1. BULLETIN BOARDS - the internet URL or "address" follows each description. You type the URL under the "find" or "keyword" feature in your Internet browser, and you will be taken to the bulletin board. 

a. Alt.support.grief newsgroup This is a newsgroup or Usenet group where bereaved persons share experiences, coping techniques, and sympathy. It was set up in December 1994 by Cendra Lynn, who administers GriefNet, another resource. When you are looking for it, you should look under "Usenet groups" if you cannot reach it through your browser. It is an active bulletin board. There is an instruction sheet or "FAQ," which means "frequently asked questions," but most of the guidelines are common-sense. All newsgroups are "unmoderated," which means that anyone can post anything, so there are occasional inappropriate postings like money-making schemes. By and large the posting on alt.support.grief are on topic and supportive. There are also other newsgroups related to grief, such as soc.support.depression.crisis, alt.support. depression, soc.support.depression.misc., alt.life.afterlife, alt.consciousness.near-death-exp, and alt.obituaries, but there are more off-topic postings on these newsgroups. (On newsgroups a message will not re-appear once you have read it and signed off the newsgroup. If you want to save a message, you must mark it "unread.") news:alt.support.grief 

b. Grief and Healing Discussion Group - run by Tom Golden. Discussion bulletin board covering wide range of grief topics. Participants are usually bereaved persons. http://wwww.webhealing.com/

c. AOL Death of a Child folder - This is a "folder" on America On Line for messages concerning the death of a child. You must be a member of AOL to review the messages in this folder. Type keyword "IMH" Choose "Parenting" on the next screen, then choose "Browse folders" on the following screen. "Death of a Child" in one the folders. Click on that line to read the messages. Follow the instructions to post a message. 

d. AOL Deceased Loved Ones Forum - Board topics on metaphysical issues related to death. You must be on AOL to access this discussion board. Keywords are keyword religions, then Metaphysics

e. Prodigy - Prodigy has message or bulletin boards under "Grief Loss and Recovery" that include messages on bereavement issues. 

f. Compuserve - Compuserve has message or bulletin boards in the Family Services Forum under the headings "myfamily" or "illness and death" that include messages on bereavement issues.

g. Bereavement Education Network - has discussion folders on Men and Grief, Teen Grief, Suicide, Perinatal Loss, and other grief issues. Register at http://bereavement.org/index.html

h. Transformations Message Board http://205.216.163.147/indexNEW.html

i. After-Life Message Board - Administered by the ADC Project, founded by the Guggenheims. Not much traffic on the discussion board. Some portion of the postings are related to bereavement issues. http://www.after-death.com/adeath/wwwboard.htm

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2. INFORMATION WEB SITES 

a. General b. Children (siblings) c. Infant Death & Miscarriage d. Suicide 

e. Violent Death f. Drunk Driving g. AIDS h. After-life 

i. Religious Pages h. Compasionate Friends Pages

a. General

1. WEBster Death and Dying Resources -A comprehensive index or "collection" of Internet resources, with a perspective to gaining an understanding of the death and grieving process. Contains the most complete list of internet "links" to other grief resources, which makes it an easy place to begin http://www.cyberspy.com/~webster/death.html 

2. GriefNet - Death and dying resources - connections with a variety of resources related to death, dying, bereavement, and major emotional and physical losses. Ann Arbor-based resource administered by Cendra Lynn. Lots of general information on handling grief, a bulletin board, a library, info on how you might help others, and some memorials to people who have died. Also has instructions for joining various e-mail lists for grieving parents and for kids surviving a loss http://rivendell.org/ 

3. Tom Golden's Crisis, Grief, and Healing pages - various support, resources, and links, with particular attention to men's grief. Washington D.C. therapist Tom Golden, has discussion pages and on-line memorials. Also has an audio introduction via RealAudio http://www.dgsys.com/~tgolden/1grief.html

4.Jim Miller's Willowgreen - Grief, Transition, Illness, Caregiving, Older Age, AIDS. Administered by Dr. Jim Miller. Detailed discussion of grief symptoms and GriefList - hints of things to do for effective griefing http://www.opn.com/willowgreen/ 

