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 ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah|Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Utah Cemeteries''
 Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization.
 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]] available to browse on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/2078505 Family Search Historical Record Collections]
 === Cemetery Records Contain  ===
-[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[United States Cemeteries]]
+[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[United States Cemeteries]]
 Cemetery [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone tombstones], or [[Sexton Records|sexton's records]], may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse, names of children, and maiden names. Less often, they contain birth places.
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 *Tombstones may have [http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelfire.com%2Fky2%2Fcemetery%2Freid.html symbols] or [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave.shtml insignias] indicating military service and social or religious affiliations.
 *There are also [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] that give clues when deciphered.
 *The [http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm Association of Gravestone Studies (AGS)] has recommendations on the treatment and care of tombstones when needing to make inscriptions more visible.
-{{Tip|Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. Symbols and abbreviations may lead you to other records.}}
+{{Tip|Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. Symbols and abbreviations may lead you to other records.}}
-Use cemetery records to:
+<br> Use cemetery records to:
 *Identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in birth or death records.
 *Establish family relationships and locate family members.
 *Learn a person's religious affiliations, military service, or social (Masonic, fraternal, or other) organizations the person joined.
 === Online Resources  ===
-==== '''Transcripts (names)''' ====
+==== '''Transcripts (names)'''  ====
-======'''Utah sites'''======
+====== '''Utah sites''' ======
-*'''[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.
+*'''[http://history.utah.gov/cemeteries Utah Cemeteries and Burial Database]''' is a statewide database of individuals buried in Utah. Information for this database comes from the official cemetery sexton records, which are digitized and uploaded to the database for public use. Individuals wishing to survey a cemetery must work with the cemetery, or the city manager in the case of defunct cemeteries, to do so. Questions about the database may be directed to [mailto:aoliver@utah.gov aoliver@utah.gov].
 *[http://utahgravestones.org/ '''Utah Gravestones'''] The mission of this project is to capture digital images of gravestones of our ancestors.
 *[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.
 *{{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.
-======'''National Sites'''======
+====== '''National Sites''' ======
-*[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. After find the cemetery of your choice, you can click on the headstone links to view the burials only in that cemetery.&nbsp;
+*'''[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#cemetery BillionGraves]&nbsp;'''can be searched by name, surname, or cemetery. It provides a photo and the GPS location of the grave marker. After find the cemetery of your choice, you can click on the headstone links to view the burials only in that cemetery.&nbsp;
 *[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'''] A free online library of cemetery records from thousands of cemeteries across the world, for historical and genealogy research.
-==== '''Lists of Cemeteries''' ====
+==== '''Lists of 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://history.utah.gov/cemeteries Utah Cemeteries Search]'''&nbsp;is a statewide database of cemeteries located in Utah. The database was created through a survey conducted by the Division of State History, and is updated in the same way. Search for cemeteries by city/town, name, county, or part of the name. Questions about the database may be directed to [mailto:aoliver@utah.gov aoliver@utah.gov].
 *'''[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. There is an interactive map of the cemetery where you can view family groupings, a unique feature.
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 === Indexes and Records  ===
-*[http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/cemeteries/index.html Utah Cemetery and Burial Database]. The Utah State History Section of the Utah Department of Community and Culture has a database that contains an index listing of Utah cemeteries and burials.
+*[http://history.utah.gov/cemeteries Utah Cemetery and Burial Database]. The Utah Division of State History maintains a broad database covering the entire state of Utah and featuring cemeteries and burials in the state. More than 600,000 names are currently listed in the burial records from more than 570 cemeteries (10-1-2013). The databases will undergo reconstruction in 2013/2014 to accommodate growth, as the number of cemeteries and burials is constantly growing. Public suggestions on expansion, or questions about the database, may be sent to [mailto:aoliver@utah.gov aoliver@utah.gov].
-::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.
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 *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/utah/utah.html The Utah Tombstone Transcription Project]The USGenWeb Archives have records from more than 46 Box Elder, Davis, and Washington county cemeteries listed at the Utah Tombstone Transcription Project. This is a county-by-county list of scores of cemeteries. The highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts.
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 *[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.
+*[http://history.utah.gov/cemeteries Utah State History Cemetery Search]&nbsp;is a large database managed by the Utah Division of State History including more than 570 cemeteries as of 10-1-2013. For questions about the database, contact [mailto:aoliver@utah.gov aoliver@utah.gov].&nbsp;
 *''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>