www.savinggraves.org
Saving Graves is strongly committed to the preservation and protection of human burial sites from unauthorized and unwarranted disturbance, by man or nature. Saving Graves was formed to educate and assist in the worldwide networking of people interested in protecting, restoring and preserving our historic cemeteries. We believe that the willful desecration or destruction of human burial sites is unacceptable in a civilized society.
All over the globe, cemeteries have been threatened either by neglect, insufficient funds, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy. These cemeteries constitute a memento of great achievements of the common everyday people that lived and worked there, contributing greatly to both culture and science, leading to the creation of a better place for those that followed.
It is our primary objective to increase the awareness and highlight the importance of our historic cemeteries as sources of community and state pride, while promoting an attitude of reverence and respect, and encouraging the further preservation of these unique historical resources for future generations to appreciate and learn from. If society fails to appropriately and adequately deal with this issue through some definitive action, whether legislative or otherwise, not only will genealogical and historical resources likely be irreparably harmed, but society will potentially lose a valuable resource for charting its inexorable course into annals of human history.

http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/heritage/cemeteries/cemrestore.htm
Helping cemetery trustees who struggle to maintain their historic tombstones is the goal of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation’s latest publication, Landscapes of Memories – A Guide for Conserving Historic Cemeteries: Repairing Tombstones. The guide has been written by specialists in masonry conservation and provides technical information on topics such as how to correctly identify materials, how to get started on a cemetery restoration project, and the ten most common tombstone repairs. Designed for easy use in the office or in the field, this guide is ideal for cemetery trustees, monument builders, conservators and volunteers.

For further information on this publication, you may contact:
Tamara Anson-Cartwright
Heritage Properties and Museum Programs Unit
Toronto, Canada
(416) 314 7133
(416) 314 7175 Fax:
tamara.ansoncartwright@mcl.gov.on.ca

www.gravestonestudies.org
The Association for Gravestone Studies was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. AGS is an international organization with an interest in grave markers of all periods and styles. Through its publications, conferences, workshops and exhibits, AGS promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives, expands public awareness of the significance of historic grave markers, and encourages individuals and groups to record and preserve gravestones. At every opportunity, AGS cooperates with groups that have similar interests.

The Association for Gravestone Studies
278 Main Street, Suite 207
Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301
(413) 772 0836
info@gravestonestudies.org