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
- Rootsweb – Cemetery Records
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Below are links to cemetery, burial, and interment records as well as indexes and tombstone inscriptions that are available for free online.
(Updated November 2022)
General U.S.
- African American Cemeteries.com
- Billion Graves Index
- Find A Grave Index
- Names in Stone Cemetery Maps
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969
- US GenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
- Veteran’s Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Arizona
- Alpine, Apache County Cemetery Records
- Apache County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Apache County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Apache County, Cemeteries
- Apache County, Cemeteries and Records
- Apache County, Cemetery Records
- Arizona Death Records : an index compiled from Mortuary, Cemetery, and Church Records
- Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1933-1994
- Arizona Gravestones
- Arizona, Jewish Cemeteries
- Ashurst, Graham County, Cemetery Records
- Bisbee, Evergreen Cemetery Burial Database
- Bisbee, Index to Cemetery and Mortuary Records, 1897-1926
- Bryce, Graham County, Cemetery Records
- Buckeye, Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery., Burials
- Cochise County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cochise County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cochise County, Cemeteries
- Cochise County, Cemeteries and Records
- Cochise County, Cemetery Records
- Coconino County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Coconino County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Coconino County, Cemeteries
- Coconino County, Cemeteries and Records
- Coconino County, Cemetery Records
- Eagar, Apache County Cemetery Records
- Eden, Graham County, Cemetery and Sexton Records
- Flagstaff, Citizens Cemetery, Burail Search
- Gila County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gila County, Cemeteries
- Gila County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gila County, Cemetery Records
- Gila County, Cemetery Records, 1927-1994
- Gila County, Cemetery Records, 1927-1994
- Graham County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Graham County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Graham County, Cemeteries
- Graham County, Cemeteries and Records
- Graham County, Cemetery Records
- Greenlee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Greenlee County, Cemeteries
- Greenlee County, Cemeteries and Records
- Greenlee County, Cemetery Records
- Inventory of Historic Arizona Cemeteries
- Joseph City, Cemetery Records
- Joseph City, Navajo County, Cemetery Records
- La Paz County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- La Paz County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- La Paz County, Cemeteries and Records
- Maricopa County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Maricopa County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Maricopa County, Cemeteries
- Maricopa County, Cemeteries and Records
- Maricopa County, Cemetery Records
- Maricopa County, Maricopa Memorial Park Cemetery Records and Tombstone Inscriptions
- Mesa Cemetery, Grave Search
- Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960
- Mesa, Cemetery Records, City Cemetery
- Mesa, City Cemetery markers, as of November 1992
- Mohave County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mohave County, Cemeteries
- Mohave County, Cemeteries and Records
- Mohave County, Cemetery Records
- Navajo County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Navajo County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Navajo County, Cemeteries
- Navajo County, Cemeteries and Records
- Navajo County, Cemetery Census of the Burton and Clay Springs Cemeteries
- Navajo County, Cemetery Records
- Phoenix, Grave Records of the Pioneer Cemetery, Rosedale, Greenwood, Masonic, K of P, Porter, 100F, AOUW, City of Phoenix Cemeteries
- Phoenix, Greenwood Cemetery Sites :
- Phoenix, Maricopa County, Burial Records, 1872-1914, of the following Cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, City Cemetery, Rosedale, Porter, and Masons
- Phoenix, Pioneer Cemetery Records
- Phoenix, Pioneer Cemetery Records of Rosedale Cemetery
- Phoenix, Record of Burials in Knights of Pythias Cemetery from pioneer Cemetery Records,
- Phoenix, Record of Burials in Pioneer Cemetery, including City Cemetery, K. of P., Rosedale, Porter, IOOF, Masons
- Pima County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pima County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pima County, Cemeteries
- Pima County, Cemeteries and Records
- Pinal County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pinal County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pinal County, Cemeteries
- Pinal County, Cemeteries and Records
- Pinal County, Cemetery Records
- Pinal County, Dudleyville Cemetery Records, 1887-1983
- Pioneer & Military Memorial Park, Burials
- Prescott, Citizens’ Cemetery
- Prescott, Citizens Cemetery, Burial Index
- Prescott, Masonic Cemetery, Aztlan Lodge : No 1 – F. & A. M.
- Prescott, Pioneers’ Home Cemetery Burial Records, Iron Springs Road,
- Safford, Graham County, Cemetery Records
- San Jose, Graham County, Cemetery Records
- Santa Cruz County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Santa Cruz County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Santa Cruz County, Cemeteries
- Santa Cruz County, Cemeteries and Records
- Santa Cruz County, Cemetery Records
- Show Low Arizona Cemetery Records, Adair and Show Low Cemeteries
- Solomonville, Graham County, Cemetery Records
- Southern Arizona, Jewish Graves, an index to sites
- Johns, Cemetery Records
- Tempe, Double Butte Cemetery, Burial Records
- Thatcher, Graham County, Cemetery and Sexton Records
- Tombstone, Cochise County, Boothill grave yard, a descriptive list
- Winslow Indian Sanatorium Cemetery
- Woodruff, Cemetery Records
- Yavapai County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Yavapai County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Yavapai County, Cemeteries
- Yavapai County, Cemeteries and Records
- Yavapai County, Cemetery Records
- Yuma County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Yuma County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Yuma County, Cemeteries
- Yuma County, Cemeteries and Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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For other Free Arizona Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
Digital Archives
Institutional Records
Research Toolkit
Place Finder
