Where to go For More Information
- Maine Old Cemetery Association (MOCA) – A treasure trove of information about preservation, restoration, laws pertaining to cemeteries and other resources for those of us in Maine working with cemeteries. Membership includes access to a growing collection of statewide cemetery assets, including a searchable database of cemeteries and associated burial transcripts.
- MOCA Cleaning Gravestones Brochure
- MOCA Inscription Repositories – In addition to the MOCA Members Website, here’s where you can find MOCA’s published cemetery transcriptions for the State of Maine.
- National Center for Preservation Technology and Training – NCPTT is part of the National Park Service; another terrific source of useful and well-researched technical advice.
- Chicora Foundation – A treasure trove of excellent advice when considering work in a historic cemetery.
- Gravestone Preservation Info – by Jonathan Appel. Another excellent source of information, tools, resources for anyone taking on a cemetery restoration.
- Stone by Stone — Uncovering the Story of Indian Harbor, One Stone at a Time – The restoration of Mill Pond Cemetery in Corea was undertaken by members of Seaside Grange over a ten-year period, resurrecting the original village cemetery, abandoned for nearly 100 years and almost completely lost. This video presentation describes the entire restoration project, highlighting the process they followed and sharing some of the important finds.
- PhotoTree.com – An excellent step-by-step description of how to photograph a hard-to-read gravestone.
- Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) – The international version of MOCA. The “Knowledge Center” on their website has an excellent compilation of links on this and related topics.
- Find A Grave – Locate cemetery transcriptions from the whole world!
- BillionGraves – Another indexed collection of cemetery transcriptions. This one is crowd-sourced and has a great cemetery mapping tool.