Cemetery Records
Guide to locating cemetery records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
What are cemetery records?[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries are regarded as the location where people are buried after they die. They are often known by various terms such as graveyards, burying grounds, burial grounds, burial plots, 'churchyards', and several other terms. A cemetery may be operated by a municipality, or it may be operated by a church or religion, a funeral home or other private company, or a fraternal order.
What can you find in cemetery records?[edit | edit source]
How do you find cemetery records?[edit | edit source]
Many cemetery records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on cemetery records for each country to understand how to find and search its cemetery records |
Major Cemetery Record Collections===
Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]
Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]
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Online Genealogical Records Pages[edit | edit source]
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of online record collections.
main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page. |
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- Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at Online Genealogy Records by Location.
FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]
- Cemetery Records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the FamilySearch catalog. Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select "Cemeteries".