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Online Resources

• BillionGraves Namibia Page
• eggSA Library: Namibia
• Find a grave Namibia Page
• Wikipedia: List of Cemeteries in Windhoek, Namibia
• Historical Cemeteries in Windhoek, Namibia

Jewish Cemeteries

• Jewish Photo Libary: Luderitz Cemetery
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Luderitz Cemetery
• A Street Near You: Luderitz Jewish Cemetery
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery
• Find a Grave: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery
• Find a Grave: Jewish Cemetery (Keetmanshoop)
• eGGSA Library: Jewish Cemtery (Keetmanshoop)
• Jewish Photo Library: New Jewish Cemetery
• Jewish Photo Library: Old Jewish Cemetery #2
• JewishGen has an inventory you can check. Scroll down to Namibia and click to see an expanded list.

Military Cemeteries

• Commonwealth of War Graves Commission: Swakopmund Municipal Cemetery
• Commonwealth of War Graves Commission: Windhoek Old Municipal Cemetery
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Luderitz Cemetery
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Windhoek Jewish Cemetery
• Find a Grave: Windhoek Military Cemetery
• eGGSA Library: Windhoek Military Cemetery
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: AUS Military Cemetery

Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library

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

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Namibia in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Namibia - Cemeteries
5. Click on: Places within COUNTRY NAME
6. Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources

• Leutwein Cemetery (Windhoek, Interment registers, 1892-1981.Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981.
• The Register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 War and are buried in cemeteries in Namibia : cemeteries in Namibia. Maidenhead : Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1990.