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Why Use Cemetery Records
Gravestone inscriptions can be a useful source of family history information. Sometimes, multiple family members are buried in the same vault and the inscription will give information on all that are buried there. Gravestones may give birth, marriage, and death information. They may also give clues about military service and occupation, or family members buried in the same area. Sometimes they give more information than the parish burial register or civil certificate of death. Gravestone inscriptions are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who are not recorded in other existing records. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Northern_Ireland_Cemeteries

Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women. Information recorded on tombstones is of primary importance. Often, this information has been transcribed, indexed, and published and is found in manuscripts and books in libraries and archives. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Indonesia_Cemeteries They may also give clues to finding more information. In Australia, the first cemetery is reported to have been in Sydney in 1788. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Australia_Cemeteries

Cemetery Records
Cemetery records may provide the following information: