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Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, have value in that they may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace.

Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations.

Online
The following have significant cemetery listings for Washington State. Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery.


 * Web: Washington, Find A Grave Index, 1821-2012 (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)


 * Findagrave.com home page. Often has tombstone images.
 * Search for names across all Washington cemeteries in Find A Grave.
 * Statewide list of cemeteries in Find A Grave. Search each cemetery for names.


 * Interment.net
 * Lists of cemeteries in the counties.
 * Transcriptions viewable.


 * Washington State Digital Archives collection.
 * Search: Select Record Series "Cemetery Directories," enter name, click Search.
 * Can narrow by county or to specific cemetery.
 * For a list of cemeteries they have for a county: Select the county and click the down arrow next to "Select a Title."


 * Linkpendium scours the Internet for resources.
 * Links to cemetery databases on other sites.
 * Many cemeteries individually searchable.


 * USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Washington
 * List of cemeteries by county.
 * Transcriptions viewable for several cemeteries.


 * I Dream of Genealogy (Free)
 * Lists of cemeteries by county.
 * All are linked to viewable transcriptions.


 * Washington Cemetery Records (Free) at Washington Genealogy. Easy to navigate.
 * Lists of cemeteries by county.
 * Some links to viewable transcriptions.


 * D'Addezio.com Washington Cemeteries
 * Lists of cemeteries or search by the name of the cemetery. Cannot narrow by county.
 * Transcriptions viewable.


 * BillionGraves.com
 * Searchable at state or county level, images of tombstones.
 * Lists of cemeteries by county, with # of entries in Billion Graves site.


 * KindredTrails.com Washington Cemeteries
 * Links to other sites, searches of sponsored sites.


 * Washington State Cemetery Association
 * Database has been transferred to FindAGrave (listed above)

See also Cyndi's List links to databases on other sites.

Published Transcriptions
Many tombstones have been damaged over time by weathering, excavation, vandalism, and so on. As a result, earlier transcriptions may be more accurate and more complete.

Fortunately, early transcriptions may be found in periodicals. Individuals and societies also published cemetery indexes in book form.


 * Find transcripts of cemetery records for in the FamilySearch Library Catalog. Most are filed at the county or state level.
 * For counties, simply add a comma to the search box and slide down to select the county.
 * Or do a Place Name search for "Washington, [county]."
 * For towns, select the county, add a comma, and select the town.


 * A valuable published collection of tombstone inscriptions covering parts of 12 counties is Cemetery Records of Washington, Six Volumes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957-60.).
 * v. 1. Lewis and Benton counties -- v. 2. King, Klickitat, and Pierce counties -- v. 3. King, Klickitat, Pierce, Skamania, Snohomish and Thurston counties -- v. 4. King, Klickitat and Pierce counties -- v. 5. Island, Kitsap, Lewis and Pierce counties -- v. 6. Cowlitz, Pierce and Thurston counties.

See United States Cemeteries for further suggestions and information.

=== The Cemetery Records Gold Mine ===

Cemetery tombstones, or sexton's records, usually give death date, and age or birth date. Sometimes they give birth place. Spouse and children who died young are often buried nearby.

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 * Identify children who died young or who were not recorded in birth or death records.
 * Establish family relationships and learn of family members.
 * Find clues that lead you to other records about the person. For example:
 * Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations.
 * There are also abbreviations that give clues when deciphered.

The Association of Gravestone Studies (AGS) has recommendations on the treatment and care of tombstones when needing to make inscriptions more visible. Cemetery Records of Arkansas, Volumes 1-8, 11 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957. FHL book 976.7 V22g; volumes 1-8, 11 on film 908969-71 and fiche 6046948. A digital version of volume 6 (Columbia and Faulkner counties) at FamilySearch.

Daughters of the American Revolution (Arkansas). Arkansas Genealogical Collection. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-71. FHL film 844392 (first of 17 films) This collection includes tombstone inscriptions from Arkansas cemeteries.

Many tombstone inscriptions have been published in periodicals or are available in manuscript form at local repositories. A guide to help you locate these and the inscriptions in the DAR collection is:

Index to Sources for Arkansas Cemetery Inscriptions. North Little Rock, Arkansas: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1976. FHL book 976.7 A1 No. 93 At various libraries (WorldCat).

Online Sources Interment (Arkansas) Find A Grave – Search by name, date, or cemetery; browse by location or "claim to fame;" or add burial records. Arkansas Gravestones - Search by name or browse by cemetery. Rootsweb - Cemetery lists on Arkansas county pages. USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project (Arkansas) - Provides links to cemetery transcriptions by county. African American Cemeteries Online (Arkansas) D'Addezio