Mortuary Science Associations and Resources

Websites

American Board of Funeral Service Education
ABFSE serves as the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in funeral service and mortuary science education.

Association for Death Education and Counseling
The Association for Death Education and Counseling has created a gathering place on the web for lay persons and professionals who provide grief counseling, funeral service education, and hospice care. The site includes a membership directory, events calendar, certification program information, and publication information on materials available for purchase.

Board of Funeral Services - Ontario
This is the Web site for the Board of Funeral Services in Ontario. It lists the newsletter and yearly report. It lists answers to frequently asked questions.

Canadian Provincial Funeral Service Organizations
This directory lists the funeral service organizations of the provinces of Canada as well as individual member mortuaries. From the Funeral Service Association of Canada

Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America
The Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America (CFSA) provides information about funeral supplies to manufacturers, suppliers, and to the general public.

Cremation Association of North America
The Cremation Association of North America is an International organization of members who believe that cremation is preparation for memorialization. Publications, statistics, consumer information, and a calendar is available on the Web site.

Cremation Society of Great Britain
Web site of the Cremation Society of Great Britain. Contains information about the organization, their journal, and some consumer information.

FIAT-IFTA
FIAT-IFTA is the Fidiration Internationale des Associations de Thanatoloques

Funeral and Memorialization Information Council
FAMIC is a association made up of various organizations in the death care industry. Their mission are is to develop and sustain cooperative relationships, exchange information and to promote continuing education.

Funeral Ethics Association
Provides a mediation service for consumer complaints. Also provides lengthly excepts from the textbook Funeral Ethics

Funeral Service Association of Canada
This is the Web site for the Funeral Service Associatio of Canada. It lists the provincial funeral service organization as well as individual funeral homes in Canada.

Funeral Service Foundation
Funeral service industry's charitable foundation. Supports scholarships, consumer assitance programs, research, education and the Howard C. Raether Library, a premier research library about funeral service through the ages.

International Cemetery and Funeral Association
ICFA is an international trade association for the cemetery, funeral and memorialization industry. It is formerly the American Cemetery Association. The site provides membership information, publications, job postings, and a consumer guide.

International Conference of Funeral Examining Boards, Inc.
ICFSEB is an organization of Funeral Service Licensing and Regulatory Boards and Colleges of Mortuary Arts and Sciences. NBE Study guide, statistics, lists, testing dates, etc.

International Memorialization Supply Association
IMSA is an organization of companies that supply products and services to cemeteries. The Web site serves as an information clearinghouse of products and services.

International Order of the Golden Rule
OGR is an association for idependently owned funeral homes with the mission to help keep these funeral homes idependent.

Jewish Burial Society
Web page of the Jewish Burial Society. The Jewish Burial Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit community service organization. The JBS Funeral Plan helps bereaved Jewish families obtain complete dignified funerals that conform to Jewish law at a low fixed price.

Jewish Funeral Directors of America
The JFDA is an International association of funeral homes who predominantly serve members of the Jewish faith. The Website includes a directory of Funeral Homes specializing in Jewish Funerals.

Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington
Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning information from the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington. This website contains articles about a wide variety of topics concerning death and Judiasm

National Cemetery Administration
This is the web site for the National Cemetery Adminstration. Covers military burial and memorial benefits, lists of national cemeteries, veteran locators, and other facts and statistics

National Concrete Burial Vault Association
NCBVA is an international non-profit trade association comprised of burial vault manufacturers and suppliers.

National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association
The National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association is a primarily African American organization to help foster research, education, standards, and represent professionals in the funeral service industry.

National Funeral Directors Association
Website for the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). Website contains links to state associations, career information, contents of their publication, The Director, and more.

National Society of Allied and Independant Funeral Directors - UK
This is the Web site for the National Society of Allied and Independant Funeral Directors in the UK (SAIF). The Web site lists funeral homes in the UK, policies of funeral practice, and consumer information.

Selected Independent Funeral Homes
Selected Independent Funeral Homes, formerly the National Selected Morticians, is an international association of independently owened and operated funeral homes and mortuaries.

United States: State Funeral Director Associations
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) provides a complete list of the state funeral directors associations. Inludes addresses, phone, fax, names of directors, and links to Web sites when available.