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Michigan Cemeteries

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Online

The following have significant cemetery listings for Arkansas State:

Note
 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
        • Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Michigan), 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.
Tip: Remember:
  1. Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby.
  2. Symbols and abbreviations may lead you to other records.
  3. Weathering and damage to tombstones make early published transcriptions priceless.



Copies of many tombstone inscriptions, especially for the southern part of Michigan, have been acquired by the Family History Library, the Library of Michigan, and the Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection.

Cemetery Directories

  • The Michigan Cemetery Sources web site represents a compilation of published cemetery transcriptions located at the Library of Michigan and links to Michigan cemetery websites. This database also identifies the location of over 3,700 cemeteries in Michigan. It is NOT intended to include a list of personal names.
  • The following is a directory of cemeteries and transcriptions available at the Library of Michigan:
Har-Al, Inc. Michigan Cemetery Compendium. Spring Arbor, Michigan. Family History Library FHL book 977.4 V37h: Har-Al, 1979. (FHL book 977.4 V37h.)
  • A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is:
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 film 1206468–94.) Film 1206477 includes Michigan and Minnesota.

Family History Library Resources

To find additional cemetery sources in the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-Names Search function. For example:

1. Access the Family History Library Catalog
2. Type the word "Illinois" in the place-names search; then click, Search.
3. Locate the topic, Cemetery
4. OR, type in a county in Illinois in the place-names search; then click, Search
5. Locate the topic, Cemetery.
6. To explore each cemetery title, click on the highlighted blue title.

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

Veteran Cemetery Records

The Family History Library and the Grand Rapids Public Library, 60 Library Plaza NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3093, have microfilm copies of three card indexes to veterans buried in Michigan:

  • Grand Army of the Republic (Michigan). Cemetery Index, 1800s–1900s. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. (Family History Library FHL films 1002419–21.) Arranged alphabetically by surname.
  • Grand Rapids (Michigan). Public Library. Cemetery Records of Michigan Soldiers, 1770–1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. (Family History Library FHL films 1002021–23.) Arranged alphabetically by surname.
  • Michigan. Civil War Centennial Observance Commission. Committee on Civil War Grave Registration. Civil War Graves Registration Index Cards, ca. 1861–1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994. FHL film 1955405 (first of 22 films.

Online

The following have some cemetery listings for Michigan State.

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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 (Michigan), 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.
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