"Silverbrook On The Web" includes articles and links to webpages across the web that reference Silverbrook Cemetery or those interred here.

New Printable Map is Here!

After many years of waiting for an improved map, it's finally here!   Many thanks to Zach Holt, City of Niles Dept. of Public Works Assistant Superintendent, and his Autocad skills. 

In addition to all the new graves clearly marked, you will see blue taps where you can fill your milk jugs so you can clean the headstones on your visit.

Click on the button below to download a PDF file to your local computer.  Be sure to print as Letter and Landscape to see the whole map on one page.

 

Map 2003 600x500

Silverbrook Cemetery 2022 in Pictures

Our volunteers are all ages!  Pictures taken this year around Silverbrook Cemetery.

 

Assorted 2022

Cemetery tour 2021

2021 Silverbrook Cemetery Tour!  SAVE THE DATE!  

The annual cemetery tour in collaboration with the Niles History Center will be on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.

There is no cost for the tour but REGISTRATION in advance is required!  To register, please call or email the Niles History Center 

269-845-4054 ext 4010
HCdirector@nilesmi.org 

New Sign Posts!

Newest Friends of Silverbrook Project!
 
If you are driving through the Garden of Memory section of Silverbrook, across the creek,  you will see new black posts placed in each Block with signs telling you what section those burials are in.  And, since the snow has melted, signs are being added in the New section--the areas on both sides of the main entrance at Main and Cherry Streets.
 
Genealogists and out-of-town family members often stop in the cemetery office, asking for help in finding graves.  We hope installing these markers throughout the cemetery will help in the search! 
 
These new signs along with Cemetery Maps will help families know where they are in the cemetery!  Maps are available Cemetery maps on the left hand tool bar on our home page. There is also a large map on the sign near the office--and paper copies are in the box near the sign.
 
We always try to use our donated dollars wisely in enhancing the cemetery.  As we receive more monetary donations over the coming year, we plan to install the same signage in the Bond, Old Ground, and City sections over the spring and early summer.
 
Please know we appreciate your support!  Look for more signs in the future!  
 
Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery
 
Sign Post GM Block A
 
Sign Post GM Block B
 
Sign Post GM Block D
 
Sign Post GM Veteran Block
 

Silverbrook Grave Search Featured at Joomla Day USA 2021

Bob Nightingale, the web designer and maintainer of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery website, presented "Extending Fabrik with Sourcerer" at the virtual conference for users of the Joomla Content Management System (CMS), Joomla Day USA 2021 on April 24, 2021. 

This presentation featured the Grave Search application on the website. The Grave Search has evolved from a simple spreadsheet download to a full-featured search of the 22,000 residents of the historic municpal cemetery in Niles, Michigan.  

Joomla has been the CMS for the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery since 2007.

In 2019, the Grave Search was upgraded from a custom PHP application to one using Fabrik for better security and a consistent look-and-feel with the rest of the website.

During Bob's presentation, the following components were described:

  • Joomla Content Management System
  • Fabrik (Database presentation add-in)
  • Sourcerer (Software enablement add-in)
  • PHP (Programming Language)

For questions regarding how the Grave Search or any other part of the website was made, contact Bob at webmaster@friendsofsilverbrook.org.