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| There are many listings of the cemetery records of Saskatchewan compiled by the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society published in its magazine Bulletin. Most of these listings are indexed.
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| | *{{RecordSearch|2026973|BillionGraves Index}} - index and images |
| | *[https://billiongraves.com/site-map?country=Canada&state=Saskatchewan BillionGraves Saskatchewan page] - photos and GPS locations of grave markers |
| | *{{RecordSearch|2221801|Find A Grave Index}} - index and images |
| | *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Saskatchewan%2C+Canada&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_833 Find A Grave Saskatchewan Page] - photos and GPS locations of grave markers |
| | *{{RecordSearch|2290953|Canadian Headstones}}- FamilySearch - Name index of headstone inscriptions courtesy of CanadianHeadstones which is a family history database of records and images from Canada's cemeteries. |
| | *[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/saskatchewan/saskatchewan_cemetery_records.htm CanadaGenealogy] Saskatchewan Cemetery Records |
| | *[http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/SK/ CanadaGenWeb] Canada's GenWeb Cemetery Project, Saskatchewan |
| | *[http://www.interment.net/can/sk/index.htm Interment] Saskatchewan Cemeteries |
| | *[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/index.php/cemetery/operating-your-small-cemetery/ SASKGenealogy] This index contains information on approximately 3,500 cemeteries within Saskatchewan. |
| | *[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/cemetery/SK Gen Web] Ancestor Remembrance Project, cemetery transcriptions/photographs online. |
| | *[https://mhss.sk.ca/cemeteries/index.shtml MHSS] Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan (MHSS), Index of Saskatchewan Cemeteries |
| | *[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/links.html cansacem] Saskatchewan Cemetery Project |
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| [http://www.saskgenealogy.com/index.php/saskatchewan-cemeteries/%7CSaskatchewan Cemeteries listing with GPS by the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society]; [http://stockfamily.ca/cemeteries/%7CMirror mirror site], additionally another [http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/Cemetery_Index.htm%7Clisting Listing in another format] is online. | | == Jewish Cemeteries == |
| | *[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen] has an inventory you can check. Click on Canada and then Saskatchewan. |
| | *[https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7502 HistoricPlaces] Lipton Jewish Cemetery |
| | *[https://www.bethjacobsynagogue.com/jewish-cemetary Bethjacobsynagogue] Regina Jewish Cemetery |
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| == Online Cemetery Websites == | | ==Military Cemeteries== |
| | *[https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial Canadian Virtual War Memorial]. This is a worldwide registry of military Canadian burials. |
| | *[https://www.saskatoon.ca/parks-recreation-attractions/parks/woodlawn-cemetery Woodlawn]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Saskatoon) Wikipedia]; and [https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2081924/Saskatoon%20(Woodlawn)%20Cemetery CWGC] Woodland Cemetery webpages for military burial |
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2258205 Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850-1994 - an online digitisation project by Family Search] | | == Individual Cemeteries == |
| | *[http://yorktonmemorialgardens.com/ Yorkton Memorial Garden Cemetery] |
| | *[https://www.regina.ca/parks-recreation-culture/cemeteries/index.html Regina City] two city cemeteries |
| | *[https://moosejaw.ca/heritage_properties/moose-jaw-cemetery/ Moosejaw] Moosejaw City Cemetery |
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| Transcripts of tombstones from various cemeteries. Upon looking up this record, a card is revealed, e ach card has a number, for example, 152.5. The corresponding municipality and cemetery for that number is found in the [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saskatchewan_Cemetery_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)#Cemetery_Key cemetery key list ]in the wiki article about the collection. [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saskatchewan_Cemetery_Transcripts_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29 Learn more”]
| | == Additional Resources at the Family History Library == |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2258205 FamilySearch] Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850-1994, with an explanation about the transcripts at [[Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts - FamilySearch Historical Records|Historical Records]] |
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| There are over 3,430 cemeteries in Saskatchewan. Many groups and organisations are working on transcriptions, photographs and video recording of these cemeteries.
