California Cemeteries

United States California  Cemeteries

Online
The following websites have cemetery listings for California State. 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 (California), 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.


 * Web: California, Find A Grave Index, 1775-2012 at Ancestry.com ($) State.


 * Interment.net
 * Cemetery Junction
 * The USGenWeb Tombstone Project
 * California Cemetery Records (at California Genealogy) Cemetery inscriptions found online organized by county and city

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from California cemeteries. This collection is described in California Genealogy. A separate DAR collection of cemetery records from some counties is in Vital Records from Cemeteries in California to 1962, 17 Volumes. (N.p.: Daughters of the American Revolution. California, 1968; Family History Library films -91).

Another important collection is Cemetery Records of California, 11 Volumes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1954-63; Family History Library ).

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)