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+==Online Resources==
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+| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Online Cemetery Resources for Utah'''</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]
+*{{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] ($)
+*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
+*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20331/utah-burials?s=275764761 Utah Burials] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
+*[https://utahdcc.secure.force.com/burials/ Utah Cemeteries and Burials] at [https://history.utah.gov/ Utah Division of State History]
+*{{RecordSearch|2576051|Utah, Cemetery Abstracts}} at FamilySearch — [[Utah, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
+*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5232/ Utah Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2000] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
+*[https://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/utah-cemeteries-records.htm Utah Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
+*[http://www.interment.net/us/ut/index.htm Utah Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
+*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/utah/utah.html Utah Tombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
+*[https://www.deathindexes.com/utah/index.html Online Utah Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
+*{{RecordSearch|1542862|Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966}} at FamilySearch - [[Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/veterans-with-federal-service-buried-in-utah-territorial-to-1966 Findmypast] ($), [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30137/utah-veterans-with-federal-service-buried-in-utah-territorial-to My Heritage] ($), [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60210/ Ancestry] ($)
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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/Utah?id=state_47 Utah Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
+*[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Utah in the search box.
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Utah,%20United%20States&reqParents=342&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Utah,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
+*[https://utah.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Utah Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ HomeTownLocator]
+*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/ut.html Utah Cemeteries] at [http://www.idreamof.com/index.html I Dream of Genealogy]
+*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/UT/Cemetery-Records.htm Utah Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
+*[https://utahdcc.secure.force.com/burials/searchcemeteries?showAll=true Utah Cemetery Search] at [https://history.utah.gov/ Utah Division of State History]
+*[https://images.archives.utah.gov/digital/collection/p17010coll55/search Utah Cemetery Maps Collections] at [https://archives.utah.gov/digital/index.html Utah State Digital Archives]
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+| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Jewish Cemeteries '''</center>
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+*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/utah-ut/ Utah 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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+| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Military Cemeteries '''</center>
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+*[https://veterans.utah.gov/state-veterans-cemetery/ Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109288/utah-state-veterans-memorial-park Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Utah-Veterans-Cemetery--Memorial-Park/164092 BillionGraves]
+*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftdouglas.asp Fort Douglas Post Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/77230/fort-douglas-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Fort-Douglas-Post-Cemetery/107801 BillionGraves]
+*Fort Duchesne Post Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2613307/fort-duchesne-post-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Fort-Duchesne-Cemetery/107607 BillionGraves]
+{{Block indent|''For more [[United States Military Cemetery Records|military burial databases]].''}}
+|}
+*[https://archives.utah.gov/digital/cemetery-maps.html Utah Cemetery Maps] at [https://archives.utah.gov/digital/ Utah Division of Archives and Records Service]
-=== Introduction ===
+== Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
-Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization. Also use these records to:
+To find cemetery records for ''Utah'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
-*Identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents.
-*Establish family relationships and locate family members.
-For Utah, there are statewide indexes and collections for many cemeteries. Some of these have been indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]] on {{FHL|480808|item|disp=FHL Films 1750655–1750729}}.
+#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+#Enter: '''Utah''' in the Place box
+#Click on: '''Search'''
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-=== Online Resources  ===
+To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below
-'''By Names:'''
+#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+#Enter: '''Utah''' in the Place box
+#Click on: '''Search'''
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
+#Click on: '''Places within Utah'''
+#Click on the county you want to search
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-:'''Utah sites'''
+To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
-*'''[http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials Utah Cemeteries and Burial Database]''' is a state database of names who are buried in Utah. It is created by the cemeteries digitizing the sexton's records or those cemeteries whose records are digitized to donate them to the database. If groups or individuals offer to survey a cemetery, they must obtain permission from the cemetery.
+#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
-*[http://utahgravestones.org/ '''Utah Gravestones'''] The mission of this project is to capture digital images of gravestones of our ancestors.
+#Enter: '''Utah''' in the Place box
-*[http://www.interment.net/us/ut/index.htm '''Interment.net'''] This site has minimal records of burials for the following counties: Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Grand, Iron, Salt Lake, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, and Weber. Not all the cemeteries are listed for the above counties.
+#Click on: '''Search'''
-*{{RecordSearch|1542862|'''FamilySearch Veterans to 1966'''}} You will find any veteran throughout the state that served in the federal unit. This included the Indian wars through the beginning of Viet Nam conflict.
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-[http://genealogytrails.com/utah/ Genealgoy Trails]
+#Click on: '''Places within Utah'''
+#Click on the county you want to search
+#Click on '''Places within United States, Utah, county name'''
+#Click on the town you want to search
+#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-:'''National Sites'''
+== Additional Resources ==
+*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Utah cemetery.
+*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Utah Cemetery.
-*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#cemetery '''BillionGraves''']can be searched by name, surname, or cemetery. It provides a photo and the GPS location of the grave marker.
-*[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.
-'''By Cemeteries:'''
-*'''[http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchcemetery Utah Cemeteries Search]''' is the large database of cemeteries in Utah included on their site. You can search for a cemetery, by a city or town, by the county, or you can search by part of a cemetery name.
