Online Cemetery Records & Burial Indexes (USA)

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Online Cemetery Records & Indexes

General Cemetery Records Listings

Rootsweb's Cemetery Records Database
Tombstone Transcription Project Nationwide volunteer project to record burials
Find A Grave
Cemetery Surveys includes photos & transcriptions of some cemeteries, mostly in north Georgia, western North Carolina & eastern Tennessee
A Very Grave Matter - New England Cemeteries included are burial listings (with grave marker photos) for some cemeteries in southern Maine, southern New Hampshire & northeast Massachusetts

Military Cemeteries

Veterans Affairs Burial Search
U.S. Veterans Cemeteries Database, ca.1775-2006 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Also See: Online Military Indexes & Records

Jewish Burial Records

JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry

African-American Cemeteries

African-American Cemeteries Online

General Obituaries Indexes

There are also many online cemetery indexes available for individual counties and cities. To find some of these click on a state below...

Online Cemetery Records & Burial Indexes

from DeathIndexes.com