My introduction to cemetery research was in the early 1990’s when, as an archivist, I was involved in a project researching and photographing headstones and military markers of Civil War soldiers for an exhibit. As I became interested in discovering my family history, cemeteries and their records became a valuable resource. Visiting my ancestors’ grave sites over the years has been a valued experience, in some cases being one of the few tangible traces of them.

For both my personal research and as a freelance genealogist, I have visited cemeteries and enjoyed the landscape and monument architecture, the peaceful ambiance…and I’ve even attended great Halloween tours!

My introduction to cemetery research was in the early 1990’s when, as an archivist, I was involved in a project researching and photographing headstones and military markers of Civil War soldiers for an exhibit. As I became interested in discovering my family history, cemeteries and their records became a valuable resource. Visiting my ancestors’ grave sites over the years has been a valued experience, in some cases being one of the few tangible traces of them.

For both my personal research and as a freelance genealogist, I have visited cemeteries and enjoyed the landscape and monument architecture, the peaceful ambiance…and I’ve even attended great Halloween tours!