Cemetery Books for Sale  (Click for listing of books published by the Berrien County Genealogical Society)

The Berrien County Genealogical Society has compiled books on some of the cemeteries in Berrien County.  These books were compiled from the information found on headstones and additional information has been researched on the microfilmed records of Berrien County. See detailed list of books by clicking on the above link.

Cemetery Searches by BCGS members

The Berrien County Genealogical Society offers Surname searches in some of the Berrien County Cemeteries. The search is $6.00 per surname, paid in advance & It will be refunded if we cannot find the surname you requested.

We will only offer searches in the cemeteries that have been transcribed in book format and may be purchased from the society. As we progress in our cemetery book publications, we will offer more township cemeteries to be searched. 
Click here for listing of our books:  Cemetery Books for Sale

Berrien County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 8808 Benton Harbor, MI 49023

E-Mail us at order@bcgensoc.com

Area Cemeteries

Proper Care of Headstones

Niles Area Obituary index on CD

McCoy Cemetery Information

Check out these websites for your Cemetery Searches

http://www.savinggraves.com/usa/mi/index.htm Saving Graves - Michigan
On this website you can find links to other sites that pertain to cemeteries in Michigan.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michcem
michcem - Save Michigan's Historic Cemeteries
This is a chat room, it was started up in hopes of sparking interest of Cemetery Preservation throughout the state of Michigan. It is also a list where you can have the messages come to your mailbox.

Search State of Michigan's web site for things like Attorney General opinions, regulations and policies. Just enter key word(s) like cemetery.

http://www.michigan.gov/ Michigan's Cemetery Regulations

http://www.cis.state.mi.us/bcs/cemetery/home.htmSaving Graves  

http://www.savinggraves.com/

TREE STUMP WITH IVY. Ever wondered about meanings of such old carvings on tombstones? See a list of these that is linked from the Coryell County, Texas USGenWeb page at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/insc.htm

GRAVE MATTERS. Washington State Cemetery Web pages teaches about proper gravestone cleaning and some cemetery do's and don'ts, plus step-by-step instructions for using four forms  -- Cemetery Survey, Survey Sheets (for individual stones), Photograph Listing, and Gravestone Assessment. There are also instructions (with photos) for pinning a headstone/base stone to a concrete footing.

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~wapsgs/WSCA/education.htm

Additional valuable cemetery-related links:
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~wapsgs/WSCA/links.html

By going to Michgan Township's Organization you can search for sample and actual cemetery ordinances.
http://www.michigantownships.org/sample_ordinances.htm

Visit our neighbors to the South for an excellent reference
 to Laporte, Indiana Cemeteries   LaPorte County Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlpccem/cems.htm