Dedicated to the care of people approaching death and to increasing our understanding of our own impermanence. Runs a small hospice in a restored Victorian house near the San Francisco Zen Center. An article in Paradigms about the project.

Gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics. Includes a directory of Bay Area organizations involved with death and dying

Run by a hospice nurse. Site has an online chatroom, Q&A Forum, Employment and Education boards as well as an exhaustive collection of Links to hospice related sites and articles.

A large and comprehensive "collection" of Internet resources with a holistic perspective - one that is helpful to anyone pursuing a wider vision and understanding of the normal death process. It is geared toward death as "natural" and expected for all living beings.

An international archive specializing in all aspects of death and dying - with a sincere respect for every point of view.

Memorials

A place to leave a remembrance of a loved one ...

A place where anyone can be remembered. ... please be assured that as far as I am able these memorials will always be available somewhere and that there will never be any charge for including information on this page.

Funerals

• Cutting the Cost of Funerals - with links
• How to Finance Your Funeral

From The Federal Trade Commission

Genealogy

By Pamela Storm Wolfskill, coordinator for the San Francisco County pages of the CAGenWeb Project. She claims to NOT be a professional genealogist, but has an obsession for genealogy. List of Libraries, Archives & Museums. Looking for volunteers.

At Tales from Colma - birth, death records. The problem of the 1906 Earthquake. And Where the Dead Went when they moved the cemeteries to Colma

Extensive list of Local Resources