Cemeteries ~ Interments ~ Obituaries

    Searching the internet and written records for ancestors is great, but, sometimes you need a field trip. There is a wealth of information to be found by looking at headstones. One problem when doing field research is knowing where to look. These links will make field trips easier by helping you locate the resting places of your ancestors. Obituaries are another wonderful resource. They not only give you vital information, but also give you relationships between relatives and a small window into the person's life. Do check out the links provided. If a particular area that you are researching is not found here, let us know and we will try to find more links for that area.

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    link button   9/11 - National Obituary Archives
    The National Obituary Archive™ is a memorial to those who perished in the September 11, 1501, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York, the U.S. military headquarters in the Pentagon and four commercial airliners that were hijacked for use in the attacks.
    link button   African American Cemeteries Online
    Listed by state, transcriptions from African American Cemeteries.
    link button   American Battle Monuments Commission
    The Commission maintains several databases on the interment of the war dead from WWI, WWII, the Civil War, etc.
    link button   Arlington National Cemetery
    Lists of those buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
    link button   Black Cemeteries.com
    Searchable databases of over 85,000 African-American family cemetery records and obituaries. Most are records of persons who lived in Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, and Sumter counties in Georgia, and in Russell County, Alabama.
    link button   California Cemetery Law, History of
    Just what the title says.
    link button   Cemetery Do's and Don'ts
    Cleaning basics, graveyard maintenance, and gravestone rubbings are among the topics covered at this site, sponsored by The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven.
    link button   Cemetery Etiquette ~ Chabad.org
    This website examines the subject of proper conduct at a Jewish cemetery [the two basic principles of Kalut Rosh ("Levity"), and Lo'eg Larash ("Slighting of the Dead")].
    link button   Cemetery Iconography
    A list of headstone symbols and their interpretations.
    link button   Cemetery Junction - D'Addezio
    Search transcribed records of cemeteries and obituaries in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
    link button   Dead Persons Society ~ Australia
    Cemetery and other death records from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    link button   Freedmen Burial Sites
    This site contains transcripts from burial sites of the Freedmen of Indian Territory.
    link button   Funeral Assistant.com
    Locate funeral homes, chapels, mortuaries, and cemeteries.
    link button   Funeral Cards Online
    A searchable index to help researchers find the location of online funeral cards [Transcribed Ephemera] on the Internet. You can also access other databases [such as online passenger lists and online family trees] through this site.
    link button   FuneralNet
    Searchable database of online obituary, funeral, cremation, and cemetery resources.
    link button   Genealogy Register, The
    Search over 39,000 transcribed cemetery lists, organized by state. The site also has a searchable newspaper database.
    link button   How To Find An Obituary
    Not all obituaries and death notices are online. This is a guide to finding those that are not.
    link button   Interment.Net
    Cemetery transcription library for cemeteries in the United States.
    link button   Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church - Summerton, South Carolina
    Historic Liberty Hill A. M. E. is associated with the movement [which began with the case of Briggs v. Elliott, 1950] that laid the groundwork for one of the U. S. Supreme Court's most celebrated decisions, Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, 1954. Names of petitioners in the court action are listed on the site, as well as a list of names of those buried on the church grounds.
    link button   Magnolias & Peaches
    This website contains searchable databases of cemeteries located in Alabama [e.g., Greene, Hale, Pickens, and Jefferson counties], and Georgia [e.g., Muscogee and Morgan counties].
    link button   Maryland - Office of Cemetery Oversight - FAQ's
    The primary objective of this Office is to license and monitor individuals, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies operating cemeteries or providing burial goods and services to consumers in the State of Maryland.
    link button   Mt. Auburn Cemetery
    Baltimore, Maryland ~ Contact: Preservation Alliance.Net
    link button   National Cemeteries Database ~ U.S.
    A search engine that can be used to search most of the 115 Department of Veterans Affairs' national cemeteries.
    link button   National Directory of Morticians
    Search this online directory for funeral directors in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and other countries.
    link button   National Obituary Archives
    A searchable repository of obituaries and death records.
    link button   Obituary Central
    A database for finding obituaries and performing cemetery searches.
    link button   Obituary Daily Times
    A searchable database of published obituaries.
    link button   Obituary Links
    State-by-state directory of obituaries and obituary resources.
    link button   Obituary Lookup Volunteers
    A web site dedicated to providing obituary lookups all over the world. If there is no volunteer for an area, requests can be made through a mailing list. These web pages also contain links to newspapers, libraries, genealogical/historical societies, etc., where obituaries can be researched and/or requested.
    link button   Ohio ~ U.S.C.T. Buried in Ohio
    An interactive map that can be used to locate the places in Ohio where United Stated Colored Troops [U.S.C.T.] enlisted and are buried. U.S.C.T. are negro soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War.
    link button   Olivewood Cemetery
    Houston, Texas
    link button   O'Neall Cemetery
    Yountsville, Indiana ~ Contact: The Genealogy Club of Montgomery County, Inc.
    link button   Political Graveyard, The
    A database of historic cemeteries.
    link button   Rhode Island ~ Burial Records of Revolutionary War Patriots
    Grave records of Revolutionary War patriots buried in Rhode Island.
    link button   Saving Graves.org
    A collaborative effort of cemetery preservation advocates working to increase public awareness and activism in preserving, protecting and restoring endangered and forgotten historic cemeteries worldwide.
    link button   Tahlequah, Oklahoma ~ Ross Cemetery
    This cemetery was established on land provided the Cherokee leader Stick Ross, who was also a Cherokee Freedman. The cemetery is located on Bliss Avenue in Tahlequah directly across from W.W. Hastings Hospital.
    link button   Texas ~ RIP Guardian Program
    Various Texas Cemeteries ~ Contact: Anne Shelton at (512) 475-4506, or anne.shelton@thc.state.tx.us
    link button   Tombstone Transcription Project - USGenWeb
    Archived database of tombstone transcriptions submitted by volunteers.
    link button   UK ~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission ~ WWI & WWII
    Searchable database of the men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The database also contains information about Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.
    link button   Veteran's Administration Gravesite Locator
    Online searchable database for locating American war veterans buried in veteran's cemeteries nationwide.
    link button   Virtual Cemetery - Genealogy.com
    Searchable database of tombstone inscriptions. You may also submit data to the collection.
    link button   Yankee Cemeteries
    Documentation of early cemeteries of South Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York.
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