Source Registry

The institutions and references used for identification, historical context and preservation cautions.

40 registered references

Source IDs remain in the downloadable dataset so downstream users can preserve provenance.

  1. Symbolism on GravestonesAssociation for Gravestone Studies

    Scholarly caution, hands, obelisks, fraternal symbols, Woodmen of the World and interpretation limits.

  2. About the Association for Gravestone StudiesAssociation for Gravestone Studies

    Background on the international study and preservation of grave markers.

  3. RelictMerriam-Webster

    Definition, etymology and the older/legal surviving-spouse sense of relict.

  4. RelictDictionaries of the Scots Language

    Historical Scots usage for a surviving wife or widower, with dated documentary examples.

  5. Ecclesiastical AbbreviationsCatholic Encyclopedia, New Advent

    Expands R.I.P. as Requiescat in pace and translates it as a wish for rest in peace.

  6. Tomb of George Broad, Hammersmith CemeteryHistoric England

    A documented late-Victorian cemetery tomb whose lower panel bears the full phrase Requiescat in pace.

  7. Cemetery Survey Instructions & GlossaryAlabama Historical Commission

    Defines coping/curbing as an outline around one grave or a group of graves and distinguishes technical usage.

  8. Historic Context and Handbook for the Identification and Evaluation of Georgia’s Burial GroundsGeorgia Department of Transportation

    Describes coping as a low curb used to designate burial plots and discusses plot boundaries and materials.

  9. Echoes Written in StoneU.S. National Park Service

    Common plant, animal, hand, religious, military and organizational motifs.

  10. Historic Cemetery — Saint Paul's Church National Historic SiteU.S. National Park Service

    Urn-and-willow imagery, obelisks and nineteenth-century classical revival context.

  11. Cemetery SymbolsIndiana Department of Natural Resources

    Plain-language guidance for birds, crosses, hearts, ivy, lambs, roses, snakes, sun and wheat.

  12. Emblems of BeliefU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — National Cemetery Administration

    Official names and use of belief emblems on U.S. government-furnished markers.

  13. Headstones, Markers, and MedallionsU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — National Cemetery Administration

    Government marker types, materials and memorial-product context.

  14. Cleaning Grave MarkersU.S. National Park Service

    Gentlest-means cleaning guidance and warnings against bleach, wire brushes and pressure washing.

  15. Cleaning Government-Furnished Headstones and MarkersU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — National Cemetery Administration

    Permission, timing, fragile-stone and cleaning-method guidance.

  16. Cemetery ConservationNational Center for Preservation Technology and Training, U.S. National Park Service

    Documentation, conservation, maintenance and non-invasive care resources.

  17. Woodmen of the World, a Fraternal Order SymbolArkansas Archeological Survey

    Tree-stump memorials, identifying emblems and the warning that a stump alone does not prove membership.

  18. How to Read a Hebrew TombstoneJewishGen

    Hebrew inscriptions and common clues such as Kohen hands, Levite pitchers and candelabra.

  19. Stećci Medieval Tombstone GraveyardsUNESCO World Heritage Centre

    Forms, dates, regional distribution, inscriptions and decorative motifs of stećci.

  20. Adinkra Symbols ExplainedAfrican Burial Ground National Monument, U.S. National Park Service

    Context for Adinkra motifs at the African Burial Ground memorial.

  21. Stopping the Hands of Time: 9 Tips for Cemetery PreservationU.S. National Park Service

    Documentation-first preservation, maintenance and treatment cautions.

  22. Cemetery Conservation: Terms and DefinitionsU.S. National Park Service

    Defines cemetery monument forms and materials, including box tombs, vaults, mausolea, granite and sandstone.

  23. Cemetery Preservation Course: Materials and MonumentsU.S. National Park Service

    Describes common monument materials and construction context, including fieldstone and cast bronze.

  24. Caring for Historic Cemetery and Graveyard MonumentsHistoric England

    Identifies monument forms and materials and gives condition/care guidance; it is not used here as a source for Latin or fraternal definitions.

  25. Getting Started with Genealogy: Common Record AbbreviationsAmerican Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society

    Genealogical abbreviation reference that expands d.s.p. as decessit sine prole and distinguishes common birth/death notation.

  26. History of the Order of the Eastern StarGeneral Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star

    Official organizational history and emblem context for O.E.S.; an O.E.S. inscription alone does not identify a member or chapter.

  27. Knights of PythiasKnights of Pythias

    Official organizational context for Knights of Pythias and its fraternal vocabulary.

  28. Knights of Pythias Object RecordSmithsonian Institution

    Museum object record that identifies FCB as Friendship, Charity, Benevolence in Knights of Pythias material.

  29. IHS MonogramIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Museum description of the IHS monogram as the Greek form of the name Jesus and its Christian visual context.

  30. Hodie mihi, cras tibiCentro Virtual Cervantes, Instituto Cervantes

    Language reference for the Latin phrase and its proverb context; it does not establish a denomination for a particular marker.

  31. Methods of AbbreviationCatholic Encyclopedia, New Advent

    Explains D.O.M. as Deo Optimo Maximo and discusses historical use of IHS; used for abbreviation history, not universal denominational attribution.

  32. Inscription Record Using D.O.M.S.Columbia University Libraries

    Digitized inscription record showing D.O.M.S. as Deo optimo maximo sacrum in a documented epigraphic context.

  33. Inscription 1792: Aetatis suae LXXIUniversity of Virginia, Sepoltuario Fiorentino

    Documented Latin inscription with Aetatis suae and an English translation identifying the honoree's age.

  34. The Washington Monument CapstoneGeorge Washington University Museum

    Museum record that identifies the inscribed Latin phrase Laus Deo and translates it as Praise be to God.

  35. Woodmen of the World Markers, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk (September 2015)Stephen F. Austin State University, Center for Regional Heritage Research

    SFASU Heritage Center article records Woodmen of the World marker features and states that Dum Tacet Clamat means Though silent, he speaks. The current SFASU route returned 404 after a site migration; the rendered evidence link is the timestamped authoritative capture.

  36. Dancing Skeletons and Human Hair: Remembrance, Memento Mori, and Material CultureFolger Shakespeare Library

    Institutional material-culture essay that translates memento mori as remember to die and situates the phrase in mortality imagery.

  37. The Epitaph of Joachim Alphonse GonçalvesDickinson College Commentaries

    Documented epitaph that uses HIC JACET and supplies an English Here lies translation in context.

  38. Latin Terms with English EquivalentsUniversity of Barcelona Language Services

    University language guide that gives in memoriam as in memory.

  39. Greek Art from Prehistoric to ClassicalThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Museum glossary defining stele as an upright inscribed or decorated stone slab, including Greek grave-marker use; UNESCO remains separate for stećci context.

  40. Independent Order of Odd FellowsIndependent Order of Odd Fellows

    Official organizational context for Odd Fellows and its three-link emblem; the emblem alone is not proof of membership.

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