The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and are a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors.
What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, religion, and organization memberships? Location of the burial plot, tombstone inscriptions, cemetery maps, sexton registers, and headstone photos are also generally available.
Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching cemetery records:
- FamilySearch – United States Cemeteries
- A Gravesite Can Reveal Remarkable Details About Your Ancestor IF You Can Find It: Here’s How
Below are links for each state to cemetery, burial, and interment records as well as indexes and tombstone inscriptions that are available for free online. Just select your desired state and that state’s collections will be listed for you.
Southern States Cemetery Records
- Free Alabama Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Arkansas Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Florida Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Georgia Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Kentucky Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Louisiana Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Mississippi Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Missouri Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free North Carolina Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Oklahoma Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free South Carolina Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Tennessee Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Texas Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free Virginia Online Cemetery and Burial Records
- Free West Virginia Online Cemetery and Burial Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!