Academics
Mortuary Websites
These resources are those specifically for Mortuary Science or might be helpful to students here in Cincinnati.
Associations & Groups
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice
Cremation Association of North America
Funeral and Memorial Information Council
International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association
International Order of the Golden Rule
National Funeral Directors Association
National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association
Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Blogs
Cemeteries & Gravestones
Funeral Customs & Etiquette
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
Hunterian Museum This Museum includes England’s largest public display of human anatomy.
Cincinnati's world renowned independent research library and exhibit space devoted to bringing science, art and history to life.
Cincinnati's gathering place for readers & writers, and have been since 1835.
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
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body by the National Library of Medicine
Mythology & Folklore
The Age of Fable by bartleby
Mythology & Folklore links by the New York Public Library
Orpheus and Eurydice by bartleby
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
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