Online Resources
Tasmania
Australia
- 1802-2005 Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1080-2007 Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, ($), index, incomplete.
- Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, ($), index, incomplete.
- Australia, Imperial Force Burials At Gallipoli, 1915, ($), index.
- Australian Cemeteries, indexes.
- Australian Cemeteries Index
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Australia BillionGraves
- Australia BillionGraves Cemetery Index, ($), index.
- Office of Australian War Graves
- All Australia Memorial, ($), index.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Cemetery Records Australia
Information in Records
Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization. These records are useful in identifying children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. They are helpful in establishing family relationships and locating family members.
Finding These Records
- Individuals were usually buried in a church, community, or private cemetery near the place where they lived or died.
- To find tombstone inscriptions or burial records, it helps to know where an individual was buried. However, there are many indexes with wide location coverage.
- Clues to burial places may be found in funeral notices, obituaries, church records, and death certificates.
- Cemetery locations may be found on maps of the area. For information on maps, see the article about Maps.
- Local genealogical periodicals may publish sexton’s records and transcripts of tombstone information. For information on periodicals, read the Periodicals article.
- When death and burial records are difficult to find, contact a local library, historical society, or historian. They may have the records you seek or can help you locate obscure family plots or relocated cemeteries.
For Further Reading
FamilySearch Library
Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
