Links & Resources
Organizations, cemetery resources, preservation information, and articles related to Rhode Island historic cemeteries
General Resources
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Valley Breeze
- 08/15/2018 — Historic cemetery cleanup brings town’s forgotten history to light
- 03/27/2019 — Restoring history: Husband and wife team lead the charge to preserve local cemeteries
- 08/12/2020 — Rediscovered cemetery a treasure trove of history in Lincoln
- 03/10/2021 — Lost but not forgotten
- 03/17/2021 — Lincoln maps out its cemeteries
- 04/14/2021 — Volunteers restore forgotten cemetery
- 10/21/2021 — Cemetery remains discovered on Cato Street
- 08/04/2022 — Persistence pays off in honoring Civil War veteran at Bernon Cemetery
- 10/13/2022 — With no official owner, questions over who will fix Cook Cemetery
- 02/09/2023 — Historians wanting to honor Bathsheba Sherman raise funds to repair headstone
- 08/03/2023 — Glocester 'cemetery guy' reaches goal in five years
- 08/17/2023 — Volunteers restore Hotchkiss Cemetery
- 09/07/2023 — Mencuccis praised for work restoring Civil War soldier's grave
- 11/01/2023 — Volunteers unearth another lost cemetery in North Providence
- 06/26/2024 — Pawtucket police investigating claims related to damage at cemetery
- 07/03/2024 — Oak Hill Cemetery trustee makes only partial payment for tree removal amid disrepair
- 10/09/2024 — Civil War cremains found, shipped to Pawtucket for burial
- 11/07/2024 — David Lapham’s 18th century gravestone re-buried in Lincoln; mystery lives on
- 08/07/2025 — The little-known history of a hidden cemetery off the highway
- 10/16/2025 — Who owns Oak Hill Cemetery? Records spotlight a complex paper trail
- 11/20/2025 — Group authorized to clean up Woonsocket cemetery
- 02/19/2026 — Family burial lots allowed by potential new Scituate ordinance
- 09/10/2026 — Cemetery wall repairs back in state's hands
Providence Journal
- 08/26/2016 — Preserving a legacy
- 12/10/2018 — Stories amid the stones: Arnold Burying Ground
- 10/15/2020 — Mystery: 1736 headstone discovered in tree trunk by new Rhode Island homeowners
- 02/17/2023 — Once lost, this rediscovered Cranston burial plot may hold a Revolutionary War veteran
- 03/31/2023 — Searching for clues about RI's early settlers on a walking tour of 5 Exeter cemeteries
- 04/15/2024 — Do RI's historic cemeteries need more protection?
- 04/16/2024 — The strangest places to find historical cemeteries in RI
- 04/28/2024 — They were buried anonymously a century ago. Now their stories are part of a history lesson.
- 05/27/2024 — How a group of RI students helped ensure Civil War veterans weren't forgotten this Memorial Day
Other Publications
- EcoRI — 10/03/2022 — 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 — 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 — 09/07/2023 — 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