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Cemetery records, such as tombstone and [[Sexton Records|sexton’s records]], have value in that they may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. It is important to look at surrounding tombstones because family members may also be buried nearby.  
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==Online Resources==
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*[https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
*{{RecordSearch|2221801|Find a Grave Index}} at FamilySearch - [[Find a Grave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[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]
*{{RecordSearch|2026973|BillionGraves Index}} at FamilySearch - [[BillionGraves Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-billion-graves-index BillionGraves Index] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($)
*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
*[https://accessgenealogy.com/wisconsin/wisconsin-cemetery-records.htm Wisconsin Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
*[http://www.interment.net/us/wi/index.htm Wisconsin Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
*{{RecordSearch|1708699|Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968}} at FamilySearch - [[Wisconsin Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[https://wisconsingravestones.org/search.php Wisconsin Gravestone Project] at [https://wisconsingravestones.org/ Wisconsin Gravestones]
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/wisconsin/wiscon.html Wisconsin Tombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
*[https://www.deathindexes.com/wisconsin/index.html Online Wisconsin Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Wisconsin?id=state_51 Wisconsin Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave] 
*[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Wisconsin in the search box.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Wisconsin,%20United%20States&reqParents=372&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Wisconsin,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
*[https://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Wisconsin Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ Hometown Locator]
*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/wv.html Wisconsin Cemeteries] at [http://www.idreamof.com/index.html I Dream of Genealogy]
*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/WI/Cemetery-Records.htm Wisconsin Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/wi/ African American Cemeteries in Wisconsin] at [http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries Online]
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=jewish&cemetery-loc=wisconsin&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_51 Jewish Cemeteries in Wisconsin] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=hebrew&cemetery-loc=wisconsin&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_51 Hebrew Cemeteries in Wisconsin] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/wisconsin-wi/ Wisconsin Jewish Cemetery Project] at [https://iajgscemetery.org/ International Jewish Cemetery Project]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] - grave search
*[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.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/wood.asp Wood National Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109442/wood-national-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Wood-National-Cemetery/160889 BillionGraves]
*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/fort_winnebago.asp Fort Winnebago Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/88642/old-fort-winnebago-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/forest_hill.asp Forest Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/87944/forest-hill-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/forest_home.asp Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/87956/forest-home-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Forest-Home-Cemetery/115048 BillionGraves]
*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/fort_crawford.asp Fort Crawford Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1992648/fort-crawford-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Fort-Crawford-Cemetery-Soldiers-Lot/130867 BillionGraves]
*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/mound.asp Mound Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/88473/mound-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Mound-Cemetery/115523 BillionGraves]
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== Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
== Resources ==
To find cemetery records for ''Wisconsin'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
Cemetery resources for Wisconsin include the following:  
#Enter: '''Wisconsin''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below
*Wisconsin State Old Cemetery' Society


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
The society has card indexes to the names of many persons buried in Wisconsin Cemeteries. It also publishes a newsletter in which you can place queries. For a small fee, you can have them search their card index. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
#Enter: '''Wisconsin''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Wisconsin'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society<br>c/o President Mr. Larry W. Petcovic<br>6100 W. Mequon Rd. <br>Mequon, WI 53092-1951 <br>Telephone: 410-905-2777 <br>Internet: [http://my.execpc.com/~dondorf/wsocs.htm http://my.execpc.com/~dondorf/wsocs.htm]


#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*Wisconsin State Genealogical Society'
#Enter: '''Wisconsin''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Wisconsin'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on '''Places within United States, Wisconsin, county name'''
#Click on the town you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


== Additional Resources ==
The [http://www.wsgs.org/ Wisconsin State Genealogical Society] has published inscriptions from several hundred cemeteries in the state in the ''Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter''. Indexes to the inscriptions published to date can be found on each county's research page. Printed copies of the inscriptions can be purchased from the Society following the instructions on each page.
*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Wisconsin cemetery.
 
*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Wisconsin Cemetery.
*Archdiocese of Milwaukee
 
The [http://www.cemeteries.org/genealogy.asp Archdiocese of Milwaukee] has an online index of the eight Catholic cemeteries operated by the diocese.
 
*Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection
 
This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available on microfilm at the Wisconsin Historical Society and at the Family History Library (Family History Library films {{FHL|848701|film|disp=848695-701}} and {{FHL|858651|film|disp=858651}}; various computer numbers). It is listed in the Author/Title Search of the catalog. Generally there is an index at the beginning of each volume.
 
This collection is described in and is partly indexed by family surname in: <br> Kirkham, E. Kay. ''An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States.'' vol. 2. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library book {{FHL|460558|title-id|disp=973 D22kk v.2}}.) See section two, pages 1–50, which includes Wisconsin.
 
