Records of the Dead

The Green-Wood Cemetery main gates seen from the bottom of a long and curving driveway. On either side of the driveway is the cemetery's grassy landscape covered in fresh white snow; barren trees are in the foreground on the right while evergreens tower in the distance behind the Gothic Revival, brownstone gates. The sky is a hazy grey with snow clouds lingering.

Picture of the gated entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn) on a snowy day

Chris Bendall MLS/MA

The personal website of Chris Bendall, an archivist interested in understanding cemeteries as community archives and the process of preserving their records. Here you will find information on the D.E.A.D. System, resources for cemetery and death related studies, and Chris’s occasional writings.

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