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| ==Online Resources==
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| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Online Cemetery Resources for Virginia'''</center>
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| | width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *{{RecordSearch|2221801|Find a Grave Index}} at FamilySearch - [[Find a Grave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
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| *[https://billiongraves.com/search# BillionGraves]
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| *{{RecordSearch|2026973|BillionGraves Index}} at FamilySearch - [[BillionGraves Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
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| *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-billion-graves-index BillionGraves Index] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($)
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| *{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
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| *[https://cemeterycensus.com/va/index.htm Cemeteries of Virginia] at [https://cemeterycensus.com/ Cemetery Census]
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| *{{RecordSearch|1708697|Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912}} at FamilySearch — [[Virginia Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2558/ Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917] at [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)
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| *[https://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/virginia-cemetery-records.htm Virginia Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
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| *[http://www.interment.net/us/va/index.htm Virginia Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
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| *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/virginia/virginia.html VirginiaTombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
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| *[https://www.deathindexes.com/virginia/index.html Online Virginia Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Virginia?id=state_48 Virginia Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Virginia in the search box.
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Virginia,%20United%20States&reqParents=360&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Virginia,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| *[https://virginia.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Virginia Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ Hometown Locator]
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| *[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/va.html Virginia Cemeteries] at [http://www.idreamof.com/index.html I Dream of Genealogy]
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| *[https://ldsgenealogy.com/VA/Cemetery-Records.htm Virginia Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
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| *[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/va/ African American Cemeteries in Virginia] at [http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries Online]
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| | width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Jewish Cemeteries '''</center>
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=jewish&cemetery-loc=virginia&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_48 Jewish Cemeteries in Virginia] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=Hebrew&cemetery-loc=virginia&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_48&page=1#cem-50575 Hebrew Cemeteries in Virginia] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/vermont-vt/ Virginia Jewish Cemetery Project] at [https://iajgscemetery.org/ International Jewish Cemetery Project]
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] - grave search
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| *[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] by [https://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen]<br>''Click the USA folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name''
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/49269/arlington-national-cemetery Arlington National Cemetery] at FindaGrave; ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62993/ Ancestry] ($); [https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/ ANC Explorer]''
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/alexandriava.asp Alexandria National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ballsbluff.asp Ball's Bluff National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/citypoint.asp City Point National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/coldharbor.asp Cold Harbor National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/culpeper.asp Culpeper National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/danvilleva.asp Danville National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftharrison.asp Fort Harrison National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/glendale.asp Glendale National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/hampton.asp Hampton National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/hamptonvamc.asp Hampton National Cemetery (VAMC)]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/quantico.asp Quantico National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/richmond.asp Richmond National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/sevenpines.asp Seven Pines National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/staunton.asp Staunton National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/winchester.asp Winchester National Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/cemeteries/amelia-cemetery Virginia Veterans Cemetery at Amelia]
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| *[https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/cemeteries/dublin-cemetery Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/cemeteries/suffolk-cemetery Albert G Horton, Jr Memorial Veterans Cemetery]
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1970654/captain-ted-conaway-memorial-naval-cemetery Capt Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery] at at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| == Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library == | | === Cemetery Resources === |
| To find cemetery records for ''Virginia'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | The earliest tomb in Virginia with a legible inscription is that of Mrs. Alice Jordan, who died in 1650 in [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry County, Virginia]] at Four Mile Tree Plantation on the James River.<ref>(1) "The Oldest Tombstone," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):195-197. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914961 JSTOR] - free; (2) Robert A. Lancaster, ''Historic Virginia Homes and Churches'' (Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915), 58. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/historicvirginia00lanc#page/58/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.</ref> |
| #Enter: '''Virginia''' in the Place box
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| #Click on: '''Search'''
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| #Click on: '''Cemeteries''' | |
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| To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below
| | African Americans typically maintained separate burial grounds.{{Main|Virginia African Americans}} |
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | Hogg, Anne M., and Dennis A. Tosh. ''Virginia Cemeteries: A Guide to Resources''. (Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia, 1986.) {{FHL|450242|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 V34v}} Lists sources of information on cemeteries, their name, and location. Arranged by county. A list of Virginia cemeteries. |
| #Enter: '''Virginia''' in the Place box
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| #Click on: '''Search'''
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| #Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
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| #Click on: '''Places within Virginia'''
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| #Click on the county you want to search
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| #Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
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| To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
| | 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 film 1206468-94, 1206492}} Includes Virginia and Washington. A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library. |
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | The Family History Library has copies of many {{FHL|338740|subject_id|disp= cemetery records}} from [[Virginia]]. This includes the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Collection of tombstone inscriptions. Additional tombstone inscriptions have been published in the magazines mentioned in the [[Virginia Periodicals]] section |
| #Enter: '''Virginia''' in the Place box
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| #Click on: '''Search'''
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| #Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
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| #Click on: '''Places within Virginia'''
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| #Click on the county you want to search
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| #Click on '''Places within United States, Virginia, county name'''
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| #Click on the town you want to search
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| #Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
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| == Additional Resources == | | {{RecordSearch|1386587|Virginia, Danville City Cemetery Records}} Online in FamilySearch Historical Records. |
| *[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Virginia cemetery. | | |
| *[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Virginia Cemetery. | | *To access cemetery records available through the Family History Library, use the Place-names Search in the Family History Library Catalog for: |
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| | :*VIRGINIA - CEMETERIES |
| | :*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Cemeteries_in_Virginia VIRGINIA, [COUNTY, - CEMETERIES]] |
| | :*VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CEMETERIES |
| | :*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Cemeteries_in_Virginia VIRGINIA, [INDEPENDENT CITY - CEMETERIES]] |
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| | == Web Sites == |
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| | *[http://virginiagravestones.org/ Virginia Gravestones] |
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| | *[http://virginia-genealogy.org/Virginia-Cemetery-Records.htm Virginia Cemetery Records] |
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| | *[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] |
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| | == References == |
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| [[Category:Virginia, United States|Cemeteries]][[Category:United States Cemeteries]] | | [[Category:Virginia|Cemeteries]] [[Category:Cemeteries_in_Virginia]] |
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