Canadian Cemetery Exploration Links from Curlie

Canadian Headstone Photo Project

Online databases of headstone photos for all of Canada. 

Flickr: Niagara Cemeteries & Spooky Places

Exploring and taking photographs of the cemeteries and places in the Niagara Region. 

Flickr: Remembrance Day, Veterans Day & War Memorials

Focused on Canadian war memorials and Remembrance Day. Pictures of cemeteries and memorials to Veterans. 

Historical Perceptions

Robin McKee, provides historical tours of cemeteries in Hamilton, Ontario. 

Lost Resting Places

Lost and forgotten cemeteries of Ontario. 

New Horton Cemetery

Photos of an old cemetery and abandoned schoolhouse. Contains photos and transcriptions of the headstones. New Horton, New Brunswick. 

Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria

Unique example of Victorian-era romantic cemeteries in the province of British Columbia. 

Old Stones

Founders Cemetery, the Free Will Baptist Cemetery, and the Calvinist Baptist Cemetery in Beaver River and Port Maitland, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. 

Prairie Souls

Graves and cemeteries in Alberta counties and Saskatchewan municipalities. 

StonePics - Cemeteries of Newfoundland

A unique project to document headstones and monuments in Newfoundland. Downloadable database and photo CD ordering options available.

All of these links were freshly checked today. No link rot here. Updates to the category at Curlie can be found on the Curlie directory site, of course. 

New Horton Cemetery in New Brunswick

New links to Canadian cemetery explorers can be found at Curlie.

Today I added a link from New Brunswick, the New Horton Cemetery.

Oceania Links

 Links saved from the collection at The Open Directory Project, before it closed.

Flickr: Cemeteries of Australia

This is for pictures of anything to do with cemeteries in Australia.

Flickr: Graves of Australian Pioneers

This group is to display the headstones of anyone who died during the first 50 years of British settlement in Australia (1788-1838). Also, graves of people who were either born, or who arrived in Australia before 1838, but died after that date.

Flickr: Sydney Cemeteries

Pictures of graveyards, cemeteries, interesting headstones in cemeteries around Sydney.

Headstone Photo Collection from South East Queensland

Collection of headstone and memorial photos for about 100 small cemeteries approx 100km around Brisbane (Queensland, Australia). It is intended to cover cemeteries for which there are no on-line lists of names.                                     

European Links

 Links saved from the collection at The Open Directory Project, before it closed.

Edinburgh Historic Graveyards - World Monuments Fund

Featuring street photographs and background about five burial grounds.

Flickr: Cemeteries of Europe

A group to share photos of European cemeteries.

Flickr: Portuguese Cemeteries

A place for all the pictures taken in the cemeteries of Portugal, without any limits.

Flickr: British War Cemeteries

Photos of cemeteries and memorials.

Flickr: Cemetery UK

For images of UK cemeteries. From lichen growing on a headstone to a panorama of a cemetery.

Flickr: Church Graveyard UK

A group to share images of UK church graveyards.

Flickr: Crossbones Graveyard

The Crossbones burial ground in Southwark, South London. As an unconsecrated burial site (for paupers and prostitutes up to 1851) it contains no gravemarkers or indeed any official recognition whatsoever. To this day the site exists in a state of limbo between anonymity and redevelopment.

Flickr: Dutch Cemeteries

Share your photos of graveyards, tombstones in the Netherlands.

Flickr: Glasnevin Cemetery

The group is for the cemetery only and not for the botanical gardens. Dublin, Ireland.

Flickr: Glasnevin Cemetery, Prospect Cemetery

Photos from the main Catholic cemetery in Dublin, Ireland.

Flickr: Highgate Cemetery

For images of Highgate Cemetery. UK.

Flickr: Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest

Photos from the Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest.

Flickr: London Cemeteries

Photos of London, UK, cemeteries. Including the Magnificent Seven, the famed Victorian cemeteries landscaped for meandering around in.

Flickr: Paris Cemeteries

For your photos of Paris cemeteries.

The Friends of Anfield Cemetery

Images and information about the cemetery which is located in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Kirei No Shizuka (Beauty in Silence)

Photos from Highgate Cemetery in London and from Pere Lachaise in Paris plus several other sites.

London Cemeteries

A project to photograph all of the cemeteries in London; complete listing, related links, and FAQ provided.

Northern Cemetery in Leeuwarden

Pictures and history (in Dutch at the moment)of the Northern Cemetery in Leeuwarden, Holland. The navigation text is in English.

Page of The Dead

Biographies of artists and other notables, with photos of their gravestones and monuments, in cemeteries in England, Austria, and France.

Paris Cemeteries

Tour of Père Lachaise, Montmartre, and Montparnasse cemeteries. Visit famous dead celebrity graves and go underground in the Catacombs. Site by Steve Soper.

