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The following groups and organizations can help you answer the many questions you may have. Please let a Twin City Monument Works Inc professional know if any of these links do not work or if you have any questions or concerns on the content as the internet changes quickly. Thank you.
Agencies, Bureaus, Commissions and Professional Organizations
American Association of Retired Persons
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www.aarp.orgIt is a non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization for people aged 50 and over. They lead positive social change and deliver value to members through information, advocacy and service.
Core services include business reliability reports, dispute resolution, truth-in-advertising, consumer and business education, and charity review.
Enforces federal consumer protection laws that prevent fraud, deception, and unfair business practices. The Commission also enforces federal antitrust laws that could harm consumers.
Cemeteries
Through the grave, Catholic Cemeteries embraces the ministry to provide premier service and compassionate care in Christ.
Cremation
Cremation Association of North America
- www.cremationassociation.orgFounded in 1913, the Cremation Association of North America is an International organization composed of cemeteries, cremationists, funeral directors, industry suppliers, and consultants.
The site exists to provide information about cremation in general and to assist the public in locating a provider for cremation services and funerals.
A federation of non-profit consumer information societies celebrating over 40 years of protecting a consumer's right to a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral.
The International Order of the Golden Rule
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www.ogr.org A worldwide professional association of independently owned and operated funeral homes.
International Cemetery and Funeral Association
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www.icfa.org Guardians of a Nation's Heritage promoting consumer choices, pre-arrangement and open competition within the death care industry.
Assisting people of the Jewish faith to arrange meaningful and affordable funerals in the Jewish tradition.
Provides advocacy, education, information, products, programs, and services to help members enhance the quality of service to families. From this website, you can search for State Funeral Directors Associations nationwide.
The National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
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www.nfdma.com Exists to foster research, conduct workshops, and seminars, investigate funeral practices to maintain high standards of service for the benefit of the public.
Formerly National Selected Morticians, offer consumers a wide range of choices to create a meaningful tribute following the death of a loved one.
Genealogy
African American Cemeteries Online
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www.prairiebluff.com/aacemeteryA project of The Millennium Project: People working together to build an online database of African-American genealogical material for the 21st century.
The largest collection of family history records on the web. Free trial and subscription are available.
Cemetery transcriptions by region.
A genealogical research portal onto the internet.
Genealogy research and family tree software.
A genealogical search engine.
The home of Jewish Genealogy-primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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www.nara.gov Enables officials and agencies to review their actions and helps citizens hold them accountable and ensures continuing access to essential evidence.
Grieving, Grief Counseling and Grief Books
American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute
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www.sids.orgProvides research, clinical, education and family support services.
Provides information about children experiencing grief.
Over 400 grief resources to help children and adults through serious illness, death, loss, grief, and bereavement.
Exists to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
Kent, Ohio based grief counseling center.
Articles, books, music, videos, brochures.
Provides access to online grief support groups and other resources.
Provides educational resources for those helping others through grief.
Personal support, thoughtful advice, Monday Pet Loss Candle Ceremony, tribute pages, healing poetry and more for those grieving over the loss of a pet.
An information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people, of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
Hospice
American Hospice Foundation
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www.americanhospice.orgSupports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages and exists to improve access to quality hospice care through public education, professional training, and consumer advocacy.
Our primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration.
It is a not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care. Through programs of professional development, research, public education, and information, HFA assists those who cope either personally or professionally with a terminal illness, death, and the process of grief.
Memorial Design
American Institute of Commemorative Art
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www.monuments-aica.comExists to promote excellence in commemorative art and to enhance design and professional knowledge through the exchange of ideas within an atmosphere of trust.
Formed in 1906 to educate memorialists and give them a forum to exchange ideas and advancements in the industry.
Veterans
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