Association for Gravestone Studies Cemetery Inscriptions Collection

The collection is open for research.

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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.

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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.

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Search Terms

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Connecticut 1985-2005 5 items

Cemeteries of Brookfield, Connecticut (Brookfield, CT) 2003

A Handbook of Cemeteries, Brookfield Connecticut (Brookfield, CT) 1985

Inscriptions From Cemeteries of Danbury, Vol. 1 (Danbury Cemeteries) 2005 2 copies

Eastbury Cemetery Inscriptions (Glastonbury, CT) 1997

Gravestone Inscriptions, Zion's Hill Cemetery, Suffield, CT (Zion's Hill Cemetery, Suffield, CT) 2004 2 copies

Delaware 1982-1986 3 items

Cemetery Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, New Castle, DE, Tombstone Survey (Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery) 1986

Red Clay Creek Church Cemetery Tombstone Survey (New Castle Co. Cemetery) 1982

White Clay Creek Church Cemetery Tombstone Survey (New Castle Co. Cemeteries) 1984

Georgia 1999 1 item

Old Burying Ground: Colonial Park Cemetery (Savannah, GA) 1999

Illinois 1984 1 item

Cemeteries of Champaign County, Illinois (Champaign Co., IL) 1984

Indiana 1993 1 item

Hancock Co., Indiana Tombstone Inscriptions: One Hundred Years, 1833-1933 (Hancock Co. IN) 1993

Kentucky 1975-1987 2 items

Old Graveyards of Clark County, Kentucky (Clark Co. Cemeteries) 1975

Kentucky Ancestors, Quarterly: Pioneer Thomas Cemetery (p. 164), Frankfort Cemetery, (p. 172) 1987

Louisiana 1986 1 item

Bikur Shalom Cemetery, Donaldsonville, LA (Donaldsonville, LA) 1986

Massachusetts 1902-2000 13 items

Cemetery Inscriptions of the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts and its Villages 1600-1900 (Barnstable, MA) 1992

Old Burying Ground Databases, Bedford (Bedford, MA) 1995

Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, MA (Bridgewater, MA) 1882 (reprint)

Site Survey and Assessment of the Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, MA (Deerfield, Old Burying Ground, Albany Road) 2000

Report and Inventory, Vol. 1 -- Dorchester North Burying Ground (Dorchester North, Boston, MA) 1986 2 copies

Report and Inventory, Vol. 2 -- Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Boston, MA) 1986

A Guide to Cemeteries in Essex County, MA (Essex Co., MA) 1991

Cemeteries of Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA (Greenfield, MA) 1981

Harvard Shaker Cemetery Project (Harvard, MA) 1987

The Old South Hadley Burial Ground, 1976 (Old South Hadley Cemetery) 1976

Inscriptions from The Ancient Cemeteries of Palmer, Massachusetts, 1729-1901 (Palmer, MA) 1902 2 copies

Burial Hill in the 1990s, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth, Burial Hill Cemetery) 1999

Our Silent Neighbors: A Study of Gravestones in the Olde Salem Area (Salem, MA) 1991

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System () 1990

Maryland 1982-1985 2 items

Cemetery Inscriptions of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Anne Arundel Co. MD) 1982

Names in Stone: Frederick Co., MD, Vols. 1 and 2 (Frederick Co. MD) 1985

Maine 1978-2002 7 items

Sagadahoc County Cemeteries (Arrowsic Twp. ME)

Bethel, Maine, Cemeteries (Bethel Cemeteries) 1989

Old Fort Cemetery Gravestone Inventory (Damariscotta, Pemaquid Cemetery) 2002

Monhegan Island Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions (Monhegan Island, Maine) 1978

Burial Records 1717 - 1962 of the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine (Portland, ME) 1987

Westbrook, Maine Cemeteries (Westbrook, ME) 1996

Missouri 1986-1991 3 items

Cemeteries of Maries County, MO, (Maries Co. Cemeteries) 1986

Comprehensive Survey of Jefferson Township Cemeteries (Osage Co. Cemeteries) 1990

Platte County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions and Weston Cemetery Sexton Accounts (Platte Co. Cemeteries) 1991

Montana 1980 1 item

Cemeteries and Graves of Madison County, Montana (Madison Co. Cemeteries) 1980

New Hampshire 1908-1985 6 items

Graveyards of Barrington, New Hampshire (Barrington, NH) 1976

From Journey's End to Hardscrabble, 3d ed. (Chesterfield, NH) 1985

Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire (NH) 1942

Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Two Old Cemeteries on East Hill (Petersborough, East Hill Cemeteries) 1908