5. Bereavement Research Network/Bereavement Education Network - a resource for professionals and the bereaved. Ontario pastor Howard Gorle's original purpose was to help men deal with grief. There is also a more general collection of links concerning bereavement.. Includes discussion and information folders. Discussion groups on A Healing Place, Bereavement Research Network, Men's Grief, Teen Grief, Suicide Support. http://www.bereavement.org/index.html Includes Men's Grief Resource http://www.bereavement.org/griefweb.htm 

6. Alternate Grief Sites on the Internet - links to various pages http://inmemoryof.pair.com/grief.htm

7. Association for Death Education and Counseling- Professional group for mental health professionals, death educators, caregivers, counselors, researchers, and volunteers. http://www.adec.org 

8. Batesville: Grief Resource Center - some information posted by Batesville, a casket maker http://www.batesville.com/griefcenter/griefcenter.html 

9. Bereavement and Hospice Support Netline - out of the University of Baltimore http://ube.ubalt.edu/www/bereavement/ 

10. Bereaved Families of Ontario - Maintains general bereavement support information, has a monthly column http://www.cmhcsys.com/guide/grief.htm 

11. Bereaved Familes of Ontario Support Center - information, monthly newsletter http://www.inforamp.net/~bfo 

12. Bereavement/Grief - characteristics of grief, techniques for mourning http://rampages.onramp.net/~ctvinc/breave.html 

13. Complete List of Death, Dying, and Grief Related Sites - links, not actually complete http://www.selfgrowth.com/death.html 

14. Compuserve Family Services Forum - In the Illness and Death and in the My Family Libraries, there are downloadable articles on grief issues. You must be on Compuserve to access these articles 

15. Death and Dying - projects of the Global Idea Bank - listings sounded interesting but nothing came up for any projects described http://www.newciv.org/GIB/death.html 

16. Death, Dying & Grief - Web page by Kay Cabell, primarily a page of links. http://www.emanon.net/~kcabell/death.html 

17. FuneralNet -Bereavement Resources page, maintained by Armstrong Funeral Home, links to other pages only http://www.funeral.net/info/brvres.html 

18. Getting Through The Holidays: 10 Strategies For The Bereaved - One page list of tips. Low contrast page. Somewhat difficult to read. Administered by the Cremation Society page http://www.cremationinfo.com/cope/holidays.html 

19. Grief and Memorialization Information Center - run by Falk Funeral Home - http://grief.com/ 

20. Grief Briefs - articles on grief issues by The TLC Group http://www.metronet.com/~tlc/grfbrfs.htm 

21. The Grief Page - links to internet sites http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/grief/homepage.htm 

22. The Grief Process - page of Help-Line, a Christian group, but pages are not religious. http://www.rtvc.org/helplink/gr-procs.htm 

23. Grief Shared Is Grief Diminished - links to sites and to poetry http://www.infomrt.com/Memorial/grief.htm 

24. Growth House Grief and Bereavement - annotated links to bereavement resources http://www.growthhouse.org/death.html 

25. Grief and Healing - page by the People with AIDS Coalition http://www.aidsnyc.org/pwac/grief.html 

26. HVCN Dying, Death, and Grief Information - Dying, Death, and Grief Information Internet Resources GriefNet Kearl's Guide to the Sociology of Death Michgan Electronic Library Yahoo This page is part of the Human Services Infocenter. http://www.hvcn.org/info/hsvdth.html 

27. A Handy Guide - Death - Bereavement Research Network, a list of links, some related to bereavement, some to death and dying issues http://ahandyguide.com/cat1/d/d176.htm 

28. Loss of a Loved One - MetLife sponsored page with search tool, links http://www.metlife.com/Lifeadvi/Brochures/Loss/loss-toc.html 

29. Magic Stream: Death, Dying, and Grief - links to pages on grief, student grief, grief discussion http://fly.hiwaay.net/~garson/death.htm 

30. Pen Parents- Iinternational non-profit support network for bereaved parents that matches bereaved parents by the types of losses they have had or other special circumstances so they can write to each other for mutual support. http://pages.prodigy.com/NV/fgck08a/PenParents.html 

