Interment (website)
Encyclopedia
Interment.net is a website containing a free on-line database of transcription
s from grave markers, intended to be a research tool for use by genealogists and historians. , the site was one of the top 15 free genealogy
website on the Internet.
The database is limited to information transcribed from grave markers at cemeteries as well as obtained from burial records from the cemetery office. The data includes surname, given name, birth date, birth place, death date, death place, age, inscription (including symbols), notes, and sometimes the location of the grave marker.
Many of the cemeteries transcribed on the site no longer exist, making the site one of the few sources for those inscriptions.
The records contain no biographical information or other information which goes beyond the scope of the definition of burial records. The reason for this is that there are already other websites (such as Find A Grave
) which provide a combination of on-line grave records and memorials. Interment.net tries to provide an on-line tool that is more useful to researchers by limiting the information in the records to what is actually inscribed on the grave markers.
The site has had at least seven page layouts since 1997. It has been supported by advertising revenue since July 1999, and in 2005, the personal site owner incorporated Clear Digital Media, Inc. to control the site. The company has since expanded, starting several other websites and webblogs.
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
s from grave markers, intended to be a research tool for use by genealogists and historians. , the site was one of the top 15 free genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
website on the Internet.
The database is limited to information transcribed from grave markers at cemeteries as well as obtained from burial records from the cemetery office. The data includes surname, given name, birth date, birth place, death date, death place, age, inscription (including symbols), notes, and sometimes the location of the grave marker.
Many of the cemeteries transcribed on the site no longer exist, making the site one of the few sources for those inscriptions.
The records contain no biographical information or other information which goes beyond the scope of the definition of burial records. The reason for this is that there are already other websites (such as Find A Grave
Find A Grave
Find a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...
) which provide a combination of on-line grave records and memorials. Interment.net tries to provide an on-line tool that is more useful to researchers by limiting the information in the records to what is actually inscribed on the grave markers.
History
The site started in March 1997 as a personal web page called Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet, and was simply a list of links to websites with cemetery records. In 1998, the site started accepting cemetery transcriptions directly; to stop the personal web site from being overwhelmed, the page author registered the domain name "interment.net" in December, 1998 and moved to a separate web hosting service. By June 1999, the focus of the site had changed to hosting cemetery transcriptions, and the title was changed to Cemetery Records on the Internet, then later, Cemetery Records Online.The site has had at least seven page layouts since 1997. It has been supported by advertising revenue since July 1999, and in 2005, the personal site owner incorporated Clear Digital Media, Inc. to control the site. The company has since expanded, starting several other websites and webblogs.
See also
- Tombstone touristTombstone touristTombstone tourist describes an individual who travels to visit cemeteries for the enjoyment of looking at old and unusual stones or to find the graves of famous people...
- Find a GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...
online database of cemetery records - Random Acts of Genealogical KindnessRandom Acts of Genealogical KindnessRandom Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a web-based genealogical research co-op that functions solely by the services of volunteers. Volunteers from any part of the globe may offer services to any requester, such as research of birth and death records, public records, obituaries, marriage records...
volunteers photograph graves on request - Canadian HeadstonesCanadian HeadstonesCanadian Headstones is a project to capture digital images and the complete transcription of cemetery stones. It is a web-based Canadian Non-Profit Corporation which is run completely by volunteers.-History:...