Family Graveyards of Portsmouth, NH (Portsmouth Cemeteries) 1983

Cemetery Surveys and Adoptions (Stephentown Cemeteries)

New Jersey 1990-1993 4 items

Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Glassboro, NJ (Glassboro Methodist Cemetery) 1991

Bergen County Historic Sites Survey: Cemetery Inventory (Hackensack, NJ, Bergen Co.) 1992

Family Burying Grounds, Montgomery Township, Somerset Co. , NJ (Montgomery Co., NJ) 1993

Colonial Graveyard of Presbyterian Church at New Providence, NJ, The (New Providence, NJ) 1990

New York 1986-1999 5 items

Tombstones of the Irish Born: Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY) 1992

Huntington Historic Cemeteries (Huntington, NY)

New York Marble Cemetery Interments 1830-1937 (NYC) 1999

So That All May Be Remembered, Vol. 1 Clarkstown, Rockland County (Rockland Co., NY) 1989

Epitaphs in the Only Stephentown on Earth (Stephentown, NY) 1986 2 copies

Ohio 1983-1998 10 items

Oak Grove Cemetery In Bowling Green, Pt. 1 and 2 (multiple Cemeteries) 1985

Cemeteries in Milton Township (Milton Twp. Wood Co. OH) 1987

Cemeteries of Berne Twp. (multiple cemeteries) 1983

Cemeteries in Bloom Twp. (multiple Cemeteries) 1988

Cemeteries of Richland Twp. (multiple Cemeteries) 1984

Cemeteries in Henry and Jackson Twps. Vols. 1 and 2 (multiple townships) 1986

Ohio Cemeteries (OH) 1998

Ohio Cemeteries Addendum (OH) 1990

Cemeteries in Plain Township (Plain Twp. Wood Co. OH) 1988

Cemeteries in Washington Township (Washington Twp. Wood Co. OH) 1987

Oregon 1978-2001 3 items

Oregon Cemetery Survey (multiple cemeteries) 1978

Visitors' Guide to Oregon Historic Cemeteries (OR) 1999

Oregon Burial Site Guide (OR) 2001

Pennsylvania 1 item

New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery, Bucks Co., PA (New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery,)

Rhode Island 1991-1992 2 items

East Greenwich, Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Inscriptions (East Greenwich Cemeteries) 1991

Graveyards of North Kingstown, RI (North Kingstown, RI) 1992

The South 1960 1 item

Old Southern Cemetery Records, selected (selected) 1960

South Carolina 1965-1985 2 items

Tombstones and Cemeteries of Cherokee Co, Vols. 1 and 2 (multiple Cemeteries) 1985

Old Waxhaw Cemetery Inscriptions (Old Waxhaw Cemetery, Lancaster, SC) 1965

Tennessee 1968-1986 3 items

Cemetery Records of Cheatham County, Tennessee, Vol. 1 Districts 3 and 4 (Cheatham Co., TN) 1986

Cemetery Records, Montgomery Co.,Vol. 1 (Montgomery Co., TN) 1968

Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries (Smith Co., TN) 1984

Texas 1993 1 item

At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries 1822-1992 (Harris Co., TX) 1993

Virginia 1985-1999 4 items

Graveyards of Arlington County, Virginia (Arlington Co., VA) 1985

St. Mary's Whitechapel Cemetery Lancaster VA (Lancaster, VA) 1991-1999

Tombstones of Mathews County, VA (Mathews Co., VA) 1988

A Rough Index on Names found . . . Brunswick Co., VA (multiple cemeteries) 1986

Vermont 1977-1994 3 items

Gleanings from Gravestone Inscriptions (Brookline) 1994

Register of persons buried in the Cemeteries of the town of Thetford, VT 1768-1976 (Thetford, VT.) 1977

Burial Grounds of Vermont (Vermont) 1991

International 1987-1999 4 items

Graves of Honour at the Central Cemetery in Vienna (Vienna, Central Cemetery) 1992

Ontario Gen. Soc. Cemetery Records, Home for Aged Cemetery (Waterloo Twp., Wellington Co.) 1987

Ontario Gen. Soc. Cemetery Records, Linwood Union Cemetery (Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Co.) 1987

Gravestone Inscriptions Cathedral Cemetery, Cloyne, Co. Cork (Ireland, Cloyne) 1999