Cemetery Restoration and Preservation Resources

Below are links to other cemetery preservation websites that may be of interest to you:

Saving Graves Collection of preservation & restoration links
Indiana State Library Online indexes
John Bower Studio Historical photography, Indiana
Save Outdoor Sculpture resource for identifying, documenting and conserving Outdoor Sculpture nationwide
Indiana DNR Cemetery Preservation
Historic Archaeological Research - HAR Cemetery survey & CAD mapping, subsurface imaging (GPR)
Indiana Historical Society Hoosier research resources
The Society of Indiana Pioneers honoring the memory and the hard work of Pioneers of Indiana
Sons of the American Revolution - Indiana Society
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration Database
Department of Veterans Affairs Headstones and Markers, Burial and Memorial Benefits
Civil War - Soldiers and Sailors System
Find-a-Grave Millions of Cemetery Records
Interment.net Cemetery Records Online
Indiana Cemetery Transcriptions Access Genealogy
Indiana Cemeteries - I Dream of Genealogy
National Cemeteries - Genealogy

Let’s Talk Funding for Pioneer Cemetery Restoration - We typically get quite a few requests from folks looking for funds to undertake restoration efforts, this article, authored by Rich Green of Historic Archaeological Research (HAR), is full of idea starters.

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Tablet restoration

Resetting and leveling toppled stones

“Cemeteries are an important element of our history and represent a thread through time that connects our pioneer past with the present. If we stop caring for this link to our heritage, the history of a community may be lost forever.” Helen Wildermuth

Stonehugger Cemetery Restoration, Inc.; Indiana based, full-service cemetery restoration company specializing in renovation and repair of pioneer cemeteries