31. Transforming Grief - a personal story http://www.paragrafx.com/uu/grief.html 

32. Candlelighters - Childhood Cancer Family Alliance http://www.candle.org/index.html 

33. What Can I Say? - article on what others should say and do to help the bereaved http://www.heartlight.org/feature/feature_070396_whatcan.html 

34. Dr. Grohol's Mental Health Page - periodically updated pointers on various mental health issues. http://www.coil.com/~grohol/ or http://www.coil.com/~grohol/web.htm 

35. Mental Health Net http://www.cmhc.com/ 

36. Rose Institute - Web site dedicated to all types of mental health, addiction, pain, recovery and wellness issues. The site is sponsored by The Rose Institute in Fort Lauderdale Florida. There is a section where you can ask questions to their psychiatrist and receive a confidential answer. http://www.roseinstitute.com 

37. Death, Loss, and Grief: Moving Through Grief, Hampden-Sydney College: Counseling Center http://www.hsc.edu/admin/counsel/coping.html 

38. The Grieving Process - Part of the Against Drunk Driving web pages, useful information and strategies http://www.netmediapro.com/add/grieving.htm 

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b. Children (siblings)

1. Children Coping With Grief and Dying- books about loss and illness for children and their caregivers collected by Lee Anne Phillips http://www.grannyg.bc.ca/ckidbook/grief.html 

2. Facts for Families:Children and grief - brochures were written by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/factsFam/grief.htm 

3. The Child's Loss -- Death, Grief and Mourning General Guilelines for Caretakers of Children Experiencing Death A CIVITAS Initiative Product, out of Baylor University , Dr. Bruce D. Perry http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/civitas/families/death_pr.html 

4. Children and Grief http://www.psych.med.umich.edu/web/aacap/factsFam/grief.htm 

5. Children and grief - story of talking to children - part of FuneralNet http://www.funeral.net/info/chilgrf.html 

6. Grief in a Family Context (Indiana University)- course offering for past grief cyber-class at IU with readings, topics http://www.indiana.edu/~hperf558/ 

7. Teen-Age Grief http://www.smartlink.net/~tag/index.html 

8. Teen Grief - discussion board register at bereavement education network page http://bereavement.org/index.html 

9. Topical Grief Notes - Advice for children on grieving - from Edmarc Hospice for Children http://www.communitylink.org/Edmarc/griefnotes.html 

10. Helping Children Cope with Grief http://www.bereavement.org/wolf/children.htm

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c. Infant Death & Miscarriage

1. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Pages http://sids-network.org 

2. Miscarriage http://www.internet-is.com/misckids/miscarriage/index.html 

3. HAND Houston's Aid in Neonatal Death - homepage http://members.aol.com/handinfo1/handhome.html 

4. SANDS(Vic)A support group for parents who experience miscarriage,stillbirth or neonatal death. http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sands/sands.htm

5. SANDS - Western Australia -Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Support http://hedgehog.highway1.com.au/%7Elawtbm/sandshome.html 

6. The Miscarriage Manual - A page sponsored by INCIID, the infertility support group for parents who have recently experienced the death of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or other perinatal loss. By C.Elizabeth Carney http://www.nciid.org/mismanl.html

7. For Those Who Have Had Miscarriages - guide for stillbirth, miscarriage and perinatal loss http://www.ivf.com/misc.html

8. Perinatal Loss -register at Bereavement Education Network page http://bereavement.org/index.html Also e-mail lists

9. In Loving Memory - monthly newsletter supporting parents who have lost their only child or all their children; has a list of anniversaries and a way to receive direct mail from that listing http://home.earthlink.net/~jimncarol/ilm.htm 

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d. Suicide 

1. SA/VE When the Worst Has Happened - minimal post suicide support page http://www.save.org/worst.html 

2. Grief After Suicide - from BuddhaNet - Buddhist perspective http://www2.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au/BuddhaNet/r_suicid.htm 