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| Many cemetery records are available online. Consider as well the following websites, which is but a small sampling:
| | To find cemetery records for ''Saskatchewan'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br> |
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| *[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/Databases/Databases.htm Databases] The SGS Burial index searcahable online
| | #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] |
| *[http://www.cyndislist.com/cemeteries/%7CCyndi's Cyndis List] - Cemeteries & funeral homes
| | #Enter: '''Saskatchewan''' in the Place box |
| *[http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com] Find a grave
| | #Click on: '''Search''' |
| *[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=160044 BillionGraves] Google map of each cemetery, headstone photos, and transcriptions.ie Warman Cemetery, Warman
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| *[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/cemetery.html#cemetery Saskatchewan GenWeb Cemeteries]
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| *[http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/SK/index.html%7CCanada Canada Gen Web Saskatchewan Cemetery Project]
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| *[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/%7CSaskatchewan Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project]
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| *[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/cemetery/ Ancestor Recognition Project Cemetery transcriptions and photos]
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| *[https://mhss.sk.ca/cemeteries/index.shtml Historical Society of Saskatchewan (MHSS) Cemetery Finding Aid ]
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| *[http://www.doukhobor.org/Cemetery-Index.htm%7CDoukhobor Doukhobor Cemetery Index]
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| *[http://www.grhs.com/library/articles.html%7CGermans Germans from Russia Heritage Society]
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| *[http://www.regina.ca/residents/cemeteries/ Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery]
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| *[http://www.grhs.org/research/america/canada/StJosephsColony_TrampingLake_sk.html St Joseph's Colony]
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| *[https://www.saskatoon.ca/parks-recreation-attractions/parks/woodlawn-cemetery%7CWoodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon]
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| | #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] |
| | #Enter: '''Saskatchewan''' in the Place box |
| | #Click on: '''Search''' |
| | #Click on: '''Cemeteries''' |
| | #Click on: '''Places within Saskatchewan''' |
| | #Click on the town you want to search |
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| == Types of cemetery records == | | == Additional Resources == |
| | *[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org]- Do a search for Saskatchewan Cemetery. |
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| '''Types of care for Human Burial''': earth burial, cremation, sea burial, entombment, donation to science, and cryogenic. Several types of cemetery records are available. Rural public cemeteries are under the infrastructure administration of the rural municipality, and urban public cemeteries by the local civic government (city hall). Caretakers or cemetery maintainence committees are usually appointed by the municipal government. Churches maintain church yards, and private land owners maintain homesteader burial sites. The municipal government may have kept internment records of the names and dates of those buried and maps of the burial plots in public cemeteries. Some churches have kept burial records that may give birth, marriage and other family or health details.<br>
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| Tombstones or gravestones may also exist, or the information on them may have been transcribed. In Saskatchewan many local organisations are working at photographing, video taping and transcribing the cemeteries. Cemetery burial records, sometimes called internment records, often include birth, marriage, and death information. These records along with symbols on a gravestone may provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization, such as a lodge. These records are especially helpful for identifying children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. Visit the cemetery in person to see if other relatives are in the same or adjoining plots.
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| To find tombstone or cemetery records you need to determine where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a community, church, private, military, or family cemetery, usually near the place where he lived or died or where other family members were buried. You can find clues to burial places in local history books, census records, funeral notices, obituaries, church records, funeral home records, death records, scrip and homestead land records.
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| *[[Saskatchewan Land and Property Records|Land and Property Records]] are online for Saskatchewan in terms of both scrip for First Nations and Metis persons and Dominion land patent records and applications for homesteaders. Where a person lived and farmed is often a clue to locate the cemetery near this locality.[[Saskatchewan Census|Saskatchewan Census]]
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| *[[Saskatchewan Census]] records have been transcribed online for the early part of the twentith century and are searchable online also providing a clue to residence and therefore also a clue to loate the cemetery near this locality.
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| *The Saskatchewan Genealogy Society, and its branches may have the records or can help you locate obscure family plots or relocated cemeteries. Similarly local library, historical society, or local historian may assist in locating burial sites.
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| *Information gained from obituaries, death certificates, mortuary funeral cards
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| *The Family History Library has cemetery records listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under [PROVINCE], [TOWN] - Cemeteries
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| Funeral directors in the area where your ancestors lived may have records similar to death and cemetery records. Funeral Homes are listed in online telephone directories.
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