Academics

Mortuary Websites

These resources are those specifically for Mortuary Science or might be helpful to students here in Cincinnati. 

Funeral Customs & Etiquette

The Book of Common Prayer

The Book of the Dead Ancient Egyptian practices and beliefs

Cultural and Religious Funeral Customs by Selected Independent Funeral Homes

Day of the Dead Mexican remembrance 

Funeral Customs by Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture Funeralwise

Funeral Etiquette by Kalmer Memorial Services

Funeral Etiquette by Funeralwise

The Funeral Service of the Orthodox Church

Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places U.S. National Park Service

Military Honors by Arlington National Cemetery

Religion and Theology links by the New York Public Library

Saint George Greek Orthodox Church

Postmortem Photography by The Burns Archive

Post Mortem & Memorial Photography by The Thanatos Archive

Humanist Funerals and Memorials

The Undertaking by PBS

Libraries & Museums

Cincinnati Public Library

Hunterian Museum This Museum includes England’s largest public display of human anatomy.

Lloyd Library & Museum

Cincinnati's world renowned independent research library and exhibit space devoted to bringing science, art and history to life.

Mercantile Library

Cincinnati's gathering place for readers & writers, and have been since 1835.

Museum of Death

Mutter Museum

America’s finest museum of medical history, the Mütter Museum displays its beautifully preserved collections of anatomical specimens, models, and medical instruments in a 19th-century “cabinet museum” setting.

The National Museum of Funeral History

State Library of Ohio

Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body by the National Library of Medicine

Statistics & Facts

Actuarial Life Table by the Social Security Administration

Atlas of United States Mortality by the National Center for Health Statistics

Cancer Mortality Map by the National Cancer Institute

Death and Mortality by the National Center for Health Statistics

Finding Statistics by the Internet Public Library Pathfinders

Human Mortality Database

Leading Causes of Death by the National Center for Health Statistics

Mortality Data by the National Center for Health Statistics

NFDA Statistics by the National Funeral Directors Association