About Interment.net

Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians. Visitors use our online library to help them locate burials of their family and friends, trace their family history, and learn something about cemeteries in general.

About 500,000 people each month visit Interment.net to use the online library, making us one of the most popular FREE genealogical references on the Internet.

While the staff of Interment.net actively visits cemeteries and compiles records, we mostly rely on folks to submit their transcriptions and compilations to us.

Many of the transcriptions published here are of cemeteries that no longer exist. Hence, Interment.net provides a place where cemeteries can be preserved in documentation and used by generation after generation.

Learn how to get your cemetery transcription published here.

Who are the people behind Interment.net?

Steve Johnson, a long time computer enthusiast, desert hiker, Harley rider, and history buff. Steve performs the bulk of the webmastering duties, handles the marketing, media relations, and user feedback. stevepjohnson@mchsi.com

Lisa Johnson, who handles the finances, and provides assistance in compiling cemetery data. lisa@lisajohnson.com

Maggie Rail, a member of the Washington State Cemetery Assocation, who has personally recorded about 400 cemeteries in the USA, Canada, and Australia, and generally known throughout Washington State as the "cemetery lady", handles the publishing and editing of cemetery records. mrail@asisna.com

How is it funded?

It's funded by advertising revenue. The advertisements you see on Interment.net make it possible to keep it free to the public. The costs are enormous, due to the high traffic we receive, and the hundreds of gigabytes of data we serve up each day. The advertising revenue we earn from companies like Ancestry.com, Google, One Great Family, Origins.net, Amazon.com, and Kindred Konnections make it possible to keep Interment.net running.

What is Clear Digital Media, Inc.?

Clear Digital Media, Inc. is the company that owns Interment.net. The company is owned completely by Steve Johnson and Lisa Johnson. Initially, Interment.net was funded out of Steve and Lisa's personal money. In 2005, they formed Clear Digital Media, Inc. to create a formal business entity.

The History of Interment.net

Interment.net debuted in March of 1997 as a directory of links to websites that publish cemetery records. The website originally started out as a single webpage, and as more links were compiled, additional webpages were added.

As traffic grew, visitors began submitting actual burial records from cemeteries, hoping that they could be published here. The decision was made to publish them.

In December of 1998, the "interment.net" domain name was registered.

In April of 2001, Interment.net became the largest and most popular resource of cemetery records and media. We also became the most heavily trafficked website relating to cemeteries and funerals, as well as a member of the top 10 most busiest genealogy websites in the United States (PC Data Online, March 2001).

In May of 2005, we incorporated operations into a company called Clear Digital Media, Inc. which owns and operates Interment.net.

Read History of Interment.net for more historical background.

Affiliations

Interment.net is owned solely by Clear Digital Media, Inc. It's not affiliated with any other company or organization.

Awards and Recognition

Those who have presented us with an award or special recognition have done so purely upon their own actions, without any self-nomination.  Visit our Awards Gallery to view the awards we have received.

It's been a long time since someone has graced us with an award. (Hint hint!)