3. Suicide Discussion Folder - register at Bereavement Education Network page http://bereavement.org/index.html 

4. Growth House Suicide -information and links http://www.growthhouse.org/suicide.html 

5. Also see E-MAIL

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e. Violent Death

1. Parents of Murdered Children POMC: Parents of Murdered Children http://www.metroguide.com/~world/pomc/program.html 

2. Concerned Families of Homicide Victims - new page by NYC Supprt Group http://www.traveltalk.com/cfhv/index.html 

3. Victims Place - Homicide Victims resources and memorial pages http://www.eskimo.com/~yaquii/victimpg.htm

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f. Drunk Driving

1. Drunk Driving/ADD - The Grieving Process - Against Drunk Driving, http://www.netmediapro.com/add/grieving.htm

2. MADD - web pages for national organization http://www.gran-net.com/madd/ 

3. MADD- web page for North Carolina organization http://www.charweb.org/organizations/madd/maddhom.htm

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g. AIDS

There are numerous AIDS sources. The listed source has links to other sources that might be useful. Marty Howard's HIV/AIDS Home Page - links to various AIDS sites, including caregiver sites, but no bereavement sites http://www.smartlink.net/~martinjh/

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h. After-life 

1. "Insights into the afterlife" - Questions and answers by Nora M. Spurgin. http://www.cais.com/unification/misc/insights.html 

2. After-Death Communications Page http://www.after-death.com/ 

3. Where Do We Go When We Die? http://www.calweb.com/~kevinw/

4. International Association for Near Death Studies http://www.iands.org/iands

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i. Religious Pages

1. Grief and Loss Resource Center - Christian, information and links http://www.kanservu.ca/~fairchild/grief/grief.html 

2. BuddhaNet: Helping yourself heal when your child dies http://impulse.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au/BuddhaNet/r_child.htm 

3. BuddhaNew: Grief Is for Sharing http://impulse.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au/BuddhaNet/r_share.htm 

4. Infant Death & Eternity - ChristianAnswers.Net - Christian Answers Network, concerns the death and eternal state of infants http://christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f006.html

5. Christian Care Resources Home Page - includes "Grief and Men", "Faith and Mourning: Practical Help for Grieving People", and Scripture Passages for Those Who Mourn http://www.execpc.com/~careres/index.html 

6. Life, Death and Mourning - explanation of Judaic beliefs and practices related to death http://user03.blue.aol.com/jewfaq/death.htm 

7. Mourning rituals help Jews confront the grief of loss http://www.jewish.com/bk950811/1loss.htm 

8. Parashat Shemini - essay on Jewish view of grief after untimely death http://www.zianet.com/stanway/Shemini.html 

9. Called to Care: The Death of a Child - a program to help local congregations train lay people in Christian...United Chirch Resources http://www.apk.net/ucc/caring/child.htm 

10. Grief: God's Way of Healing the Heart - Christian http://www.periprod.com/autumn/grief7.html 

11. Death - Grief - by Lovelines, a Christian organization http://www.lovelines.org/topics/griefand.htm 

12. Dealing with Grief - Christian perspective, steps of grief, written by daughter for mother. http://www.coredcs.com/~sbro/hpgrief.htm 

13. The Grief Process - HelpLink, part of the American Christian Television System - stages of grief http://www.rtvc.org/helplink/gr-procs.htm

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h. Compasionate Friends Pages

National Office

Baton Rouge Chapter

South East Texas Chapters

Malta

San Diego Chapter

Boise, Idaho 

Troy, MI Chapter 

Orlando, FL Chapter 

Atlanta, TX Chapter 

Salt Lake City Chapter

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3. PAGES BY PARENTS

If you have your own page or would like to take a *tour* of some pages you might want to vist the Empty Arms Ring - A web ring devoted to memorial pages of children and grief resources http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Plains/5516/arms.htm

1. Bill Chadwick (Zoom) - pages with links http://www.premier.net/~zoom/ 

2. Jack Villari - A Grief Page - fairly Christian view, pages with links, poetry http://www.indirect.com/www/vanessah/jack/grief.htm 

3. Adrienne's Page - by Lorraine Maillet http://www.epix.net/~adrienne 

4. Stu Upchurch - Jason's page - pages with links, ideas for remembrances http://www.mcs.net/~upchurch/jasonspg.html or http://www.mcs.net/~upchurch/grief.html 

5. Richard Van der Steen http://www.xs4all.nl/~rvds/grief.html 

6. Marilyn Heavilin http://pages.prodigy.com/CA/lycq97a/lycq97a.html 

7. In Memory of Tonianne Vertullo - Maintained by her uncle. Pictures of angels and poems about the death of a child. http://www.conterra.com/drron/tonianne.htm 