*Wisconsin Historical Society
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Milwaukee Public Library also collect cemetery records. A list made in 1965 of the records in these collections and in the DAR collection is in ''Cemeteries in the State of Wisconsin (List only) of Those Copied and on File'' . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Genealogical Society, 1965. (Family History Library book {{FHL|170621|title-id|disp=977.5 A1 no. 11}}.)
 
*Family History Library
 
A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is:
 
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. (Family History Library films {{FHL|613269|title-id|disp=1206468–94}}.) Film {{FHL|613269|title-id|disp=1206493}} includes Wisconsin.
 
The Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more of these records under:
 
WISCONSIN- CEMETERIES WISCONSIN, [COUNTY]- CEMETERIES WISCONSIN, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES
 
The Family History Library has 47 films of Milwaukee cemetery records dating from about 1850 to 1979. These are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
 
WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE - CEMETERIES.  
 
Locations of Wisconsin cemeteries can be found in:<br> Herrick, Linda M. and Wendy K. Uncapher, ''Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin.'' 3rd ed. Janesville, WI: Origins, 2002. (Family History Library book 1st edition 9775.V34h). Cemetery locations and name listed by county, township, section number. Indexed.
 
== Online Resources  ==
 
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] can be searched by the name of a person, family or cemetery. Usually gives birth and death dates and often comes with a picture of the tombstone. May also give obituaries, biographical information and names of family members with links to their information in Find A Grave.
*[http://www.interment.net/ '''Interment.net''']
 
== Periodicals  ==
 
Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Wisconsin cemeteries. These are referenced in the "Places" portion of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]], described in [[Wisconsin Periodicals.]]
 
For information on related record types, see [[Wisconsin Funeral Homes]], [[Wisconsin Obituaries]], and [[Wisconsin Vital Records]].
 
== External Links  ==
 
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Findagrave.com]
*[http://www.interment.net/us/wi/index.htm Interment.net]
*[http://usgwtombstones.org/wisconsin/iowa.htm USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project] for Iowa County, Wisconsin  
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/iowa/iowa.htm Wisconsin GenWeb Archives], which includes cemetery transcriptions
 
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
[[Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Public Library Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Pubilc Library Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


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Revision as of 19:46, 15 April 2012

Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, have value in that they may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. It is important to look at surrounding tombstones because family members may also be buried nearby.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemetery resources for Wisconsin include the following:

  • Wisconsin State Old Cemetery' Society

The society has card indexes to the names of many persons buried in Wisconsin Cemeteries. It also publishes a newsletter in which you can place queries. For a small fee, you can have them search their card index. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society
c/o President Mr. Larry W. Petcovic
6100 W. Mequon Rd.
Mequon, WI 53092-1951
Telephone: 410-905-2777
Internet: http://my.execpc.com/~dondorf/wsocs.htm

  • Wisconsin State Genealogical Society'

The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society has published inscriptions from several hundred cemeteries in the state in the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter. Indexes to the inscriptions published to date can be found on each county's research page. Printed copies of the inscriptions can be purchased from the Society following the instructions on each page.

  • Archdiocese of Milwaukee

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has an online index of the eight Catholic cemeteries operated by the diocese.

  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection

This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available on microfilm at the Wisconsin Historical Society and at the Family History Library (Family History Library films 848695-701 and 858651; various computer numbers). It is listed in the Author/Title Search of the catalog. Generally there is an index at the beginning of each volume.

This collection is described in and is partly indexed by family surname in:
Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States. vol. 2. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library book 973 D22kk v.2.) See section two, pages 1–50, which includes Wisconsin.

  • Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Milwaukee Public Library also collect cemetery records. A list made in 1965 of the records in these collections and in the DAR collection is in Cemeteries in the State of Wisconsin (List only) of Those Copied and on File . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Genealogical Society, 1965. (Family History Library book 977.5 A1 no. 11.)

  • Family History Library

A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is:

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. (Family History Library films 1206468–94.) Film 1206493 includes Wisconsin.

The Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more of these records under:

WISCONSIN- CEMETERIES WISCONSIN, [COUNTY]- CEMETERIES WISCONSIN, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES

The Family History Library has 47 films of Milwaukee cemetery records dating from about 1850 to 1979. These are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE - CEMETERIES.

Locations of Wisconsin cemeteries can be found in:
Herrick, Linda M. and Wendy K. Uncapher, Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin. 3rd ed. Janesville, WI: Origins, 2002. (Family History Library book 1st edition 9775.V34h). Cemetery locations and name listed by county, township, section number. Indexed.

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

  • Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person, family or cemetery. Usually gives birth and death dates and often comes with a picture of the tombstone. May also give obituaries, biographical information and names of family members with links to their information in Find A Grave.
  • Interment.net

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Wisconsin cemeteries. These are referenced in the "Places" portion of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in Wisconsin Periodicals.

For information on related record types, see Wisconsin Funeral Homes, Wisconsin Obituaries, and Wisconsin Vital Records.

External Links[edit | edit source]

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Pubilc Library Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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