Gravestones record names, dates, relationships, and occasionally family history in their inscriptions—but they also reveal themselves in their placement, condition, and surrounding graves, which together tell you about family wealth, religious affiliation, and who stayed together after death. Transcribing these records carefully, including illegible portions and noting what you couldn't read, ensures you capture exactly what the stone says rather than what you assume it should say.
Tombstone transcription involves capturing and interpreting the text and symbols found on grave markers, which often contain birth dates, death dates, relationships, and religious affiliations not recorded elsewhere.
AI-powered image recognition and transcription tools can decode worn or damaged inscriptions from photographs, cross-reference findings with burial databases, and interpret common cemetery iconography to extract genealogical data that would otherwise be lost.
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