-*'''[http://utah.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Utah Home Town Locator Cemeteries]''' appears to be most complete list of cemeteries in Utah. It has large and small cemeteries listed. The link takes you the description of the location with a map to locate and nearby cities and towns. There is no listing of people buried in the cemetery.
-*[http://namesinstone.com/CemeteryList.aspx#results '''Names in Stone'''] leads you to a list of cemeteries in alphabetical order. You will find a link to the cemetery's website which may or may not list the people who are buried there.
-*[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-UT-NDX.html '''D'Addezio's Cemetery Junction'''] is a listing of names and addresses of a few cemeteries. Some of the cemeteries have links to the cemetery's web page.
-=== Indexes and Records  ===
-*The Utah State History Section of the Utah Department of Community and Culture has a [http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/cemeteries/index.html Cemetery and Burial Database] that contains and index listing of Utah cemeteries and burials.
-::This searchable database contains over a half-million names from many cemeteries scattered throughout Utah. More cemeteries are added periodically for this ongoing project. The standard search is for surname, given name, dates, and places. The results list shows the name of the deceased, birth and death date, and burial place. The long individual display may also include the birthplace, death place, cause of death, relatives, comments, and grave location.
-*The USGenWeb Archives have records from more than 46 Box Elder, Davis, and Washington county cemeteries listed at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/utah/utah.html The Utah Tombstone Transcription Project]. This is a county-by-county list of scores of cemeteries. The highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts.
-::This Internet site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state of interest, type the name of the ancestor you seek in the "Query" field, and click the Search button. For best results, use the "Search Tips" and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.
-*An important collection of cemetery and burial transcripts for more than a hundred cemeteries, excluding Salt Lake City Cemetery, is:
-::Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cemetery Records of Utah. Salt Lake City: The Society, 1953. {{WorldCat|83203059|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|289471|item|disp=FHL film 874340 (first of 8 films); Book 979.2 V3c v. 1–13, Index}}.
-::The records are listed by cemetery and grouped together by county, the catalog notes provide information for the counties and cemeteries. There is a separate index for each volume. The cemetery listings will give you the name of the deceased, location of the grave, birth date, and the parent or spouse. This has been indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]].
-Indexes with records for Salt Lake City Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Utah are:
-:*''Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847–1992''. Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1994. {{FHL|407598|item|disp=FHL compact disc no. 9 pt. 168.}} This compact disc lists more than 100,000 burials, many of pioneers. The information on this record includes the name of the deceased, birth date and place, death date and place, including addresses, burial date, and burial location in the cemetery.
-:*Salt Lake City Cemetery, ''Salt Lake City Cemetery, 1991''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. {{FHL|526210|item|disp=FHL films 1750745–1750752.}} There are two indexes, a computerized listing and a card index. The computerized listing was taken from sexton records and tombstone inscription. Both indexes will give the burial location, leading you to the films of the sexton books. The sexton's records may contain parents, spouse, birth date and place, cause of death, place of death, and attending physician.
-=== Periodicals  ===
-Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Utah cemeteries. These are referenced in the "Places" portion of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in Utah Periodicals.
-=== Veteran Burial Records  ===
-There are many indexes of veterans records. The following seem to be a good selection for Utah.
-*'''1847–1966''' ''Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966''. FamilySearch. {{RecordSearch|1542862|Veterans to 1966}}. Select '''Residence''' to search by county.
-*'''1847–1986''' Utah State Archives and Records Service. ''Database-Alpha Listing; Veteran Burials''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives and Records Service, 1986. {{FHL|461062|item|disp=FHL fiche 6331395}} This record gives birth and death dates, place of burial, and military service information such as rank, unit, and enlistment and discharge dates. It covers from the 1860s to 1986.
-*'''1847–present''' [http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ Nationwide Gravesite Locator] is an online service of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker. For Utah, the state cemeteries that are included are Fort Douglas Reserve Center Cemetery and Utah State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Williams.
-=== Cemetery Directories  ===
-Cemetery directories help you find the location of cemeteries. Many cemeteries in Utah have the same name as the city. For larger cities, directories help identify the cemeteries. The online listings help with locations and maps.:
-*[http://utah.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Utah Home Town Locator Cemeteries] appears to be most complete list of cemeteries in Utah. It has large and small cemeteries listed. The link takes you the description of the location with a map to locate and nearby cities and towns. There is no listing of people buried in the cemetery.
-*[http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchcemetery Utah State History Cemetery Search] is the large database of cemeteries in Utah included on their site. You can search for a cemetery, by a city or town, by the county, or you can search by part of a cemetery name.
-*''Cemeteries of Utah.'' N.p., 1983?. {{FHL|300459|item|disp=FHL fiche 6018248; book 979.2 V3cL}}. This directory is arranged into three alphabetical lists, one by cemetery name, and the others by the city and the county.<br>
-=== Additional Sources  ===
-If you are not able to locate the record of burial in the cemetery records, you may find the burial or death information in the following records:
-*[[Utah Vital Records|Death Records]]: Later death records may give the cemetery where the person was buried as well as the date. Usually this is given as the funeral director is responsible for filling this out on the death certificate.
-*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]: Obituaries and death notices will give place a burial and information similar to the cemetery records.
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