Pharmcats Cemetery Photos

Several cemeteries in England and Scotland, and a sections with altered and infra-red images.

Tombs of the Dundee Howff

A photographic survey of the Howff Cemetery in Dundee, Scotland along with other smaller cemeteries in the area.                                     

Roadside Memorials

  Links saved from the collection at The Open Directory Project, before it closed.

Descansos - Roadside Memorials on the American Highway

Modern day descansos, roadside markers. Photographs of roadside memorials found in the United States.

Irish Roadside Memorials

Unlike the simple crosses and pictures found at most American crash spots, these Irish roadside memorials are beautifully detailed stone headstones.

RIP City USA

Collection of photographic work by celebrity photo editor turned funeral director. Urban shrines.                                     

Cemetery Image Galleries

  Links saved from the collection at The Open Directory Project, before it closed.

The Adams Residence

Archived photo galleries of cemeteries in England, France, Ireland, and the United States. Short stories and famous last words.

Beautiful Death

The art of cemetery. Showcases the art work of David Robinson.

Bella Morte

Cemetery sculpture and art.. Features detailed cemetery reviews, ratings and photo galleries.

Cemeteries of the World - Instagram

Collection of cemetery photographs.

Cemetery Collection

Huge collection of black and white photographs from cemeteries in Russia, Poland, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Germany, Finland and the USA. In English and Russian.

Cemetery Explorers Worldwide - Facebook

Sharing photos taken from exploring cemeteries around the world.

Cemetery Photography - Facebook

Sharing photos of tombstones, monuments, statuary, inscriptions, and mausoleums.

Cemetery Travel - Adventures in Graveyards Around the World

Site by Loren Rhoads.

Deathly Decayed

Live Journal community for people who are interested in photographing the beauty and decay found in graveyards and cemeteries.

f-stop.com

Professional photographs of historic architecture.

Flickr: Cemeteries

Group to showcase cemetery photos from around the world.

Flickr: Cemeteries and Sensuality

If you look around at bigger and older cemeteries, you often find sculptures which are very sensual. This is the group where you can display your photos of these sculptures.

Flickr: Cemetery

Headstones, mausoleums, and monuments.

Flickr: Cemetery Flowers

For images of funerary and memorial flowers. Real flowers or in stone.

Flickr: Cemetery Gates

Photos of cemetery, graveyard gates.

Flickr: Cemetery Sorrow

This group is based on the powerful emotions one feels when visiting cemeteries. These monuments to mortality tell a story of who we are, and what is to come.

Flickr: Cemetery Stone

Essentially any carved or sculpted object found in a graveyard. Trees are considered sculpted by nature, so they are okay too.

Flickr: Desecrated

A group to illustrate and protest the desecration/ vandalism of cemeteries.

Flickr: Forgotten Cemeteries and Graveyards

Post your pictures here of forgotten or overgrown cemeteries, graveyards, and gravestones. Forgotten or just no longer maintained.

Flickr: Graves, Tombs And Cemeteries

Photographs of graveyards, cemeteries and all manner of interesting headstones.

Flickr: Graveyard

Cemetery photo group with a changing, weekly theme.

Flickr: Graveyard Groupies

Quality not quantity of photos. Share your favorite and best photos taken from cemeteries.

Flickr: Graveyards

A public group for pictures of graveyards and cemeteries.

Flickr: Old Soldiers

Statues, tombstones, plaques to everyone from Admirals and Generals to ordinary seamen and common soldiers. Prefer to see the forgotten lower ranks.

Flickr: Tales Tombstones Tell

Some tombstones are not just mere markers of graves. They tell tales of lives lived, loved, and lost.

Flickr: The Cemetery

Cemetery photos showing the beauty of our monuments to the dead.

Flickr: Visitors of Cemeteries

A group for those who frequent cemeteries and wish to show the photos they have taken.

Gravestone Photographic Resource Project

The project aims to record all legible, pre-1900 UK gravestones. Includes Wales and Australia.

Jacob Vulpine's Funerary Architecture

A photographic treatise of magnificent private mausolea and exceptional grave monument architecture.

North Star Gallery

A collection of sensuous, fine art photographs of cemetery and memorial art from around the world.

Pat Corrigan: Cemetery Images

Art photography from cemeteries in the USA and UK.

Photos of Cemeteries Around the World

Photos of cemeteries in the United States, Canada, Greece, Turkey, Netherlands, and other countries.

Saving Graces

A site dedicated to the cemetery pictures of David Robinson. Featuring women sculpture in cemetery art.

Scary Mary's Secret House of Horrors

Photos from cemeteries in Washington, D.C.; New Orleans, Louisiana; Dublin, Ireland; Salem and Boston, Massachusetts; and Brooklyn and Bronx, New York.

