Stage 1 (summer, 2012)

• Project conceptualization under the direction of Emily B. Stanback and Polly Rowena Atkin

Stage 2 (fall, 2012 – fall 2014)

• Database construction
• Load preliminary cemetery photographs and transcriptions
• Initiate Grave Notes
• Engage primary collaborators and collaborators
• Solicit contributions from collaborators
• Begin mapping graveyards visited

Stage 3 (2015 – )

• Tag data gathered thus far
• Begin exploring and implementing tools for historically and conceptually mapping data
• Begin publishing articles on findings