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=== Online === | === Online === | ||
The following have significant cemetery listings for | The following have significant cemetery listings for Virginia State: {{Note|Sites may be incomplete. <br>• They may not list all cemeteries in a county <br>• and may not include all burials in a cemetery.}}<br> | ||
*Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=4&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Search for names] at Find A Grave. Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates. | *Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=4&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Search for names] at Find A Grave. Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates. | ||
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{{Tip| Remember:<br> | {{Tip| Remember:<br> | ||
# Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. | # Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. | ||
# [[ | # [[VirginiaCemeteries#Value of Cemetery Records|Symbols and abbreviations]] may lead you to other records. | ||
# Weathering and damage to tombstones make [[ | # Weathering and damage to tombstones make [[Virginia Cemeteries#Published Transcriptions|early published transcriptions]] priceless.}} <br> | ||
*[http://virginiagravestones.org/ Virginia Gravestones] | |||
*[http://virginia-genealogy.org/Virginia-Cemetery-Records.htm Virginia Cemetery Records] | |||
*[http://www.markerhistory.com/tag/cemetery/page/6/ Cemetery Historical Markers]- at MarkerHistory.com. Cemetery dates begin as early as 1620. See also the Cemetery Historical Markers on the [http://www.markerhistory.com/maps/ Cemetery Marker Map]. | |||
*[http://www.blackcemeteriesportsmouthva.org/ African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia] | |||
*[http://www.aacemeteriesva.org/ African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia] | |||
=== Cemetery Resources === | === Cemetery Resources === | ||