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-The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from some Washington cemeteries. This collection is described in the “[[Washington Genealogy|Genealogy]]” section. Some tombstone inscriptions are also published in periodicals. See [[United States Cemeteries|United States Cemeteries]] for further suggestions on locating cemetery records.
+'[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington|Washington]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington_Cemeteries]]''
-A valuable published collection of tombstone inscriptions covering parts of 12 counties is ''Cemetery Records of Washington'', Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957-60. ({{FHL|207845|title-id|disp=Family History Library book 979.7 V3p; films 824254 item 4 to 824255-56.)}}
-Transcripts of other cemetery records are listed in the Family History Library Catalog in the Place search under specific counties.
+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. 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. Also, family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. [http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm The Association of Gravestone Studies (AGS)] has recommendations on the treatment and care of tombstones when needing to make inscriptions more visible.
+=== Collections ===
+*The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from some Washington cemeteries. This collection is described in the “[[Washington Genealogy|Genealogy]]” section. Some tombstone inscriptions are also published in periodicals. See [[United States Cemeteries|United States Cemeteries]] for further suggestions on locating cemetery records.
+*A valuable published collection of tombstone inscriptions covering parts of 12 counties is ''Cemetery Records of Washington'', Six Volumes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957-60.) {{FHL|207845|item|disp=Family History Library films 824254 item 4 to 824255-56; book 979.7 V3p}}
+Transcripts of cemetery records for Washington are listed in the Family History Library Catalog using the Place-names Search for:
+:*WASHINGTON - CEMETERIES
+:*WASHINGTON, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES
+:*WASHINGTON, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CEMETERIES
 === Web Sites  ===
-http://www.dar.org/
+*[http://www.dar.org/ DAR.org]
+*[http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]
+*[http://www.interment.net/US/wa/index.htm Interment.net]
+*[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-WA-NDX.html D'Addezio.com Washington Cemeteries]
-http://www.interment.net/US/wa/index.htm
+*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/washington.html KindredTrails.com Washington Cemeteries]
-http://www.rootsweb.com/~wapsgs/
+*[http://washington-genealogy.com/Washington-Cemetery-Records.htm]
-http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-WA-NDX.html
+*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/washington/washing.html USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Washington]
-http://www.kindredtrails.com/washington.html<br>
+*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#cemetery BillionGraves.com
-http://washington-genealogy.com/Washington-Cemetery-Records.htm<br>
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