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Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave BillionGraves Deceased Online Interment.net Reading Cemetery Records at FamilySearch How to Use this Collection - index and images National Burial Index ($) Gravestone Photographic Resources - index and images
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find A Grave FamilySearch Places
See England Cemeteries for more information

Church Burial Records[edit | edit source]

Burial records at the parish level may have the information you seek. Follow the steps below to find them.

1. Open the list of parishes in Berkshire County Parishes.

2. Select the parish you want.

3. Go to the heading "Church Records"

4. Look in the table for online parish records under the heading "burials" to find more records to search.

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

Historical and genealogical societies sometimes have cemetery records. See Berkshire Societies for contact information.

Additional Resources at the Family History Library[edit | edit source]

Books and Collections Available[edit | edit source]

Berkshire War Memorials. 2000. by Alan Hutchins and Berkshire Family History Society (England). Reading, England : Berkshire Family History Society. FHL book 942.29 V3b pt. 1-2
Notes on Brass Rubbing with a List of Some Brasses in the Oxford Region. 1952. n.p.: n.p. FHL book 942 V22n
- A selection of monumental inscriptions from East Berkshire and beyond at FamilySearch.org - images and book

We are always adding to our collections. To find cemetery records for Berkshire County in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
Enter: Berkshire County in the Place box
Click on: Search
Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.

Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
Enter: Berkshire County in the Place box
Click on: Search
Click on: Cemeteries
Click on: Places within Berkshire County
Click on the town you want to search
Click on: Cemeteries

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-== Online Resources ==
+__NOTOC__
-*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=Berkshire%2C+England&locationId=state_4206&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r Find a Grave]
+{| style = "border:1px solid black; width:70%;  "
+|-
+| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Cemeteries of Berkshire County''' online</center>
+|-
+| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
+|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" valign="top" style="border:1px solid black" |
+*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=Berkshire%2C+England&locationId=state_4206&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r Find A Grave]
 *[https://billiongraves.com/search BillionGraves]
 *[https://deceasedonline.com/ Deceased Online]
 *[http://www.interment.net/uk/eng/berkshire.htm Interment.net]
-*{{RecordSearch|2334592|Reading Cemetery Records}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[England, Berkshire, Reading, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
+*{{RecordSearch|2334592|Reading Cemetery Records}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] [[England, Berkshire, Reading, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] - index and images
 *[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=national%20burial%20index%20for%20england%20%26%20wales&sid=103&county=bedfordshire&promptForRegistration=true National Burial Index] ($)
-*[https://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php Gravestone Photographic Resources] - index & images
+*[https://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php Gravestone Photographic Resources] - index and images
-* {{FSC|1170606|title-id|disp=Berkshire war memorials}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+|-
-* {{FSC|274589|title-id|disp=A transcript of all the legible monumental inscriptions in 34 parishes in the counties of Berks, Bucks, Herts and Middlesex}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
+|bgcolor="#F0F0F0" style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" |
+*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Berkshire%2C+England&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_4206 Find A Grave]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Berkshire,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom&reqParents=3494&reqParentsLabel=County%20(Top%20level)&reqParentsType=521&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Berkshire,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
+|-
+| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>See '''[[England Cemeteries]]''' for more information</center>
+|}
+==Church Burial Records==
+Burial records at the parish level may have the information you seek. Follow the steps below to find them.<br>
+:1. Open the [[Berkshire Parishes|list of parishes in Berkshire County Parishes]]. <br>
+:2. Select the parish you want. <br>
+:3. Go to the heading "Church Records"<br>
+:4. Look in the table for online parish records under the heading "burials" to find more records to search. <br>
-=== List of Cemeteries ===
+== Additional Resources ==
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Berkshire,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom&reqParents=3494&reqParentsLabel=County%20(Top%20level)&reqParentsType=521&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Berkshire,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
+*Historical and genealogical societies sometimes have cemetery records. See [[Berkshire Societies]] for contact information.
+== Additional Resources at the Family History Library ==
+====Books and Collections Available====
+*''Berkshire War Memorials.'' 2000. by Alan Hutchins and Berkshire Family History Society (England). Reading, England : Berkshire Family History Society. {{FHL|1170606|item|disp=FHL book 942.29 V3b pt. 1-2}}
+*''Notes on Brass Rubbing with a List of Some Brasses in the Oxford Region.'' 1952. n.p.: n.p. {{FHL|292756|item|disp=FHL book 942 V22n}}
+**{{RecordSearch|704389|A selection of monumental inscriptions from East Berkshire and beyond|access=browse}} at FamilySearch.org - images and book
+We are always adding to our collections. To find cemetery records for ''Berkshire County'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
+#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+#Enter: '''Berkshire County''' in the Place box
+#Click on: '''Search'''
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
+To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
+#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+#Enter: '''Berkshire County''' in the Place box
+#Click on: '''Search'''
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
+#Click on: '''Places within Berkshire County'''
+#Click on the town you want to search
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
 {{Place|Berkshire}}
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