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Appointed by Secretary of Labor: Reginald Bishop; Beth Burgess; Glenn Easton; Mark Edwards; Donna Nelson; Daniel J. Phelan; Christine N. (Tina) Simmons.
Ex officio: Maya D. Davis, Chair, Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture; Corey A. Lewis, designee of State Archivist; Elizabeth A. Hughes, Director, Maryland Historical Trust, Department of Planning; Deborah A. Rappazzo, Executive Director, Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight, Maryland Department of Labor; Julie Schablitsky, Ph.D., Chief, Office of Cultural Resources, Department of Transportation; Hope Metzler, President, Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, Inc.; Christiana Limniatis, designee of President, Preservation Maryland.
Division of Historical & Cultural Programs, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Staff: Elizabeth A. Hughes
c/o Maryland Historical Trust
Division of Historical & Cultural Programs
Department of Planning
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032 - 2023
(410) 697-9556
e-mail: elizabeth.hughes@maryland.gov
web: https://mht.maryland.gov/Pages/cemetery-workgroup.aspx
In July 2025, the General Assembly authorized formation of the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup (Chapters 411 & 412, Acts of 2025).
In the Maryland Annotated Code, the Workgroup is to review definitions of “cemetery”, “burial group”, “burial site”, and related terms and recommend a single definition for each term. Locally, it will evaluate current cemetery documentation practices used by county governments and municipal cultural resource management and historic preservation programs, nonprofit preservation organizations, and private entities; and consider existing cemetery inventories maintained by county governments, historic preservation programs, and genealogical organizations to determine how best to integrate existing information into a State cemetery inventory system. Further, the Workgroup is to evaluate cemetery inventory systems used in other states with respect to the design, implementation, and maintenance of a Maryland cemetery inventory system. In addition, a set of categories for data collection and maintenance and system functions, including a public search function, for a State cemetery inventory system will be recommended by the Workgroup along with an appropriate entity to collect data for and maintain that system. To begin such a system in Fiscal Year 2027, the Workgroup will estimate costs of design, implementation, and maintenance and recommend funding sources. Also for Fiscal Year 2027, to expedite identification of cemeteries and recommend funding amounts and sources, the Workgroup will evaluate the feasibility and cost of establishing a grant program of financial assistance to governmental entities and nonprofit organizations.
Fourteen members constitute the Workgroup. Seven are appointed by the Secretary of Labor, and seven serve ex officio.
Authorization for the Workgroup ends June 30, 2026.
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