Cemetery/Sexton News & Announcements

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Readfield Cemeteries Spring Clean-Up

The Readfield Sexton, Ben Rodriguez, will be starting spring-clean up and is asking for your help. If you have a loved one laid to rest in... more ››

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Readfield Cemeteries Spring Clean-Up

The Readfield Sexton will be doing spring-clean up and is asking for your help. If you have a loved one laid to rest in one of the... more ››

The Farber Gravestone Collection

The Farber Gravestone Collection is an incredible resource of over 9, 000 gravestones located in the Northeastern part of the United States... more ››

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Find a Grave: Cemetery Resource

Find a Grave is a publicly-generated database of cemetery records that is owned by Ancestry.com. This easy to use website is a great... more ››

Old Baptist Cemetery AKA Old Meeting House on the Hill in Yarmouth, ME (Cover Photo by Tatjana Cotta Conners)

Maine Cemetery Trampers Companion by Mark Cheetham (Maine Old Cemetery Association)

       "This volume is produced in the hope that it may help provide a more thorough understanding of the various memorial elements one... more ››

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Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography: Written and Photographed by Douglas Keister

       "Visual symbolism on grave markers has been present as long as such memorials have existed, and the process remains vital and... more ››

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A Graveyard Preservation Primer (Second Edition) by Lynette Strangstad

"Unlike most histories, graveyards record the lives of all, signify past existences, and recognize the commonality of us all. The history... more ››