Cemetery preservation is a very important and often neglected part of many communities. Some cities just don’t have the manpower and money to help care for and repair the final resting place of its citizens. “The Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide” was put together by the State of Michigan and can be downloaded for free in PDF format.
View the “The Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide” here.
If you live in a city with a cemetery in deterioration, check out this guide and find out how you can get active in helping to preserve our beloved cemeteries. Even if you aren’t ambitious to go about learning major restoration techniques, anything from picking up trash to clearing debris from an old stone helps. If you have a restoration or volunteer project in Michigan, let us know so we can post it on this page.
The Michigan Tombstone Photo Project
The Michigan Tombstone Photo Project is also worth checking out. If you love cemeteries and find yourself taking picture after picture, you probably have a stockpile of photos built up. Your friends might get bored with you and your cemetery photos, but these guys wont. Visit the site and find out how you can contribute.