8. My Precious Daughter, Christina Janelle Wolfe http://www.shreve.net/ismo/

9. Someone I Love Was Murdered http://www.mindspring.com/~bmalloy/index.htm

10. David Roy Bigelow http://webs.tcsn.net/jwb

11. Brion Steven Sheriff: story of Brion, who was killed by a drunk driver http://member.aol.com/brionsheri/brion.html 

12. Autumn Dawn Middleton - includes Grief, God's Way of Healing the Heart http://www.periprod.com/autumn/ 

13. Mark Adam Pruett - page by his mother Maribeth Doerr who runs Prodigy's grief pages http://pages.prodigy.com/NV/map/mark.html# 

14. Caitlin Nicole Lynch - remembering Caitlin, with links to pages on congential heart defects http://netnow.micron.net/~clynch/caitlin.html 

15. The Angel - story of Tara Moore and Tara's Angels http://www.tarasangels.com/ 

16. A Memorial to My First Born http://brookings.cfa.org/~tgab/memorial.htm

17. Charlotte Malloy - memorial and links to information on violent death, including links to pages about other violent crimes against young people. http://www.mindspring.com/~bmalloy/index.htm

18. Martin Richard Friedmann- this is done by friends (who know a lot about computers) with help from family http://www-white.media.mit.edu/~martin/ 

19. Little Tina's Chapel, Christina Louise Harmon - done by her caretaker http://www.mindspring.com/~verax/lobby.htm

20. Melinda Rose Hathaway - Melinda's Home Page - page she set up and her parents are maintaining since her death on September 15, 1996. http://www.monkey-boy.com/melinda/ 

21. Ghislain Cayouette - a series of pages by Ghislain's niece with a particular wonderful essay by Ghislain on his battle with cancer http://ghislain.streamwave.com/ 

22. In Loving Memory of Chris - in memory of Chris who died from AIDS acquired during abuse; this site contains the story of the Bear Who Lost His Boy http://www.netcom.com/~lsiler/chris.html 

23. Shelby's Room - in memory of Shelby who lived for only hours http://iypn.com/makida/index.html 

24. Sleep in Peace Sweet Angel, Carol Michelle Mickelson -part of the Boise Idaho TCF pages, these honoring the life of Carol http://virtual-memorials.com/Mickelson_Carol_001/main.html-ssi 

25. Who Killed Kait Arquette? - pages by Kait's parents remembering Kait and trying to solve her murder http://www.iag.net/~barq/kait.html 

26. Tanya Renee Tonn-Bloom - pages by her father Lee http://www.virtual-memorials.com/tonn-bloom_tanya_001/main.html 

27. My Destiny is gone - the story of Lisa Barney's daughter http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Plains/5516/Destiny.htm 

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4. E-MAIL GROUPS

Mail Lists - by joining e-mail lists, you receive communications between parents of other survivors on grief issues

Grief, Loss & Recovery Mailing List ~ Prodigy mailing list, open to all with internet access. To join the GLR Mailing List, send an email to: majordomo@listserv.prodigy.com with the following command in the body of the message (skip the subject line): subscribe grief.

Grief-Net groups - topics overlap, join as many lists as you think you would benefit from; general discussion list for any topic related to death, dying, bereavement, or other major loss. grief-parents is our general parents' support group for parents who have had a child of any age die from any cause, whether recently or long ago. Several other groups have spun off from grief-parents. These are: griefparents-accidents, a group for parents whose children have died due to some accidental cause. griefparents-adultchild, for parents whose children were adults when they died griefparents-neonate, for parents whose children died due to miscarriage, still birth, or died as neonates (soon after being born) griefparents-onlychild is for parents whose only child has died griefparents-suicide is for parents whose child committed suicide adult-sibs a list for adults and older adolescents who have had a sibling die, whether recently or long ago. kids-to-kids is our support group for children dealing with any major loss. Adults may lurk but only kids may send messages. grief-men is our group for bereaved men who want to talk with other men about their loss grief-chat - email list - Griefnet general grief discussion list To subscribe to any list, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@FALCON.IC.NET In the body of the message type: subscribe followed by your e-mail address. For questions, contact Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org) For a more complete listing of groups visit http://griefnet.org 

