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== Online Resources ==
==Online Resources==
*'''1772-1934''': {{RecordSearch|1674748|Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934}} at FamilySearch - index
*'''1867-1961''': {{RecordSearch|1675539|United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961}} at FamilySearch - index and images
*'''1949-1969''': {{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch
*[http://billiongraves.com/search Billion Graves] - Photos and GPS locations of grave markers
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Connecticut%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_8 Connecticut Cemeteries] by FindAGrave
*[http://www.interment.net/us/ct/index.htm Connecticut Cemetery Records] by Interment
*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/CT/Cemetery-Records.htm Connecticut Cemetery Records] by LDSGenealogy
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/connecticut/connecti.html Connecticut Tombstone Transcription Project] by CTGenWeb
*[http://farber.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/Connecticut?sort=Name%2CDates Farber Gravestones in Connecticut] - photos and index
*[https://www.findagrave.com Find A Grave] people search - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
*[http://www.hale-collection.com/ Hale Collection of Cennecticut Cemetery Records] - index and searchable
*[https://www.deathindexes.com/connecticut/index.html Online Connecticut Death Indexes and Records] by DeathIndexes
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current] at Ancestry.com ($)
== Jewish Cemeteries ==
*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/connecticut-ct/ Connecticut Jewish Cemeteries] at International Jewish Cemetery Project
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at Ancestry - grave search
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry Cemetery List] by JewishGen
**To locate cemetery: Click the USA file folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name
*[http://www.newhaventorahcenter.org/cemetery_info.asp New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database] by New Haven Torah Center - index of cemeteries and people with maps


The following have significant cemetery listings for Delaware 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>  
==Military Cemeteries==
*Colonel Raymond F Gates Memorial Cemetery
*[https://portal.ct.gov/DVA/Pages/Cemetery-and-Memorial-Services Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery]
*Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery
== Additional Resources at the Family History Library ==
To find cemetery records for ''Connecticut'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<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=10&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Search for names] Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates.  
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*This site frequently has tombstone images
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs& List of cemeteries]In their database.
#Click on: '''Search'''
***1) Select the state, 2) pick a county, and 3) click '''Search.''' (There are too many cemeteries for a statewide list.)
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
****Tip: To switch to a different county, click '''Cemetery Lookup''' under '''''Actions''''' at the left.
***When you have a list, click on the number below '''Interments''' for a cemetery to access names. Click '''Records''' arrow to scroll through to the end.


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70503 ''Web: Delaware, Find A Grave Index, 1707-2012'']
To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below


{{Tip| Remember:<br>
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
# Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby.
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
# [http://genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/ig/tombstone_symbols/ Symbols] and [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] may lead you to other records.
#Click on: '''Search'''
# Weathering and damage to tombstones make early published transcriptions priceless.}} <br>
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Connecticut'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


*[http://www.cdow.org/csdatabase.html Catholic Cemetery]
To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.


*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#given_names=&family_names=Smith&birth_year=&death_year=&year_range=5&lim=0&num=10&action=search&exact=true&phonetic=false&record_type=0&country=United+States&state=Delaware&county=0 Billion Graves] Replace the Smith surname in the pale orange form and click '''Search'''
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Connecticut'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on '''Places within United States, Connecticut, county name'''
#Click on the town you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
== Additional Resources ==
*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Connecticut cemetery.
*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org]- Do a search for Connecticut Cemetery.


*[http://www.interment.net/us/de/index.htm Interment]
*[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-DE-NDX.html D'ADDEZIO CEMETERY]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/delaware.htm Access Genealogy]
*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/de.html I Dream of Genealogy]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/DE/Cemetery-Records.htm Delaware Cemetery Records]
*[http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/dvmc.shtml Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/delaware-cemetery-records.htm Access Genealogy]
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=== Publications  ===
Following is a list of the major collections and publications for the state of [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]]:
*Clark, Raymond B., ed. ''Delaware Tombstone Inscriptions''. St. Michaels, Maryland: R. B. Clark, 1989. {{FHL|540401|item|disp=FHL book 975.1 A1 no. 20}}. This contains burial information on 700 revolutionary soldiers in the three counties, 600 of which are in small church and family cemeteries.
*Dill, Raymond Walter. ''Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone, Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1989. {{FHL|448829|item|disp=FHL book 975.14 V3d}}. The information for this work was gathered from headstones, cemetery records, maps, deeds, Bibles and by word of mouth.
*Hudson, Millard F. ''Cemetery Records of Sussex County, Delaware.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. {{FHL|55831|item|disp=FHL film 006690}}. This includes transcriptions from 630 cemeteries. It is available at the Delaware Public Archives and at the Family History Library.
*Tatnall, Walter G. ''Tombstone Records, New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County, Delaware''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. {{FHL|14150|item|disp=FHL film 006303}}. This includes inscriptions from nearly 800 small cemeteries. It is available at the Delaware Public Archives and at the Family History Library. A card index to this is available at the Delaware Public Archives. The Family History Library does not have a copy of the index.
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=== Other Sources  ===
Some cemetery records for Delaware are being printed in the:
*''Delaware Genealogical Society Journal.'' Wilmington, Delaware: 1980-. {{FHL|344107|item|disp=FHL book 975.1 D25d}}
The Historical Society of Delaware also has a collection of cemetery records.
A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is found in:
*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library. ''Index to United States Cemeteries''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|613269|item|disp=FHL films 1206468-94}}. Film 1206469 includes Delaware, among other states.
The Family History Library has copies of many other sexton and tombstone records listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
DELAWARE - CEMETERIES
DELAWARE, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES
DELAWARE, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CEMETERIES
Some cemetery record collections are also listed under "Vital Records" in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.


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