New South Wales Cemeteries

Online New South Wales Collections

 * New South Wales Cemeteries
 * Interment.net New South Wales
 * New South Wales Burials & Memorials at FindMyPast, index ($).
 * Australia, New South Wales - Cemetery Records Online at FamilySearch
 * 1787-1976 - New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 - contains cemetery records, images ($)
 * 1790-1986 New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials, 1790-1986 - at Ancestry, index ($)
 * 1800s-Current - Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, ($), index, incomplete.
 * 1800-1960 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection, index.
 * 1800-2020 - Wyong, New South Wales, Australia, Headstone Images, 1800-2020 - at Ancestry, index and images ($)
 * 1811-1981 - Cemetery card index : New South Wales, 1811-1981 - at FamilySearch, index and images.
 * 1816-1982 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1842-1902: New South Wales, Newcastle, Lost Cemeteries at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1863-1994: New South Wales, Dubbo, Old Cemetery Headstone Index at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1868-1912 - Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, Cemetery Records, 1868-1912 - at Ancestry, index and images ($)
 * 1868-1912: Balmain Burial Register 1868 - 1912, index.
 * 1922-2001: New South Wales, Macquarie Park Cemetery Transcriptions at FindMyPast; index only ($)

Online Australia Collections

 * 1802-2005 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1808-2007 Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, ($), index, incomplete.
 * 1913-1997 Casino, New South Wales, Australia, Hospital Admissions and Burial Records, 1913-1997 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Australia, Imperial Force Burials At Gallipoli, 1915, ($), index.
 * Australian Cemeteries, indexes.
 * Australian Cemeteries Index
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * Australia Billion Graves Cemetery Index, ($), index.
 * Office of Australian War Graves
 * All Australia Memorial, ($), index.
 * Cemetery Records Australia

Record Types
Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women. They may also give clues to finding more information.

Cemetery Records
Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include: They may also provide:
 * the deceased’s name,
 * age,
 * date of death or burial,
 * birth year or date of birth, and
 * sometimes marriage information.
 * clues about an ancestor’s military service,
 * religion,
 * occupation,
 * place of residence at time of death, or
 * membership in an organization.

Burial Records
Burial records and plot books (cemetery plans) kept by cemetery officials are especially valuable when trying to find an ancestor who could not afford a gravestone or monument. The records and books are usually held in the cemetery’s administration office or by the local council or church.

Sexton’s records
Also known as register books, these records list the deceased’s name, date of death or burial, and plot number or description.

Plot Books and Cemetery Plans
These give a diagrammatic description of a cemetery. Each grave is shown by number with the name of the person buried there. These records may have been transcribed and listed in alphabetical order. By examining the original plot book or cemetery plan, rather than relying on alphabetized transcripts, you may find close relatives buried in adjoining plots.

Lone Graves
Because of the vast distances between settlements, many people who died en route to other localities were buried where they died. These types of burials are known as lone graves. Many of these lone graves have been located, and the known information has been transcribed and collected.

Station Burials
Many burials were on stations (ranches), which are small settlements on large tracts of grazing land. These burials were generally limited to family members or workers at the station. Station burials were on private ground, and seldom was burial information transcribed, except in a published family or local history.