Survivor is a new e-mail list maintained by a Christian ministry for survivors of suicide attempts and those who have lost friends and loved ones as a result of suicide or traumatic death. It is a new e-mail group, so I do not know how religious the tenor will be. Form to subscribe is located at: http://www.pleasant.org/pleasant/sarah/mental/survivor.html

Suicide Survivors mailing list provides an electronic support group for people who have had a family member, close friend or loved one complete suicide. Membership of the list is open to anyone seeking emotional support regarding the death of someone close to them due to suicide, and to people willing to offer support in a non-judgmental manner. The stigma surrounding suicide can make it extremely difficult for survivors to deal with their grief and can cause them also to feel terribly isolated. This list exists to provide one avenue where people can discuss, and begin to resolve these feelings in an emotionally supportive environment E-mail request to: suicide-survivors-request@research.canon.com.au Put: 'subscribe' in the body of the message 

infanloss - Infant loss Support Group - is an e-mail list, in which parents who have lost infants can participate. Address to:majordomo@taex001.tamu.edu Leave subject title empty In the body of message write : subscribe infanlos your e-mail address

Lostangels - Group for those who have lost a twin, triplet or any mulitple Send e-mail to : Lostangels-request@Tripcom.COM Leave subject line empty In the body of the message write: subscribe

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5. CHATS

Transformations- hosts a chat on the topic of "Grief and Loss" Wednesday and Thursday nights. Information on how to subscribe http://www.transformations.com/

Parent's Place- hosts weekly (Wed. 10 - 12 p.m. EST and Thurs 8 - 10 p.m. EST) chats specifically for bereaved parents. Instructions on how to subscribe. http://www.parentsplace.com

Canadian Parents - hosts weekly (8 - 10 pm on Sunday night) chats for bereaved parents http://www.canadianparents.com

Also, there is a private chat room at http://wbs.net/ called Bereavement. You have to register, but it is free and easy. There is currently no set time for chats. The room might be deactivated; if there is no bereavement room, you can simply re-open one. 

AOL: Compassionate Friends - Monday at 9 p.m. EST Keyword "IMH" Go To Keywords Enter: IMH Select: IMH Conference Hall At 10 PM, TCF moves to a private room. To get there (after 10 PM EST, Mondays) Click on People Connection Click on List Rooms Click on Member Rooms Click on Create Member Room (not Private Room) Type in CompassionateFriends (exactly as shown- capitals C&F with no space) Click on Create

AOL Compassionate Friends has a new support group (CF Sibling Loss) that meets every Thursday at 8 PM Eastern. Go To: Keyword Type in: PEN Select: Chat Rooms icon Select: Health Conference Room 

AOL You Are Not Alone is another support group for bereaved parents. They meet every Tuesday at 9 PM eastern. "Death of an Older Child" on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 8:00-9:00PM. The directions to You Are Not Alone--YANA: Go To: Keywords Type in: PIN Click on: Member to Member icon Click on: Conference Center Select: Homefront Hall 

AOL Pregnancy and Infant Loss meets the first Tuesday of every month at 8 PM Eastern in the Homefront Hall. The directions: Go To: Keywords Type in: PIN Click on: Member to Member icon Click on: Conference Center Select: Homefront Hall 

Scheduled chats can also be found on IRC on Anothernet, channel #bereaved-parents IRC Chats Jennifer Roberts (parent) has been setting up an IRC site. You can check how that is coming. E-mail jamesr@atcon.com (James E.M. Roberts). These sites are dragon.ne.us.another.org neato.ca.us.another.org sunrise.ca.us.another.org tgf.vt.us.another.org irc.another.org (this is a random server and should be able to pick a server to connect you with AnotherNET) You will have to have or download IRC software. The software is mIRC, verson 4.1 (the final one). It is 570K. It is freeware for IBM compatible, zipped so you must unzip it. and can be downloaded from the WWW. Addresses (for the software) are: ftp://ftp.tucows.com/uploads/mirc41.zip ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/uploads/mirc41.zip ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/WINDOWS_UPLOADS/mirc41.zip. (You may also use Pirch. There is a button on my page to take you to download Pirch.)The program you want for Mac's is "ircle" (don't know the URL for that) When getting this loaded click on the file, 3rd icon from the left and it will give you a setup. Click on add server, give it a name, place one of the addresses above in the server line, and use either port 6667 or 7000. You may have to go into local info and enable the ident this is necessary to someand not to others. The channel Jennifer registered is #bereaved-parents. To get there, type: /join #bereaved-parents Any problems, e-mail Jennifer, who is very helpful. 

