Honoring Cemetery Histories

Cemeteries are not empty land.
They are records of lives, families, communities, and history — and once they are damaged or erased, they cannot be restored.

TheCemeteryLady.com exists to document, monitor, and report on what is happening to burial grounds across the United States — quietly, legally, and often without public awareness.

Every year, cemeteries are impacted by development, rezoning, neglect, environmental damage, and administrative decisions made far from public view. Permits are issued. Boundaries shift. Records disappear. Notices are published and forgotten.

This site was created to ensure those actions are seen, recorded, and understood.

The Cemetery Lady is an independent public-interest project focused on facts, documents, and accountability. We track public records, court filings, planning decisions, permits, and preservation efforts related to cemeteries and burial grounds — from small family plots to historic cemeteries.

We do not sensationalize.
We do not speculate.
We report what is happening — and where to find the proof.

Our mission is simple:

To ensure that burial grounds are not altered, removed, or forgotten in silence.

We believe:

• Cemeteries deserve legal clarity, physical protection, and public respect
   
• Families have a right to know when burial grounds are affected
   
• Communities deserve transparency when development intersects with the dead
   
• History should be preserved through documentation, not erased through neglect
   

The Cemetery Lady provides daily, time-sensitive reporting so readers can understand what is changing — today — before decisions become irreversible.

By collecting, summarizing, and linking original source documents, we create a permanent record of actions that might otherwise go unnoticed.