of the Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, MA (Deerfield, Old Burying Ground, Albany Road)
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2000
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Box 1
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Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, Report and Inventory, Vol. 1 — Dorchester North Burying Ground (Dorchester North, Boston, MA)
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ca.1986
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2 copies
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Box 2, 4
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Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, Report and Inventory, Vol. 2 — Copp’s Hill Burying Ground (Boston, MA)
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ca.1986
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Box 4
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Essex Soc. Of Genealogists, A Guide to Cemeteries in Essex County, MA (Essex Co., MA)
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1991
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Box 3
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Nyman, Edith and Cynthia Connor, Cemeteries of Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA (Greenfield, MA)
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1981
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Box 1
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Boston Area Shaker Study Group, compiler, Harvard Shaker Cemetery Project (Harvard, MA)
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1987
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Box 3
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Farber, Jessie Lie, The Old South Hadley Burial Ground, 1976 (Old South Hadley Cemetery)
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1976
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Box 4
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Allen, Orrin Peer, Inscriptions from The Ancient Cemeteries of Palmer, Massachusetts, 1729-1901 (Palmer, MA)
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1902
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2 copies
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Box 1, 4
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Robinson, Barbara J., Howard E. Robinson, Cynthia L. Robinson, Burial Hill in the 1990s, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth, Burial Hill Cemetery)
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1999
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Box 4
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Bouchard, Betty J., Our Silent Neighbors: A Study of Gravestones in the Olde Salem Area (Salem, MA)
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1991
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Box 4
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Bell, Edward L., Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ()
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1990
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Box 2
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Maryland
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1982-1985
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2 items
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Gurney, John T. III, editor, Cemetery Inscriptions of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Anne Arundel Co. MD)
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1982
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Box 4
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Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling, Names in Stone: Frederick Co., MD, Vols. 1 and 2 (Frederick Co. MD)
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1985
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Box 4
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Maine
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1978-2002
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7 items
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Maine Old Cemetery Association, Sagadahoc County Cemeteries (Arrowsic Twp. ME)
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Box
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Haines, Agnes G., Mildred O. Jackson, Bethel, Maine, Cemeteries (Bethel Cemeteries)
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1989
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Box 2
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Best, Gary, Old Fort Cemetery Gravestone Inventory (Damariscotta, Pemaquid Cemetery)
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2002
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Box 3
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Gates, Susan, Monhegan Island Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions (Monhegan Island, Maine)
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1978
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Box 4
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Jordan, William B. Jr., Burial Records 1717 – 1962 of the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine (Portland, ME)
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1987
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Box 4
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Ketover, Karen Sherman, Westbrook, Maine Cemeteries (Westbrook, ME)
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1996
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Box 4
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Missouri
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1986-1991
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3 items
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Howard, Gail, Mozelle Hutchinson, Cemeteries of Maries County, MO, (Maries Co. Cemeteries)
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1986
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Box 4
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Osage County Historical Society, Comprehensive Survey of Jefferson Township Cemeteries (Osage Co. Cemeteries)
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1990
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Box 1
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Platte County Missouri Historical Society, Platte County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions and Weston Cemetery Sexton Accounts (Platte Co. Cemeteries)
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1991
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Box 3
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Montana
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1980
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1 item
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Townshend, Doris B., Cemeteries and Graves of Madison County, Montana (Madison Co. Cemeteries)
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1980
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Box 3
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New Hampshire
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1908-1985
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6 items
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Barrington, New Hampshire Historical Society, Graveyards of Barrington, New Hampshire (Barrington, NH)
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1976
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Box 2
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Chesterfield Historical Society, From Journey’s End to Hardscrabble, 3d ed. (Chesterfield, NH)
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1985
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Box 2
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Goss, Mrs. C. C., Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire (NH)
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1942
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Box 1
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Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Two Old Cemeteries on East Hill (Petersborough, East Hill Cemeteries)
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1908
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Box 1
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Tallman, Louise H., compiler, Family Graveyards of Portsmouth, NH (Portsmouth Cemeteries)
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1983
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Box 4
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McClave, Elizabeth, Cemetery Surveys and Adoptions (Stephentown Cemeteries)
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Box
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New Jersey
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1990-1993
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4 items
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Whitcraft, Martha, Lucy Hazen Barnes, Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Glassboro, NJ (Glassboro Methodist Cemetery)
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1991
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Box 4
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Brown, T. Robbins, Bergen County Historic Sites Survey: Cemetery Inventory (Hackensack, NJ, Bergen Co.)
