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| {{TX-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | | {{Adoption Hidden Ancestors}}*Two important collections of cemetery records are: |
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| ==Online Resources==
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| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Online Cemetery Resources for Texas'''</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] | |
| *[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://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/texas-cemetery-records.htm Texas Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
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| *[http://www.interment.net/us/tx/index.htm Texas Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
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| *[https://texasgravestones.org/search.php Texas Gravestone Photo Project] at [https://texasgravestones.org/ Texas Gravestones]
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| *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/texas/texas.html Texas Tombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
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| *[https://www.deathindexes.com/texas/index.html Online Texas Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
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| | width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the State'''</center>
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Texas?id=state_46 Texas Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Texas in the search box.
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Texas,%20United%20States&reqParents=343&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Texas,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| *[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/tx.html Texas Cemeteries] at [http://www.idreamof.com/index.html I Dream of Genealogy]
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| *[https://texas.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Texas Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ Hometown Locator]
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| *[https://ldsgenealogy.com/TX/Cemetery-Records.htm Texas Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
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| *[https://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/cemetery-preservation/chc-cemetery-projects Texas Historic Cemeteries] at [https://www.thc.texas.gov/ Texas Historical Commission]
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| | <br><br><br><br>width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''African American Cemeteries '''</center>
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| *[https://accessgenealogy.com/texas/texas-african-american-cemeteries.htm Texas African American Cemeteries] at AccessGenealogy<br>
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Montgomery_County_Texas_African_American_Cemeteries African American Cemeteries in Montgomery County, Texas]<br><br>
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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=texas&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_46&page=1#cem-2433937 Jewish Cemeteries in Texas] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=hebrew&cemetery-loc=texas&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_46 Hebrew Cemeteries in Texas] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
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| *[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/texas-tx/ Texas 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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| | width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Military Cemeteries '''</center>
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/dallasftworth.asp Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/542274/dallas-fort-worth-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Dallas-Fort-Worth-National-Cemetery/210306 BillionGraves]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftbliss.asp Fort Bliss National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/3651/fort-bliss-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Fort-Bliss-National-Cemetery/208455 BillionGraves]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsamhouston.asp Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109410/fort-sam-houston-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Sam-Houston-Grave/107310 BillionGraves]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/houston.asp Houston National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109415/houston-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Houston-National-Cemetery/318192 BillionGraves]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/kerrville.asp Kerrville National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109417/kerrville-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Kerrville-National-Cemetery/101966 BillionGraves]
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| *[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/sanantonio.asp San Antonio National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109454/san-antonio-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/San-Antonio-National-Cemetery/160882 BillionGraves]
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| *Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2157218/central-texas-state-veterans-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Central-Texas-State-Veterans-Cemetery/147088 BillionGraves]
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| *Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2428018/coastal-bend-veterans-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Coastal-Bend-State-Veterans-Cemetery/180708 BillionGraves]
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| *Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2195482/rio-grande-valley-state-veterans-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Rio-Grande-Valley-State-Veterans-Cemetery/102919 BillionGraves]
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| *Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2304284/texas-state-veterans-cemetery-at-abilene Find-A-Grave]
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| *Camp Groce United States Prisoner of War Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2673631/camp-groce-united-states-prisoner-of-war-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
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| *Confederate Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/647094/confederate-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
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| :''For more [[United States Military Cemetery Records|military burial databases]].''
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| == Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
| | :- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. (Family History Library {{FHL|255377|title-id|disp=book 976 A1 no. 3; film 908964 Item 8}}.) This contains card indexes.Transcripts for many cemetery are on films 206289-303. |
| To find cemetery records for ''Texas'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | :-''Cemetery Records of Texas.'' Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-63. (Family History Library{{FHL|192101|title-id|disp= book 976.4 V3d; films 897234-35}}.) |
| #Enter: '''Texas''' 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
| | *Lists of the cemeteries in each county that are included in the above collections are in Sharry Crofford-Gould, ''Texas Cemetery Inscriptions: A Source Index.'' San Antonio, Texas: Limited Editions, 1977. (Family History Library book {{FHL|182922|title-id|disp=976.4 A1 no. 56}}.) |
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | *Some of the earliest burials in Texas are recorded in Mrs. Malcolm B. Biggerstaff, ''Four Thousand Tombstone Inscriptions from Texas, 1745-1870: Along the Old San Antonio Road and the Trail of Austin's Colonists.'' Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1952. (Family History Library book {{FHL|189853|title-id|disp=976.4 V3b}}.) |
| #Enter: '''Texas''' 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 Texas'''
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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 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection also contains tombstone inscriptions from many Texas cemeteries. This collection is described in the "[[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]" article in this Wiki. |
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| #Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
| | === Texas Cemeteries === |
| #Enter: '''Texas''' 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 Texas'''
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| #Click on the county you want to search
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| #Click on '''Places within United States, Texas, 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 ==
| | [[Texas Cemeteries Bastrop County|Bastrop County]] |
| *[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Texas cemetery.
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| *[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Texas Cemetery.
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| [[Category:Texas, United States]] | | [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] |
| [[Category:United States Cemeteries]] | | |
| | [http://www.interment.net/us/TX/index.htm Interment]<br> |
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| | [http://www.teafor2.com/ Tea for 2]<br> |
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| | [http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/txfiles.htm US Gen Web Archives]<br> |
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| | [http://www.thc.state.tx.us/cemeteries/cemdefault.shtml Texas Historic Cemeteries] |
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| | [http://texas-genealogy.com/Texas-Cemetery-Records.htm Texas Cemetery Records] (at Texas Genealogy), Cemetery inscriptions online organized by county and city<br> |
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| | [http://www.victoriadiocese.org/cemetery/cemetery.htm Cemeteries of The Diocese of Victoria] and [http://www.vccms.org/ name search of many of the cemeteries] (scroll to bottom of page) |
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| | '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' |
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| | [[Texas,_Bexar,_San_Antonio,_Cemetery_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Texas, Bexar, San Antonio, Cemetery Records ( FamilySearch Historical Records)]] |
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| | [[Category:Texas|Cemeteries]] |