Why Search Among the Cemetery Tombstones and Records?
Gravestones and Cemetery Records Can Be Excellent Genealogy Sources for the following possible information: .
- Death records are one of the three basic necessities in genealogy research
- Death records are often among the easiest records to find
- Death records can help to document other possible records
- No death certificate? Learn what can possibly be found at the cemetery
Gravestones and Cemetery Records Can Be Excellent Genealogy Sources for the following possible information: .
- Birth and death dates and location
- Military service of the deceased
- Cause of death
- Parents, children or spouse names
- Place of death and burial
- Clues to other ancestors
- Look for a possible “family plot” for more family names and information
Daughters of the American Revolution Library Other Sources for Cemetery Information:
- Daughters of the American Revolution Library
- The Works Project Administration
- Idaho Genealogical Society
- Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
- Find a Grave and Billion Graves
- http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm http://www.deathindexes.com/cemeteries.html
Locating a Cemetery and/or Graves.
- Kinds of Cemeteries Owned by:
- a Church, Community, Government, Private, or for profit.
- Locate the cemetery through obituaries, wills, death certificates, family records.
- If you know the possible location/town, you can refer to the American Blue Book of Funeral Directors published by the National Funeral directors Association
