Guides
Practical guides for people who run cemeteries.
Written for the person who has the binder on their desk and a family on the phone. No sales pitch in the middle of them — if we are useful, you know where to find us.
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How to digitize cemetery records
Ledgers, index cards, and a spreadsheet somebody started in 2009 — a working order for getting decades of interment records into something searchable.
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What cemetery mapping costs
Nobody publishes numbers, so here are the things that actually move the price — and the one that moves it most.
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How to map a small cemetery with volunteers
For church, township, and pioneer grounds with no budget and three people who care. A method that produces something real.
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Choosing cemetery software
Feature lists all look the same. Four questions separate the systems you can live with from the ones you will be trapped in.
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Cemetery listings you don't control
Ads sold against your name, dates nobody at your office verified, and corrections going to a stranger. What you can actually do about it.
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A listing is free. A conversation about capturing your grounds costs nothing either.