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Online Resources

 * - index and images


 * BillionGraves Home Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers


 * - index and images


 * Find A Grave Home page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers


 * Cyndi's List - Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

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

Information Recorded in the Records
Cemetery records may provide the following information:

Finding [or Locating] Cemeteries
Cemeteries are often located next to a church. If you know where your ancestor attended church check that place first.

To find gravestone inscriptions, you need to know where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a church or a civil (local authority) cemetery—usually near the place where he or she lived or died. A person who died in another part of the country may have been brought to his home parish for burial. You can find clues to burial places in church records, newspaper reports, or family histories.


 * [The following book] lists the various parishes and religious denominations in each county. This will give an indication of places where cemeteries may exist.
 * listed churches and graveyards known to exist
 * lists the cemeteries in each townland, parish, and county
 * Municipal cemeteries may have cemetery registry books listing persons buried in large towns or cities.

The search for the cemetery where your ancestor was buried may be simplified by following (read more... )

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
The Family History Library has copies of a few sexton and tombstone records. These and books of monumental inscriptions are listed in the locality section of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

COUNTRY NAME - CEMETERIES

COUNTRY NAME, PROVINCE - CEMETERIES

COUNTRY NAME, PROVINCE, CITY - CEMETERIES

There are many other gazetteers besides Antonio Garcia Cubas' but none of them are online. You can find them by using online catalogs such as the FamilySearch Catalog or Worldcat.

To find additional gazetteers for Mexico in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Click on: Place Search
 * 3) Enter: Mexico in the first box, and leave the second box empty.
 * 4) Click on: Mexico
 * 5) Click on: Mexico-Gazetteers

Note: The entries that have been microfilmed can be ordered to your local family history center. To learn more about finding your local family history centerclick here...