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Grave Concerns: Protecting and Repairing Damaged Historic Cemeteries (Cont)

Several publications are available to help you prepare a master plan for your cemetery, guide you in recording cemetery information, and answer questions you may have about preserving and maintaining a historic cemetery. The following list should get you started:

McGahee, Susan and Mary Edmonds. South Carolina's Historic Cemeteries: A Preservation Handbook. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1997. To order this book contact Carrie Bassett at the Department of Archives and History at 803-896-6191. Visit the Department of Archives and History on-line at http://www.state.sc.us/scdah.

Strangstad, Lynette. Preservation of Historic Burial Grounds. Preservation Information Series #76. National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1993. To order this booklet contact the National Trust for Historic Preservation at 202-588-6286 or 202-588-6289. May 2002

Strangstad, Lynette. A Graveyard Preservation Primer. Association of Graveyard Studies and the American Association for State and Local History, 1988. To order this book contact Altamira Press at 805-499-9774.

Trinkley, Michael. Grave Matters: The Preservation of African-American Cemeteries. Chicora Foundation, 1995. To order this booklet contact the Chicora Foundation, PO Box 8664, Columbia, SC 29202, or at 803-787-6910. Visit Chicora Foundation on-line at http://www.chicora.org.

________. Recording Historic Cemeteries: A Guide for Historical Societies and Genealogists. Chicora Foundation. To order this booklet contact the Chicora Foundation, PO Box 8664, Columbia, SC 29202, or at 803-787-6910. Visit Chicora Foundation on-line at http://www.chicora.org.

The following websites also contain information on the study and preservation of cemeteries:

The Association for Gravestone Studies <http://www.gravestonestudies.org/>

Saving Graves <http://www.savinggraves.com/>

South Carolina Department of Archives and History <http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/hpcemetery.htm>

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