Texas
- Research
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Transcription of Burials in Oakwood and Other City
Cemeteries from the Period 1866-1918 taken from the
Sexton's Records
- Preservation
- Laws, Regulations, Ordinances
- Articles & Videos
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Downtown Austin Video - Remember the Dead featuring
Day of the Dead celebration in Austin and Oakwood
Cemetery
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Saving Oakwood Chapel - Round Rock Films worked with
SAC to create a film that will give viewers a sense of
Oakwood and why it is so special.
- Mailing Lists
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Texas Centennial Mailing List - Send an e-mail with
"Subscribe" in the subject line
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Cemeteries Across the State Mailing List - Send an
e-mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line
National
- Research
- Find
a Grave Website: Find a Grave is a resource for
finding the final resting places of family, friends, and
"famous" individuals. Find a Grave's primary purpose is
a graves registration website.
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Dead or Alive Website: This site tracks whether
famous people are dead or alive.
- National
Preservation Institute: Alexandria, VA
Professional training for the management, development, and preservation of historic, cultural, and environmental resources
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The Association for Gravestone Studies: Greenfield, MA
Promotes the study of gravestones from historical and
artistic perspectives, expands public awareness of the
significance of historic gravemarkers, and encourages
individuals and groups to record and preserve
gravestones.
- The mission of
Waterhouse Symbolism is to research and document symbols locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Symbolism E-Newsletter 2-1-2012
- Cemeteries
- Articles & Videos
- Gravely Endangered Cemeteries:
Educating the Living to Care for the Dead by
Jennifer Farwell on the National Trust for Historic
Preservation's Preservation Online on October 26, 2007
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Grave Dowsing Reconsidered by Dr. William E
Whittaker, RPA, University of Iowa
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Locating Unmarked Cemetery Burials by Dr. William E
Whittaker, RPA, University of Iowa
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What to Do When Disaster Strikes Historic Cemeteries
by Mary Striegel for the National Center for
Preservation Techonology & Training, April 28, 2011