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==Online Resources==
*[https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=Namibia&year_range=5&size=15 BillionGraves Namibia Page]  
*[http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=898840 eggSA Library: Namibia]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScntry=275 Find a grave Namibia Page]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cemeteries_in_Windhoek Wikipedia: List of Cemeteries in Windhoek, Namibia]
*[http://www.namibweb.com/cemeteries-windhoek-namibia.htm Historical Cemeteries in Windhoek, Namibia]


'''Kriegsgraber in Namibia''' (war graves)  
== Jewish Cemeteries ==
*[https://jewishphotolibrary.smugmug.com/AFRICA/AFRICASouth/NAMIBIA/NALuderitzCemetery/ Jewish Photo Libary: Luderitz Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/4001901/LUDERITZ%20JEWISH%20CEMETERY Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Luderitz Cemetery]
*[https://astreetnearyou.org/#lat=-26.65703964&zoom=16&lon=15.16329956 A Street Near You: Luderitz Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/12321/WINDHOEK%20JEWISH%20CEMETERY Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2292867/windhoek-jewish-cemetery Find a Grave: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2624564/jewish-cemetery Find a Grave: Jewish Cemetery (Keetmanshoop)]
*[http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2577256 eGGSA Library: Jewish Cemtery (Keetmanshoop)]
*[https://jewishphotolibrary.smugmug.com/AFRICA/AFRICASouth/NAMIBIA/NAWindhoekNewCemetery/ Jewish Photo Library: New Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://jewishphotolibrary.smugmug.com/AFRICA/AFRICASouth/NAMIBIA/NAWindhoekOldCemetery2/i-75SLWLC Jewish Photo Library: Old Jewish Cemetery #2]
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen] has an inventory you can check. Scroll down to Namibia and click to see an expanded list.


Herero - War 1904
==Military Cemeteries==
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/12316/SWAKOPMUND%20MUNICIPAL%20CEMETERY Commonwealth of War Graves Commission: Swakopmund Municipal Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/12322/windhoek-old-municipal-cemetery/ Commonwealth of War Graves Commission: Windhoek Old Municipal Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/4001901/LUDERITZ%20JEWISH%20CEMETERY Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Luderitz Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/12321/WINDHOEK%20JEWISH%20CEMETERY Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2636981/windhoek-military-cemetery Find a Grave: Windhoek Military Cemetery]
*[http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1025285 eGGSA Library: Windhoek Military Cemetery]
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/12300/aus-military-cemetery/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission: AUS Military Cemetery]


Our tribute to one man’s final passion, capturing images and indexing, benefits generations, with records of young military leaders, saved from the sands of time. <br>  
== Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
To find cemetery records for ''Namibia'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
#Enter: '''Namibia''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Namibia - Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within COUNTRY NAME'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.


The photos following describe in actual depiction selfless efforts restoring respect to those unable to repay the deed in kind.  
== Additional Resources ==
*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/interment-registers-1892-1981/oclc/866725022&referer=brief_results Leutwein Cemetery (Windhoek, Interment registers, 1892-1981.Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981.]
*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/register-of-the-names-of-those-who-fell-in-the-1939-1945-war-and-are-buried-in-cemeteries-in-namibia-cemeteries-in-namibia/oclc/315515634&referer=brief_results The Register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 War and are buried in cemeteries in Namibia : cemeteries in Namibia. Maidenhead : Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1990.]


Access to images of GPS'd cemeteries and headstones from Herero War require permission. Please email [mailto:obcr@gmx.com obcr@gmx.com] for password and directions.
The [http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=898840 eggSA] library has photos of gravestones from cemeteries in Namibia.


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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

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Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]

To find cemetery records for Namibia in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

  1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
  2. Enter: Namibia in the Place box
  3. Click on: Search
  4. Click on: Namibia - Cemeteries
  5. Click on: Places within COUNTRY NAME
  6. Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]