Churches and Gravestones
Gravestone Motifs Symbolism
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/thursday.handleigh/genealogy/graves/grave-imagery.htm
The meaning behind imagery on graves.
Gravestone Abbreviations
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/thursday.handleigh/genealogy/graves/grave-abbreviations.htm
For the strange letters you can find on graves...
The Cemetery Transcription Library Website.
http://interment.net
The Virtual Cemetery Website.
www.genealogy.com/vcem_welcome.html
Find a Grave Website. www.findagrave.com
The Gravestone Photographic Resource Project.
www.gravestonephotos.com/index.html
This is a free genealogy resource that contains an index of the names and relationships that appear on grave monuments. This information is of especial interest to anyone reseaching their family history as information on tombstones is rarely listed and it is often hard to find a grave.
Photographs of churches and places
http://www.oodwooc.co.uk/index.htm
Our church website now has over 2,300 pages, containing over twenty eight thousand photographs of 185 mostly Wiltshire churches. We have recorded every name that appears on every photograph and you can view the alphabetical indexes which will guide you to the relevant page.
There's a great site run by Duncan and Mandy Ball. Principally Wiltshire churches and gravestones, but there are other counties, so it's worth a look.
The name search is a must .......have a look you might be lucky.
Church Monuments Society
http://www.churchmonumentssociety.org
Cemetery Records Online
http://www.interment.net/
Contained in this website are published transcriptions from 5,000+ cemeteries across the world. This website has select worldwide parishes that have had MI's and Burial PR's transcribed around the world but you must know your churches as it doesn't always tell you which town the church is in...
Ancestors At Rest
http://AncestorsAtRest.com/
Find your ancestors in death records. Search free death records such as coffin plates, death cards, funeral cards, wills, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions on AncestorsAtRest.com Find links to other death records like cemeteries, vital stats, and obituaries.
Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions
http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
The aim of this site is to provide a photographic record of the various churches, churchyards, graveyards and cemeteries for the benefit of those genealogists who live some distance away.
The Churches of Britain and Ireland
http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/
The ultimate aim is to have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence. And the site isn't restricted to the historic parish churches - photos of the "churches" of all religions, denominations and sects are welcome.
There are currently about 15,800 churches on the web-site, ...
There are photographs of over 10,000 churches in the UK and Ireland. Well worth a look to see the churches where your ancestors were baptised, married or buried.
National Federation of Cemetery Friends
http://www.cemeteryfriends.org.uk/
NFCF Caring about the Futire of Britain's Cemeteries
It has lots of interesting in formation.Just been reading "Graves at Risk" I have put on here as it covers all counties +Wales.
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