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== Online Resources ==
==Online Resources==
*'''1772-1934''': {{RecordSearch|1674748|Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934}} at FamilySearch - index
*'''1867-1961''': {{RecordSearch|1675539|United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961}} at FamilySearch - index and images
*'''1949-1969''': {{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch
*[http://billiongraves.com/search Billion Graves] - Photos and GPS locations of grave markers
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Connecticut%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_8 Connecticut Cemeteries] by FindAGrave
*[http://www.interment.net/us/ct/index.htm Connecticut Cemetery Records] by Interment
*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/CT/Cemetery-Records.htm Connecticut Cemetery Records] by LDSGenealogy
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/connecticut/connecti.html Connecticut Tombstone Transcription Project] by CTGenWeb
*[http://farber.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/Connecticut?sort=Name%2CDates Farber Gravestones in Connecticut] - photos and index
*[https://www.findagrave.com Find A Grave] people search - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
*[http://www.hale-collection.com/ Hale Collection of Cennecticut Cemetery Records] - index and searchable
*[https://www.deathindexes.com/connecticut/index.html Online Connecticut Death Indexes and Records] by DeathIndexes
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current] at Ancestry.com ($)
== Jewish Cemeteries ==
*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/connecticut-ct/ Connecticut Jewish Cemeteries] at International Jewish Cemetery Project
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at Ancestry - grave search
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry Cemetery List] by JewishGen
**To locate cemetery: Click the USA file folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name
*[http://www.newhaventorahcenter.org/cemetery_info.asp New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database] by New Haven Torah Center - index of cemeteries and people with maps


The following have significant cemetery listings for Delaware State: {{Note|Sites may be incomplete. <br>• They may not list all cemeteries in a county <br>• and may not include all burials in a cemetery.}}<br>  
==Military Cemeteries==
*Colonel Raymond F Gates Memorial Cemetery
*[https://portal.ct.gov/DVA/Pages/Cemetery-and-Memorial-Services Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery]
*Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery
== Additional Resources at the Family History Library ==
To find cemetery records for ''Connecticut'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<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=10&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.  
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*This site frequently has tombstone images
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs& List of cemeteries]In their database.
#Click on: '''Search'''
***1) Select the state, 2) pick a county, and 3) click '''Search.''' (There are too many cemeteries for a statewide list.)
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
****Tip: To switch to a different county, click '''Cemetery Lookup''' under '''''Actions''''' at the left.
***When you have a list, 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=70503 ''Web: Delaware, Find A Grave Index, 1707-2012'']
To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below


{{Tip| Remember:<br>
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
# Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby.
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
# [http://genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/ig/tombstone_symbols/ Symbols] and [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] may lead you to other records.
#Click on: '''Search'''
# Weathering and damage to tombstones make early published transcriptions priceless.}} <br>
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Connecticut'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


*[http://www.cdow.org/csdatabase.html Catholic Cemetery]
To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.


*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#given_names=&family_names=Smith&birth_year=&death_year=&year_range=5&lim=0&num=10&action=search&exact=true&phonetic=false&record_type=0&country=United+States&state=Delaware&county=0 Billion Graves] Replace the Smith surname in the pale orange form and click '''Search'''
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search/ '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
#Enter: '''Connecticut''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
#Click on: '''Places within Connecticut'''
#Click on the county you want to search
#Click on '''Places within United States, Connecticut, county name'''
#Click on the town you want to search
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
== Additional Resources ==
*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Connecticut cemetery.
*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org]- Do a search for Connecticut Cemetery.


*[http://www.interment.net/us/de/index.htm Interment]
*[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-DE-NDX.html D'ADDEZIO CEMETERY]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/delaware.htm Access Genealogy]
*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/de.html I Dream of Genealogy]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/DE/Cemetery-Records.htm Delaware Cemetery Records]
*[http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/dvmc.shtml Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/delaware-cemetery-records.htm Access Genealogy]
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=== Publications  ===
Following is a list of the major collections and publications for the state of [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]]:
*Clark, Raymond B., ed. ''Delaware Tombstone Inscriptions''. St. Michaels, Maryland: R. B. Clark, 1989. {{FHL|540401|item|disp=FHL book 975.1 A1 no. 20}}. This contains burial information on 700 revolutionary soldiers in the three counties, 600 of which are in small church and family cemeteries.
*Dill, Raymond Walter. ''Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone, Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1989. {{FHL|448829|item|disp=FHL book 975.14 V3d}}. The information for this work was gathered from headstones, cemetery records, maps, deeds, Bibles and by word of mouth.
*Hudson, Millard F. ''Cemetery Records of Sussex County, Delaware.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. {{FHL|55831|item|disp=FHL film 006690}}. This includes transcriptions from 630 cemeteries. It is available at the Delaware Public Archives and at the Family History Library.
*Tatnall, Walter G. ''Tombstone Records, New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County, Delaware''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. {{FHL|14150|item|disp=FHL film 006303}}. This includes inscriptions from nearly 800 small cemeteries. It is available at the Delaware Public Archives and at the Family History Library. A card index to this is available at the Delaware Public Archives. The Family History Library does not have a copy of the index.
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=== Other Sources  ===
Some cemetery records for Delaware are being printed in the:
*''Delaware Genealogical Society Journal.'' Wilmington, Delaware: 1980-. {{FHL|344107|item|disp=FHL book 975.1 D25d}}
The Historical Society of Delaware also has a collection of cemetery records.
A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is found in:
*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library. ''Index to United States Cemeteries''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|613269|item|disp=FHL films 1206468-94}}. Film 1206469 includes Delaware, among other states.
The Family History Library has copies of many other sexton and tombstone records listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
DELAWARE - CEMETERIES
DELAWARE, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES
DELAWARE, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CEMETERIES
Some cemetery record collections are also listed under "Vital Records" in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.


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Additional Resources at the Family History Library[edit | edit source]

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

  1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
  2. Enter: Connecticut in the Place box
  3. Click on: Search
  4. Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below

  1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
  2. Enter: Connecticut in the Place box
  3. Click on: Search
  4. Click on: Cemeteries
  5. Click on: Places within Connecticut
  6. Click on the county you want to search
  7. Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.

  1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
  2. Enter: Connecticut in the Place box
  3. Click on: Search
  4. Click on: Cemeteries
  5. Click on: Places within Connecticut
  6. Click on the county you want to search
  7. Click on Places within United States, Connecticut, county name
  8. Click on the town you want to search
  9. Click on: Cemeteries

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