Tombstone Blues

A site containing photos from all over the world.

Waymarking: Abandoned Cemeteries

Photos of overgrown, forgotten cemeteries. Mainly in the US but not limited to just there.

WebRing: Cemetery Photography

Links to sites that present fine art photography of cemetery and memorial art from around the world.

WebRing: Cemetery Photos

For collections of images focusing on graveyards and markers.

Cemetery Photography

A post from Paul at The First 10,000. (September 20, 2011)

US Links

  Links saved from the collection at The Open Directory Project, before it closed.

Arkansas Gravestones

The purpose of this site is to capture and archive digital images of gravestones with particular emphasis on older, deteriorated stones.

Cape Cod Gravestones

A tour of Cape Cod's old burying grounds with photos of 17th- and 18th-century gravestones, epitaphs, and information about the stone carvers and engravings.

Death Angels: A Photographic Essay

Catholic cemeteries in and around Chicago, US. Includes one pet cemetery.

Flickr: Arkansas Cemeteries

Pictures of Arkansas cemeteries.

Flickr: Connecticut Cemeteries

For all those who have a love of the beautiful and historical cemeteries of Connecticut.

Flickr: Georgia Cemeteries

Old cemeteries in Georgia.

Flickr: Hollywood Forever Cemetery

An old fashioned cemetery containing many imposing tall old headstones and towering monuments, including a few unusual shaped ones such as obelisks and rocket ships. California.

Flickr: New England Cemeteries

Photos taken in New England cemeteries.

Flickr: NY Cemeteries

Pictures of gravestones, sculptures, mausoleums, gateways, or just landscapes in cemeteries.

Flickr: Old West Graveyards

Photos must be from pioneer and 49er graveyards in the western United States.

Flickr: Philadelphia Cemeteries

Perhaps creating an aesthetic awareness of our cemeteries will lead to a greater social awareness of these largely neglected cultural treasures.

Flickr: Tennessee Cemeteries

A photographic tribute to the historic cemeteries of Tennessee.

Flickr: Texas Cemeteries

Grave sites, tombstones, historical markers in Texas.

Florida Gravestones

A collection of publicly submitted photographs from Florida, USA. Searchable by name or cemetery.

Grave Addiction

Photos from cemeteries, haunted places, and historical sites. Ohio explorers.

Grave Marker Photos

A collection of photographs taken in Missouri (USA) cemeteries, indexed by name and by cemetery.

A Graver's Journal

Looking at or recording cemeteries, either as a hobby or just for the pleasure of it. Shanna Riley, Louisiana.

Graveyards of Chicago

Photo tours of many Chicago cemeteries, with background text and historical information.

Graveyards of Omaha

Comprehensive list of the graveyards of Omaha, Nebraska, with numerous photos and extensive history of the city and its founders.

Historic Greenwood Cemetery

Slideshow of pictures taken during the restoration of Greenwood Cemetery in St. Louis by friends of Greenwood cemetery; information about Harriet Scott and her burial place in the cemetery, including a 2006 article from the Post-Dispatch.

Jen Taylor: Cemetery Images

Images of tombstones in cemeteries located in North Carolina and Virginia. Cemeteries and surnames listed alphabetically.

John Thomas Grant

Centered on the cemeteries of the Northeast US. Final Thoughts, book available.

Maine Old Cemetery Association

For the discovery, restoration, and maintenance of Maine cemeteries. To preserve records and historical information related to them.

Marble Orchard

Cemetery photography by A. Louise Myers-Weston. US based.

Memento Mori

Essay examining the relationship between death and photography in nineteenth century America. Includes original postmortem and funerary photographs.

Necropolis:City of the Dead

A site dedicated to all things cemetery, with lots of image galleries from all over the United States.

New Jersey Civil War Gravestones

A collection of publicly-submitted photographs from New Jersey (USA), searchable by name or cemetery.

Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Massachusetts

Virtual tour of an historic New England graveyard with photos of gravestones dating back to the 1600s.

Old Camden Cemetery, Camden, N.J.

Photo tour of the 203-year-old Old Camden Cemetery that is the oldest and most historic burial ground in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.

Old Purity Cemetery Society

The Society meets in July for an annual picnic outing and to review the improvements and beautification work completed. Located in upper South Carolina.

Shades of Oakwood

A photographic and narrative history of Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, including family histories and maps of the area.

Stones of Faith: Pennsylvania German Gravestones

A photo collection of early Pennsylvania German gravestones including information on the people who erected them, and an examination of the gravestone symbols they used from the 1740s to the 1890s.

Susquehanna Headstones

A photographic history of Susquehanna County, PA cemeteries and graveyards.

A Very Grave Matter

A pictorial study of colonial and Victorian cemeteries of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Visiting Green-Wood Cemetery

A changing, seasonal gallery of images from the historic Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.