Abstract: A protective casing for a machine readable tag configured to be mounted to a tombstone. The present invention includes a protective housing having one or more sidewalls, a top wall, and a back wall that define an interior volume. An image of a machine readable tag is displayed on an interior surface of the back wall. In some embodiments, a cover is pivotally affixed to the top wall via a hinge while in alternate embodiments the cover is non-pivotally affixed to the housing. In further embodiments, the protective casing is a block of transparent material having a machine readable tag embedded therein. The protective casing is designed to protect the machine readable tag from external elements.