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Victoria Tombstone Tales
of Ross Bay Cemetery: (in
the process of changes, 12/02) Ross Bay Cemetery, situated in Victoria, BC, Canada, is not the oldest or the largest, but perhaps the best example of Victorian-era romantic cemeteries in the Province of British Columbia. |
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Graveyards of Chicago: Photo tours of many Chicago cemeteries, with background and historical information. |
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GothicTomb.com: Includes the "Graveyard Gallery" - a visual exploration of old graveyards of the South, focusing on the areas of South Carolina and Georgia. |
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City of the Silent: (in the process of changes, 12/02) The web's most extensive cemetery site. Information about cemetery symbols, epitaphs, history, burials, tombstone rubbing, and other aspects of mortuary culture. |
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The Adams Residence: Gothic, macabre, morbid stories, cemetery photo gallery and last words |
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Lists O'Links | |
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Dark Side of the Net: An elegantly dark place to go; lots of information about walking the dark side |
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The Political Graveyard: The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried |
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Genealogy Sources | |
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Interment.Net,
Cemetery Records and Tombstone Inscriptions: Cemetery records and links that list the interments of cemeteries across the world |
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Ancestral Trails, Virginia Leddy's Genealogical Home Page | |
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Prairie Bluff
: A good genealogical site with an emphasis on tracing African-American ancestry. |
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Florida Cracker Country : A genealogical site with an emphasis on tracing Floridian ancestry. |
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Chicago's Italian Genealogy
Information Station: (down for now, 12/02) A good genealogical site with an emphasis on tracing Italian ancestry in Chicago. |
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
Internet : A site with links to information all over the web for genealogical research. |
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Cemetery Junction : The Internet Directory of Active and Retired Cemetery Addresses and Links throughout the United States. |
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Rootsweb:
online research for Genealogists. Rootsweb, US resources - Florida: online research list for Florida-specific information Florida - The Tombstone Transcription Project: online transcriptions of many Florida cemeteries |
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Headstone Hunters: A site that matches volunteer photographers with genealogists needing photos. |
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Cemetery Information | |
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Tomb With a View: A quarterly newsletter with information on cemeteries and how to preserve them. |
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Abandoned Cemeteries Task
Force: Report conditions of cemeteries, especially if abandoned or neglected. Use the search feature to find cemeteries in Florida counties. |
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The Association for
Gravestone Studies: 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 gravemarkers of all periods. |
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Related Information | |
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The Children's Home, Inc. | |
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Congregation Rodeph Sholom | |
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Ybor City Chamber of Commerce: Click on 'Historical Clubs' for good information about the mutual aid societies and social clubs that helped to shape Ybor City in the early 1900's. |
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L'Unione Italiana (The Italian Club) | |
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Micanopy Historical Museum | |
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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks | |
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IOOF - International Order of Odd Fellows, History (down for now, 12/02) | |
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Woodmen of the World,
History: Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society is a nonprofit fraternal benefit society committed to providing insurance protection with fraternal benefits to our more than 845,000 members and their families nationwide. |
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United States Coast Guard: "The U.S.Coast Guard site provides maritime safety, law enforcement, recreational boating safety, and environmental protection information for merchant mariners, recreational boaters, fishermen, shipbuilders and governments." |
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Jewish War Veterans,
Albert Aronovitz, Post 373: "For over 100 years, the Jewish War Veterans have been the Patriotic Voice of American Jewry. Jews have fought and died for America in every war from the Revolutionary war to today. The Albert Aronovitz Post 373 is in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida." |
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The American Legion, World's Largest Veterans Organization | |
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Miscellaneous | |
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Tampa PC Users Group | |
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Pineapple Press: A publishing company in Florida. Many good books about Florida including the Haunt Hunter's Guide to Florida by Joyce Elson Moore. |
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Jack Haldeman, II: 'Science Fiction Writer. Biologist. Producer of CD-ROMs. Ex-Arctic Explorer Becomes Florida Gator.' My Former Boss. Never mind, you wouldn't believe me anyway. Sadly, Jack died on January 1, 2002. I don't know how much longer his website will stay up. |
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The San Fernando Valley Folklore Society's Urban Legend Reference Pages | |
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