Oakwood Cemetery

The project aims to track the lineage of the centuries-old people whose graves were forgotten. Researchers say it's one of the first studies to ever do so.

For a century and a half, their graves went unmarked, their lives unconsidered, and their legacies paved over. They are survived by buttons, by buckles…

The city plans to exhume and rebury human remains found last year by a construction crew working at Oakwood Cemetery in East Austin.Construction was…

Tonja Walls-Davis has a new favorite grave site: one for a child, where the headstone is in the shape of a single Lego.“I’ve traveled these grounds so…

Update, Thursday 1:45 p.m. The City of Austin reports that Council approved the Cemeteries Master Plan.Original story: The Austin City Council will vote…

Austin's cemeteries have a long list of problems — broken headstones, aging fences and outdated irrigation systems. Some cemeteries aren't even compliant…

Cemeteries in many cities are considered important historical places, memorials to famous and influential people. Consider the Granary in Boston, Highgate…