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.
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
Connecticut
- Ansonia, Pine Grove Cemetery, Burial Search
- Avon, Avon Cemetery, Burials
- Avon, Cider Brook Cemetery, Burials
- Avon, Greenwood Cemetery, Burials
- Avon, Pet Cemetery, Burials
- Avon, St Mary’s Cemetery, Burials
- Avon, West Avon Cemetery, Burials
- Bolton, Tolland County, Belknap Cemetery
- Branford, Albert Goldsmith, Burials
- Branford, Damascus Cemetery, Burials
- Branford, Genealogical data from Connecticut Cemeteries
- Branford, Mill Plain Cemetery, Burials
- Branford, Stony Creek Cemetery, Burials
- Branford, Tabor-Swedish, Burials
- Branford, Trinity Church, Burials
- Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Old Cemetery
- Bristol, Bridge Street Cemetery, Burials
- Bristol, Green Hills Cemetery, Burials
- Bristol, Hartford County, Old Episcopal Cemetery
- Bristol, Lake Avenue Cemetery, Burials
- Bristol, New St. Josephs Cemetery, Burials
- Bristol, Old North Cemetery, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames A and B, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames C to G, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames H to L, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames M to P, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames R to S, Burials
- Bristol, West Cemetery, Surnames T to Z, Burials
- Burlington, Record of the returns made by sextons of Cemeteries, 1915
- Centreville, Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, Hall Family Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, Old Catholic Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, Old Griffith Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, Waterhole Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, White Birch Cemetery
- Chatham, Middlesex County, Young Street Cemetery
- Cheshire, New Haven County – Burials 1726-1758
- Clinton, Middlesex County, Indian River Cemetery
- Colchester, New London County, Old Burying Ground
- Colchester, New London County, Ponemah Cemetery
- Colchester, Westchester Cemetery Names A to D, Burials
- Colchester, Westchester Cemetery Names E to O, Burials
- Colchester, Westchester Cemetery Names P to Y, Burials
- Colebrook, Church Records, 1815-1849
- Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934
- Connecticut Jewish Cemeteries
- Connecticut, Cemetery Inscriptions, Records of Veterans
- Connecticut, Cemetery Records
- Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955
- Connecticut, Genealogical Collection, including Cemetery Records
- Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Records
- Cornwall, Calhoun Cemetery, Burials
- Cornwall, Cornwall Hollow Cemetery, Burials
- Cornwall, Litchfield County, Wilcox Cemetery
- Cornwall, Map and Cemetery listings, Burials
- Coventry, Tolland County, Nathan Hall Cemetery
- Coventry, Tolland County, Strong Cemetery,
- Danbury, Fairfield County, Old Burial Grounds (partial listings)
- Derby, New Haven County – Old Episcopal Grave-Yard Inscriptions
- Derby, New Haven County – Old Grave-Yard Inscriptions
- Durham, Inscriptions
- Durham, Tombstone Records
- Durham, Cemetery
- East Haddam, Middlesex County, Cemeteries
- East Hampton, Middlesex County, Cemetery List
- East Hampton, Middlesex County, Hog Hill Cemetery
- East Hampton, Middlesex County, Lakeview Cemetery
- East Hartford, Records of First Congregational Church, Deaths from Cemeteries
- East Haven, Cemetery Records
- East Lyme, Cemetery Records
- East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, The Record of Inscriptions
- East Windsor, Cemetery Inscriptions, Prior Street and Scantic Cemeteries
- Easton, Fairfield County, Aspetuck Cemetery
- Easton, Fairfield County, Baldwin Cemetery
- Easton, Fairfield County, Inscriptions from the graveyards with genealogical notes and index
- Easton, Fairfield County, Lyon Cemetery
- Easton, Fairfield County, New Aspetuck Cemetery
- Easton, Fairfield County, Wheeler Cemetery
- Fairfield County Cemeteries
- Fairfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fairfield County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fairfield County Cemeteries and Records
- Fairfield County Cemetery Records
- Fairfield County, Cemeteries in Cos Cob, Stamford & Ridgefield
- Fairfield Township, Greenfield Hills, Inscriptions from the graveyards, with notes and an index
- Fairfield, Cong. Rodeph Sholem Cemetery, Burials
- Fairfield, Fairfield County, Cong. Rodeph Sholem Cemetery
- Fairfield, Fairfield County, Greenfield Hill Cemetery
- Fairfield, Fairfield County, Old Cemetery
- Fairfield, Fairfield County, Wakeman Cemetery
- Fairfield, Fairfield County, West Cemetery
- Fairfield, Greenfield Hill Cemetery, surnames A to H, Burials
- Fairfield, Greenfield Hill Cemetery, surnames J to W, Burials
- Fairfield, Oak Lawn Cemetery Search
- Fairfield, Old Cemetery, Surnames A to M, Burials
- Fairfield, Old Cemetery, Surnames N to W, Burials
