For further information on researching and using cemeteries as teaching  resources consult:

A Graveyard Preservation Primer, Lynette Strangstad.  Nashville:  American Association for State and Local History, 1988.

Cemeteries & Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture, Richard E. Meyer, ed.   Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Press, 1989.

Grave Matters: The Preservation of African-American Cemeteries, Chicora Foundation, Inc., Box 8664, Columbia, SC  29202-8664.

The Cemetery Box.  Don Mitchell and Gary Grimm.  Good Apple, Inc., Box 299, Carthage, IL  62321.

Association for Gravestone Studies, 278 Main St., Suite 207, Greenfield, MA, 01301.