GraveGeeks

10/11/2026

⭐️⭐️Podcast Alert⭐️⭐️
Check out our own Graveyard Guru and her great interview talking about cemeteries and headstones!!

Cleaning Headstones the Right Way with the GraveyardGuru, Carissa T...

10/11/2026

What a fantastic job Gone Graving is doing!! Check out his much deserved recognition!!

State Sen. Pam Helming presented North Rose-Wolcott High School student Parker Maybe with a New York State Senate Commendation Award recently, one of the highest honors a senator can bestow

10/08/2026

🍂 GraveGeeks Fall Photo Contest 🍂
There’s still time to enter our Fall Photo Contest!
We want to see your favorite cemetery, headstone, or cemetery-related fall scene. Whether it’s colorful leaves, a beautiful monument, an old cemetery road, or one of those perfect autumn cemetery moments, send it our way.
📸 Submissions are open through October 15, 2026
🗳️ Public voting will take place October 16–21
🏆 The winning photo will be featured on the GraveGeeks website, and the winner will receive a set of headstone-cleaning brushes!
Photos must be your own original work, and by submitting, you give GraveGeeks permission to share your photo with credit to you.
Submit your photo here: gravegeeks.org/gallery

We can’t wait to see what everyone captures this fall! 🍁🪦💚

Submissions for the GraveGeeks Fall Photo Contest will be accepted through October 15, 2026. Photos should be your own original work and feature a cemetery, headstone, or cemetery-related scene with a fall theme.

10/06/2026

🍂 Only 6 days left to support GraveGeeks! 🍂

We’ve sold 11 items so far and need at least 25 sales to reach the printing minimum. Just 14 more to go!

Every purchase supports GraveGeeks’ mission, and all funds raised go directly to GraveGeek Volunteers Inc. If you’ve been thinking about getting a shirt, now’s the time. Sharing this post also helps us reach more people.

Thank you for supporting our volunteers and the work we do! 🧡

Shop the fundraiser: customink.com/fundraising/fall-into-history-with-gravegeeks⁠

10/03/2026

The first issue of The GraveGeek Gazette is officially here! 🖤

This has been something we’ve been working on for a while, and I’m so excited to finally share it.
Inside the Summer 2026 issue, you’ll find our Grampian, Pennsylvania meetup, GraveGeek volunteer spotlights, the Veteran Marker Project, cemetery history and education, upcoming events, trivia, ways to support GraveGeek Volunteers Inc., and more.

This first issue really shows what GraveGeeks has become — not just cemetery preservation, but a whole community of people learning, helping, researching, cleaning, repairing, documenting, and making sure these places and stories are not forgotten.

You can read the full Gazette here:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/6b023f376b.html⁠�
And yes — there’s trivia inside with a chance to win our Cemetery Symbolism course for free 👀

Thank you to every volunteer, donor, supporter, cemetery, organization, and person who has helped GraveGeeks grow into what it is today. This is only Issue 1.

Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

10/02/2026

Crazy Cemetery Lady was featured in People! How "crazy" is that! We love you lady, and it is amazing to see the impact we all make on our communities. GraveGeeks unite ❤️

After retiring from nursing, Allyson Stephenson found a new calling — preserving headstones and sharing the stories behind them. She now posts online, where she’s known as the ‘Crazy Cemetery Lady.’

09/28/2026

We Have a Winner!

The votes are in, and the winner of the GraveGeeks Fall/Halloween T-Shirt Design Contest is Erin Hladun Gurdak with her “Playful Autumn Theme” design!

Thank you to everyone who submitted a design, shared the contest, and took the time to vote. We loved seeing all of the creativity that went into this round.

Erin’s winning design will now become our next limited-edition GraveGeeks T-shirt.

Sorry the first link there was an error! We now have it live! Click the link below to order. 2 week window and order shipped and should arrive by Halloween 🎃

Congratulations, Erin!

Celebrate the season with our GraveGeeks fall tee! It features autumn leaves, a pumpkin, books, and our cozy cemetery-loving mascot, with a message for everyone who loves genealogy, history, and cemeteries. Every shirt purchased supports GraveGeeks and our work sharing cemetery history and preservat...

09/16/2026

GraveGeeks Fall/Halloween T-Shirt Design Contest — Voting Is Open

The designs are in, and now it is time to choose the winner.

Voting is officially open and will remain open through September 23, 2026.

Please take a look at all of the submitted designs and cast your vote for your favorite using the official voting form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_kQmMBwgVrqfxyZ54LnNY77261oFvGNXQzoIdB9lh3rP4uQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

IMPORTANT: Votes left as comments, reactions, likes, or replies on this post will NOT be counted. Your vote must be submitted through the official Google Form in order to count.

Only one vote per person, and contest participants may not vote for their own design.

Thank you to everyone who submitted a design, and thank you to everyone helping us choose our next limited-edition GraveGeeks Fall/Halloween shirt.

Voting closes September 23, so be sure to get your vote in before then.

09/15/2026

One day last extension or get you designs sent in! It closes at midnight tonight!! Hurry hurry!
Then the voting run begins 😁

Submit your design here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5uW9xLUvmhNXyXvaM4LUmdqbNXaWdc3tde4Mra4HOvVtUbw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

We cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with.

09/10/2026

Remember 4 more days to get your design in!

GraveGeeks Fall/Halloween T-Shirt Design Contest

It is time for another GraveGeeks T-shirt design contest, and this one is getting a fall and Halloween twist.

We are looking for an original design for our next limited-edition GraveGeeks shirt. Designs can be spooky, funny, cute, historical, autumn-inspired, cemetery-themed, or anything in between. Have fun with it and show us your GraveGeek creativity.

Submission Period:
September 4, 2026 through 11:59 PM (EST) on September 14, 2026.

Voting Period:
September 15, 2026 through 11:59 PM (EST) on September 21, 2026.

The winning designer will receive one free T-shirt featuring their design.

Limited AI assistance is permitted, but the final design must include meaningful human creative input. All AI use must be disclosed on the submission form.

Please be sure to read the full rules before submitting. All entries will be reviewed before being entered into community voting.

Submit your design here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5uW9xLUvmhNXyXvaM4LUmdqbNXaWdc3tde4Mra4HOvVtUbw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

We cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with.