Genealogy Links

CEMETERY SEARCHING

Here are some excellent links for cemetery searches as well as historical background on gravestone traditions, symbolism, and keys that might help unlock some genealogical mysteries.
Try more than one of the search sites, as they do not all list the same cemeteries or, even if they do, not all the same graves.  Also, check back occasionally, as they may be updated often as more folks add photos and information.

Maine Old Cemeteries Association (MOCA)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~memoca/MOCAINDE.pdf

Gravestone Anatomy & Common Symbols
http://www.colorado-cemeteries.com/tombstones.html
http://www.colorado-cemeteries.com/symbols.html

Find-a-Grave
www.findagrave.com

Interment
www.interment.net

USGenWeb
Tombstone Transcription Project
www.usgwtombstones.org

Department of Veterans Affairs
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1

Cemetery Surveys Incorporated
http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.org/

Association for Gravestone Studies
http://www.gravestonestudies.org/index.htm

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Maine Historical Society

http://www.mainehistory.org/

  

Kennebec Historical Society

http://www.kennebechistorical.org/

HOME & PROPERTY RECORDS

Kennebec County Registry of Deeds

https://gov.propertyinfo.com/me-kennebec/

 

Links to some other Maine County Registries of Deeds

http://www.browntech.com/map_maine.htm