Websites
The Association for Gravestone Studies
BillionGraves.com: Understanding Cemetery Symbols, Part 1 and Part 2
Cemetery Studies: Cemetery Art and Symbolism
Cemetery Symbolism: A Wary Glossary
Cemetery Symbols, Found in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Gravestones and Symbolism: A Brief History of American Gravestone Design
National Cemetery Administration: Emblems of Belief
Vintage Views: Glossary of Victorian Cemetery Symbolism
Books
Early American Gravestone Art in Photographs by Francis Y. Duval (Dover Publications, out of print)
Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815 by Allan L. Ludwig (Wesleyan University Press)
Gravestones of Early New England, and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes (Pyne Press, out of print)
Soul in the Stone: Cemetery Art from America’s Heartland by John Gary Brown (University Press of Kansas)
Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas Keister (Gibbs Smith, Publisher)
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