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United States Oregon Cemeteries

Family History Library[edit | edit source]

The Daughters' of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Oregon cemeteries. This collection is described in the “Genealogy” article on this site. Another important collection is Oregon Cemetery Records, 2 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-61) FHL films 824258-59; book 979.5 V3p.

Oregon cemeteries are listed in Oregon Cemetery Survey (Salem, Oregon: Oregon Department of Transportation, 1978) FHL film 1033848 item 4; fiche 6051231; book 979.5 V34o. This record gives the name, size, location, condition and sexton's or caretaker's address of each cemetery.

Oregon Burial Site Guide, by Dean H. Byrd, co-compiled by Stanley R. Clarke and Janice M. Healy (Portland, Oregon: Binford and Mort, c2001) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 979.5 V3b. Includes name of cemetery, directions on how to find it, number of burials, amount of land covered, date started or earliest known burial, township, range, section, which USGS Quadrangle map located on, and some pictures of headstones and grave sites. Arranged in alphabetical order by county. The book can be ordered from http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html

The Family History Library has copies of cemetery records which are located at the county and town level. Search the Family History Library Catalog for naturalization records under the county and town:

OREGON, [Name of County] - CEMETERIES

OREGON, [Name of County] [Name of Town] - CEMETERIES

Online[edit | edit source]

The following websites have some cemetery listings for North Carolina State.

Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery.

Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.

- This site frequently has tombstone images
- List of cemeteries statewide for cemeteries in their database
  - You may need to narrow by county
    - Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (North Carolina), then select from the county list, and press Search.
  - Click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.

Web: Oregon, Find A Grave Index, 1819-2012 at Ancestry.com ($) State.

Online information on Oregon Cemeteries can be obtained at the following sites and others as well:

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 :OREGON, [Name of County] [Name of Town] - CEMETERIES
-=== Online Resources ===
+=== Online  ===
+The following websites have some cemetery listings for North Carolina State. [[Image:ArrowGreen.svg.png|left|20x20px|ArrowGreen.svg.png]] Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery. <br><br>
+*Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=29&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Search for names] Enter at least a last name then click '''Search'''. Can narrow by first names or dates.
+**This site frequently has tombstone images
+**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=29&GScnty=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n List of cemeteries] statewide for cemeteries in their database
+***You may need to narrow by county
+****Go to [http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave Home page], click '''Search for a cemetery''', select the state (North Carolina), then select from the '''county list''', and press '''Search'''.
+***Click on the number below '''Interments''' for a cemetery to access names. Click '''Records''' arrow to scroll through to the end.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70622 ''Web: Oregon, Find A Grave Index, 1819-2012''] at Ancestry.com ($) State.
 Online information on Oregon Cemeteries can be obtained at the following sites and others as well:
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 *[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/or.html Oregon Cemeteries]
 *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/oregon/oregon.html The USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Oregon]
-*[http://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
 *[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm The USGenWeb Archives - Oregon]