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1992
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Box 3
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Baker, Walter C., Family Burying Grounds, Montgomery Township, Somerset Co. , NJ (Montgomery Co., NJ)
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1993
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Box 2
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New Providence Presbyterian Church, Colonial Graveyard of Presbyterian Church at New Providence, NJ, The (New Providence, NJ)
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1990
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Box 2
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New York
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1986-1999
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5 items
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Silinonte, Joseph, Tombstones of the Irish Born: Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
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1992
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Box 2
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Langhans, Rufus B., Huntington Historic Cemeteries (Huntington, NY)
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Box
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Brown, Anne Wright, New York Marble Cemetery Interments 1830-1937 (NYC)
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1999
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Box 1
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Krell, Peter, So That All May Be Remembered, Vol. 1 Clarkstown, Rockland County (Rockland Co., NY)
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1989
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Box 3
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McClave, Elizabeth W., Epitaphs in the Only Stephentown on Earth (Stephentown, NY)
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1986
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2 copies
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Box 1, 2
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Ohio
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1983-1998
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10 items
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chapter, Oak Grove Cemetery In Bowling Green, Pt. 1 and 2 (multiple Cemeteries)
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1985
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chap., Cemeteries in Milton Township (Milton Twp. Wood Co. OH)
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1987
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Fairfield Co. Chapter, Cemeteries of Berne Twp. (multiple cemeteries)
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1983
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Box 3
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chap., Cemeteries in Bloom Twp. (multiple Cemeteries)
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1988
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Fairfield Co. Chap., Cemet
eries of Richland Twp. (multiple Cemeteries) |
1984
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chap., Cemeteries in Henry and Jackson Twps. Vols. 1 and 2 (multiple townships)
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1986
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Box 2
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Ohio Genealogical Society, Ohio Cemeteries (OH)
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1998
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Box 2
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Ohio Genealogical Society, Ohio Cemeteries Addendum (OH)
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1990
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chap., Cemeteries in Plain Township (Plain Twp. Wood Co. OH)
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1988
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Box 2
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Ohio Gen. Society, Wood Co. Chap., Cemeteries in Washington Township (Washington Twp. Wood Co. OH)
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1987
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Box 2
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Oregon
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1978-2001
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3 items
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Oregon Dept. of Trans., Oregon Cemetery Survey (multiple cemeteries)
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1978
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Box 3
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Robinson, Jeanne, Visitors’ Guide to Oregon Historic Cemeteries (OR)
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1999
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Box 3
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Byrd, Dean H., compiler, Oregon Burial Site Guide (OR)
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2001
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Box 4
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Pennsylvania
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1 item
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Fadenrecht, Doris, New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery, Bucks Co., PA (New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery,)
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Box
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Rhode Island
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1991-1992
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2 items
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MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, East Greenwich, Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Inscriptions (East Greenwich Cemeteries)
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1991
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Box 2
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McAleer, Althea, Graveyards of North Kingstown, RI (North Kingstown, RI)
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1992
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Box 2
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The South
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1960
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1 item
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Lester, M. A., Old Southern Cemetery Records, selected (selected)
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1960
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Box 1
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South Carolina
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1965-1985
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2 items
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Moss, Bobby G., Dennis R. Amos, Tombstones and Cemeteries of Cherokee Co, Vols. 1 and 2 (multiple Cemeteries)
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1985
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Box 2
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Crockett, Nancy, Old Waxhaw Cemetery Inscriptions (Old Waxhaw Cemetery, Lancaster, SC)
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1965
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Box 3
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Tennessee
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1968-1986
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3 items
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Dalton, Lynette, et. Al., Cemetery Records of Cheatham County, Tennessee, Vol. 1 Districts 3 and 4 (Cheatham Co., TN)
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1986
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Box 3
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Darnell, Jones, Alley and Hogan, Cemetery Records, Montgomery Co.,Vol. 1 (Montgomery Co., TN)
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1968
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Box 3
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Key, Maggart and Turner, Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries (Smith Co., TN)
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1984
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Box 2
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Texas
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1993
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1 item
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Beverly, Trevia Wooster, At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries 1822-1992 (Harris Co., TX)
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1993
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Box 3
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Virginia
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1985-1999
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4 items
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Arlington Genealogy Club, Graveyards of Arlington County, Virginia (Arlington Co., VA)
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1985
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Box 2
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Kizer, Franklin, St. Mary’s Whitechapel Cemetery Lancaster VA (Lancaster, VA)
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1991-1999
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Box 3
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Sheridan, Christine L., Tombstones of Mathews County, VA (Mathews Co., VA)
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1988
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Box 2
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Orgain Jr., J. R., A Rough Index on Names found . . . Brunswick Co., VA (multiple cemeteries)
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1986
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Box 1
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Vermont
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1977-1994
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3 items
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Hoffman, Germaine A. L., Gleanings from Gravestone Inscriptions (Brookline)
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1994
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Box 4
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Bacon, Robert L., Register of persons buried in the Cemeteries of the town of Thetford, VT 1768-1976 (Thetford, VT.)
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1977
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Box 2
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Vermont Old Cemetery Association, Burial Grounds of Vermont (Vermont)
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1991
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Box 3
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International
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1987-1999
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4 items
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Graves of Honour at the Central Cemetery in Vienna (Vienna, Central Cemetery)
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ca.1992
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Box 4
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Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Gen. Soc. Cemetery Records, Home for Aged Cemetery (Waterloo Twp., Wellington Co.)
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1987
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Box 1
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Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Gen. Soc. Cemetery Records, Linwood Union Cemetery (Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Co.)
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1987
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Box 1
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Henchion, Richard, Gravestone Inscriptions Cathedral Cemetery, Cloyne, Co. Cork (Ireland, Cloyne)
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1999
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Box 1
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