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6. MEMORIAL SITES

On-line memorials, usually with instructions for including someone in the memorial listings 

1. AIDS Memorial at The Body http://www.thebody.com/memorial/ 

2. Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance Memorial Pages (out of Houston) http://www.candle.org/page2.html#memorials 

3. The Cemetery Gate - cost associated with listing http://www.funeral.net/info/cempge1.html 

4. Cyber Eternal Life http://www.cyberlife.com/ 

5. Dearly Departed - no fee for listings, music http://members.aol.com/departed/index.html 

6. Eternal Flame Commemorative Memorial Site - memorials cost from listings for $10 to $100 and up. http://www.eternalflame.com/ 

7. Eternal Memories Memorials http://www.cire.com/memorial/ 

8. Eternal Monuments in Cyberspace - provides web pages - most expensive http://www.inforamp.net/~bems/ 

9. FuneralNet Death Notices- small charge for including photographs - listing for a few months only http://www.funeral.net/info/notices.html 

10. Garden of Remembrance - small annual fee http://www.islandnet.com/~deathnet/garden.html 

11. The Goodbye Page - currently free, undergoing re-construction to be finished early 1997 http://autumn.avalon.net/~goodbye/ 

12. Grief and Memorialization Information Center - run by Falk Funeral Home - http://grief.com/ 

13. GriefNetMemorial Garden - free, but organization is a nonprofit, with need for contributions; site was NII finalist in 1996 http://rivendell.org/inmemoriam.html or http://griefnet.org 

14. In Loving Memory - originally a site for parents who lost all or their only children, now expanded for all bereaved parents, this site, which is maintained by parents Jim and Carol Hall, has a memorial listing available. http://home.earthlink.net/~jimncarol/ilm.htm 

15. Internet Obituary Network - costs, based on words and photograph - listings for 1 year + four weeks http://www.obituary.com/index.html 

16. Memorial Gardens http://www.netzone.com/~toamalrn/memorial.html 

17. Memorial Online - http://www.execulink.com/~bapar/memorial 

18. Memories Forever Ours - costs $45 for setup and $18 a year http://inmemoryof.pair.com/index.htm 

19. Obituary Page associated with Virtual Memorial Garden http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary 

20. Organ and Tissue Donor Memorial Pages http://www.transweb.org/memorial/memorial_donor.html 

21. Perpetual Memorials - various prices from free temporary listing to permanent expensive web pages http://www.memorials.com/ 

22. A Place To Honor Grief - Tom Golden's Honor Page http://www.webhealing.com/

23. Rose Garden - Prodigy site (you must be a Prodigy subscriber) for memorializations, updated with monthly information 

24. Scouter's Memorial - youth and adult members of worldwide scouting movement memorialized. http://www.gate.net/~jolonoff/scouters.html 

25. Victims of Drunk Drivers Memorial Wall - no fee, donations requested. http://www.aracnet.com/~pdxkevin/memorial.html 

26. Victims Place - Homicide Victims resources and memorial pages. Not many memorializations, but free listings offered. http://www.eskimo.com/~yaquii/victimpg.htm 

27. Virtual AIDS Quilt http://world.std.com/~MCPSys/quilt/ 

28. Virtual Heaven http://www.cyberspace.com/~ais/vhmain.html 

29. Virtual Memorial Garden - no fee http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/VMG 

30. Virtual Memorials http://virtual-memorials.com 

31. Web Memorial - unclear whether there is a cost http://www.circleoflife.com/memorial/

32. Heavenly Playground - a memorial site made especially for children http://www.iamaangel.com/

33. Inmemoria - a memorial site for any religous background http://www.inmemoria.com

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