General Links

• RI Historical Society
• Farber Gravestone Collection
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
• RI Genealogical Society
• Association for Gravestone Studies
• Find a Grave
• Rhode Island Sons of American Revolution
• Preserve Rhode Island
• Cape Cod Gravestones
• Newport Common Burying Ground Brochure
• BillionGraves
• RIP Newport
• Gravestone Cleaning
• RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
• Researching Your Family's History from Ships Passenger Lists
• Genealogy for Kids: Building a Family Tree
• A Guide To Genealogy And Family History Research
• Rhode Island Veterans Grave Flagging

Newspaper/Magazine Links

• Valley Breeze - 08/15/2018 - Historic cemetery cleanup brings town’s forgotten history to light
• Valley Breeze - 03/27/2019 - Restoring history: Husband and wife team lead the charge to preserve local cemeteries
• Valley Breeze - 08/12/2020 - Rediscovered cemetery a treasure trove of history in Lincoln
• Valley Breeze - 03/10/2021 - Lost but not forgotten
• Valley Breeze - 03/17/2021 - Lincoln maps out its cemeteries
• Valley Breeze - 04/14/2021 - Volunteers restore forgotten cemetery
• Valley Breeze - 10/21/2021 - Cemetery remains discovered on Cato Street
• Valley Breeze - 08/04/2022 - Persistence pays off in honoring Civil War veteran at Bernon Cemetery
• Valley Breeze - 10/13/2022 - With no official owner, questions over who will fix Cook Cemetery
• Valley Breeze - 2/09/2023 - Historians wanting to honor Bathsheba Sherman raise funds to repair headstone
• Valley Breeze - 8/3/2023 - Glocester' 'cemetery guy' reaches goal in five years
• Valley Breeze - 8/17/2023 - Volunteers restore Hotchkiss Cemetery
• Valley Breeze - 9/7/2023 - Mencuccis praised for work restoring Civil War soldier's grave
• Valley Breeze - 11/1/2023 - Volunteers unearth another lost cemetery in North Providence
• Valley Breeze - 6/26/2024 - Pawtucket police investigating claims related to damage at cemetery
• Valley Breeze - 7/3/2024 - Oak Hill Cemetery trustee makes only partial payment for tree removal amid disrepair
• Valley Breeze - 10/9/2024 - Civil War cremains found, shipped to Pawtucket for burial
• Valley Breeze - 11/7/2024 - David Lapham’s 18th century gravestone re-buried in Lincoln; mystery lives on


• Providence Journal - 08/26/2016 - Preserving a legacy
• Providence Journal - 12/10/2018 - Stories amid the stones: Arnold Burying Ground
• Providence Journal - 10/15/2020 - Mystery: 1736 headstone discovered in tree trunk by new Rhode Island homeowners
• Providence Journal - 02/17/2023 - Once lost, this rediscovered Cranston burial plot may hold a Revolutionary War veteran
• Providence Journal - 03/31/2023 - Searching for clues about RI's early settlers on a walking tour of 5 Exeter cemeteries
• Providence Journal - 04/15/2024 - Do RI's historic cemeteries need more protection?
• Providence Journal - 04/16/2024 - The strangest places to find historical cemeteries in RI
• Providence Journal - 04/28/2024 - They were buried anonymously a century ago. Now their stories are part of a history lesson.
• Providence Journal - 05/27/2024 - How a group of RI students helped ensure Civil War veterans weren't forgotten this Memorial Day


• EcoRI - 10/3/2022 - Historic Cemeteries Could See Grave Impacts of Climate Change in the Ocean State


• WPRI.COM - 12/09/2019 - New push to get abandoned dead out of crumbling RI mausoleum
• WPRI.COM - 06/19/2020 - Hidden History: Why the smallest state has the biggest African burial ground in the country


• NewportRI.com - 09/30/2021 - There’s a lot of history lurking in Newport County’s cemeteries
• NewportRI.com - 10/22/2016 - Centuries-old gravestones returned to the Common Burying Ground


• Construction Equipment Guide.com - 12/10/2009 - Rehabilitation of Rhode Island’s Route 37 Unearths Long-Forgotten Cemetery


• Johnston Sunrise - 12/01/2022 - Grave Responsibility


• NRI NOW - 12/07/2022 - Town to take possession of two historic cemeteries in North Smithfield


• Turn to Ten - 9/07/2023 - NBC 10 I-Team: More complaints over cemetery conditions, but is a solution in sight?


• National Trust for Historic Preservation - Fall 2020 - At God's Little Acre, Clues to the African American History of Newport, Rhode Island