MSSPI has a deep interest in preserving and researching lost and abandoned cemeteries and historical locations. And not just to look for cemetery ghosts. The links to the left are just a few of the cemetery research projects we have done over the past 2 or 3 years. Angela & Tony spend many hours, researching, photographing, scouting, investigating and documenting cemeteries. Think cemeteries are only creepy and active at night...Think again...98% of all the evp we have recorded or photos we have taken, and experiences we have had, has been in the daytime. Now we know what your thinking...lots of outside noise....you right, thats why recording in cemeteries is both a challenge and a learning experience. Angela and Tony make it a point to carefully review and note external sounds when recording in cemeteries and they pick the most out in the sticks, backwoods, in the middle of nowhere places they can find to visit and research. Sure there are a few in town, do we get much audio in these places? not usually. But we will let you be the judge of what we have recorded. Not every cemetery we are posting has had evp recorded or paranormal activity, but they are wonderful places full of history and charm. Well, ok, maybe not all of them are charming, but all are worth learning about.
Tony snapped this photo of Angela exploring the Old Philadelphia Cemetery in 2009, She felt like she was being watched. Does it look like it to you? Not really sure, but could be.
Tony B hanging out at the Hamilton. this is a really cool African American Cemetery that we visit frequently, Angela has recorded and documented all the readable headstones in this cemetery for the FindAGrave Memorial website which you can search below. We have also had some rather odd experiences here and Angela is currently working on the history of the cemetery for an upcoming article.
You can watch for updates by following the Headboards of Stone website that Angela hosts related to cemeteries and cemetery preservation, history and hauntings.
We have added a new icon photo to help you identify when & where we have posted EVP audio clips
Click Here To Listen When you see this link, if you would like to listen to the audio file, it will take you to our archive storage file for that clip. There is a player already there in the file. If your trip to this page does not open in a seperate window, you will have to hit the back button to return to the page you were veiwing here on our site. We apologize that this is a seperate website for hearing our files, but as of now we have not be able to get the player codes working directly on the website page. But we think it will be worth the small trip to hear the files we have recorded.
Angela is also involved with the FindAGrave.com volunteer headstone project and takes volunteer headstone photos and creates new geneology memorials on a regular basis, as a way of contributing to the preservation of the cemeteries and those buried here in Mississippi. To visit the FindAGrave project, view Angela's profile and view her submissions or search for your relatives click here.
Cemetery Research & Preservation Links
Headboards of Stone A Mississippi Graveyard Rabbit Blog read Angela's cemetery blog for interesting articles related to cemetery preservation, history, legends and lore.
How to Interpret Gravestone Abbreviations A list of commonly found abbreviations found on gravestones.
How To Clean A Gravestone valuable information on cleaning gravestones safely.
How To Do A Gravestone Rubbing Instructions to do a rubbing so as not to damage the stones.
What's New on the Cemetery Pages!
Old Philadelphia Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Red Banks/Victoria, Ms. click here to view the history, stories & legends, photos and projects MSSPI is doing with this wonderful pre-civil war historical location.
The next Old Phil Cemetery Clean-up date is pending for this fall 2010 when the temperatures go down a little and the rattle snakes are not such a huge threat!
The Apple Orchard Cemetery, East of Holly Springs, MS
UPDATED 4\5\2010
We now have the correct name of this cemetery thanks to a reader submission by Deb Haines who has verified through cemetery records that the true name of the cemetery is Sardis Cemetery. Thank you Deb for sending us this corrected Information
Asberry Cemetery, Marshall County Ms history, photos and evps recorded by Angela and Tony on another lost cemetery search adventure.
Hamilton Cemetery Marshall County Ms recent evps and experiences reported by Angela & Tony during a research trip.
Shiloh Church Cemetery Lafayette Co. Angela's favorite cemetery, view numerous photos and EVPs from the Shiloh Church. One of our favorite hot spots.
Strickland Cemetery Marshall County Ms. Read the history and experiences we have had at this little African American Cemetery where we visit often and have recorded some great EVP Clips.
Over 7,ooo bodies intered at this beautiful National Cemetery, one of the loneliest cemeteries I ever walked through. New History Article and photos added 11-15-09
We have more awesome cemeteries to add, we are currently working on compiling historys, photos and uploading our EVP clips to the Archive player, we hope to have the summers adventures uploaded by the end of November, so check back with us often for new updates.
If you are aware of any neglected, abandoned or unkept cemeteries in Marshall, Panola, Union, Desoto, Benton, Lafayette or other surrounding counties and would like to submit a request for us to do a volunteer clean up project or to volunteer to help us with a project, please email us with any information you have or make a request: to Angela or Shelly @ mississippi.spi@gmail.com. Please add "Cemetery Cleanup" to your subject line.
Angela has recently been working with MSgenwebs & the USgenwebs Tombstone Project. Visit this site by clicking the icons below.
Angela is also working as a volunteer with FindAGrave.com to document headstones for geneology research in Mississippi. You can see the research already submitted or search and add your own family names at FindAGrave.com free! Click here or search Angela's Cemetery Submissions
If you know of an old historic cemetery or gravesite location in Mississippi that has an interesting history or reported paranormal activity claims please email us about it, we are always looking for new stories and projects to research. Email Angela or Shelly @ mississippi.spi@gmail.com
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