- Fairfield, West Cemetery, Burials
- Fairfield, The old burying ground,
- Farmington, Hillside Cemetery – Unionville, Burials
- Farmington, Old Cemetery (Plainville Ave) Surnames A to K, Burials
- Farmington, Old Cemetery (Plainville Ave) Surnames L to Z, Burials
- Farmington, Scott’s Swamp Cemetery (South part of Town near Rt 6), Burials
- Farmington, The Farmington Cemetery, Maine Street,
- Gales Ferry Cemetery Association, Gravestone List
- Gaylordsville, Litchfield County, Cemetery
- Glastonbury, Burial Inscriptions
- Granby, West Granby Burying Ground Records, 1810-1908
- Greenwich, Ingersoll Cemetery, Burials
- Greenwich, Inscriptions copied from gravestones
- Greenwich, Johns Cemetery, Burials
- Greenwich, Old North Stanwich Cemetery, Burials
- Greenwich, Reynolds Cemetery, Burials
- Greenwich, Abstract of Records and Tombstones
- Groton, New London County, Avery-Morgan Burying Ground
- Guilford, Genealogical data from Connecticut Cemeteries
- Guilford, New Haven County, North Guilford Cemetery,
- Guilford, New Haven County, Nut Plains Cemetery
- Haddam, Middlesex County, Cemeteries – Map & Links
- Hamden, Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Hartford County Cemeteries
- Hartford County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hartford County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hartford County Cemeteries and Records
- Hartford County Cemetery Records
- Hartford County, East Granby Center Cemetery
- Hartford, Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1863-1903
- Hartford, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Records Search
- Hartford, Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Hartland, Hartland Hollow Cemetery, Burials
- Hartland, Newton Cemetery, Burials
- Hartland, Peters Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, Center Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, East Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, North Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, Scoville and Haden Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, South Cemetery, Burials
- Harwinton, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Harwinton, West Cemetery, Burials
- Killingly, Sexton Returns, Burial Records, 1885-1949 :
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Evergreen Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Lane Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Nettleton Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Old Southwest Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Pine Orchard Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Stone House Cemetery
- Killingworth, Middlesex County, Union Cemetery
- Lanesville, Litchfield County, Cemetery
- Lebanon, New London County, Inscriptions
- Leesville, Inscriptions
- Litchfield and Morris, Inscriptions upon the Tombstones
- Litchfield County Cemeteries
- Litchfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Litchfield County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Litchfield County Cemeteries and Records
- Litchfield County Cemetery Records
- Litchfield, Beach Cemetery, Burials
- Litchfield, Headquarters Cemetery, Burials
- Litchfield, Milton Cemetery, Burials
- Litchfield, Osborn Cemetery, Burials
- Litchfield, Smith – Roberts Cemetery, Burials
- Litchfield, St. Anthony’s Cemetery, Burials
- Lyme, New London County, Cemeteries
- Madison, New Haven County, CT, Old Summer Cemetery
- Madison, New Haven County, CT, Rockland Cemetery
- Madison, New Haven County, CT, Summer Cemetery
- Madison, New Haven County, Hammonasset Cemetery
- Madison, New Haven County, West Cemetery, New Section
- Madison, New Haven County, West Side Cemetery
- Mansfield, Tolland County, Old Mansfield Cemetery
- Middlebury, Middlebury, CT Cemetery 1987 names A to J, Burials
- Middlebury, Middlebury, CT Cemetery 1987 names K to Z, Burials
- Middlesex County Cemeteries
- Middlesex County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Middlesex County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Middlesex County Cemeteries and Records
- Middlesex County Cemetery Records
- Middletown, G. A. R. Plot at Indian Hill Cemetery, Burials
- Middletown, McDonough Cemetery, Burials
- Middletown, Middlesex County, Cemeteries
- Middletown, Pinegrove Cemetery, Database Search
- Middletown, Washington St. Cemetery, Burials
- Milford, Founders Cemetery, Burials
- Milford, New Haven County, Inscriptions A-H
- Milford, New Haven County, Inscriptions I-W
- Milford, Records of St. Peters Episcopal Church, formerly St. George’s, 1832-1868
- Moodus, Cemetery
- New Canaan, 8 Small Cemeteries, Burials
- New Canaan, Cemeteries
- New Canaan, Church Hill Cemetery, Burials
- New Canaan, Crissey – Young Cemetery, Burials
- New Canaan, Crissey Cemetery, Burials
- New Canaan, Old Mather Cemetery, Burials
- New Canaan, Weed Cemetery, Burials
- New Fairfield, Gerow Cemetery, Burials
- New Fairfield, Mountain View Cemetery, Burials
- New Fairfield, New Fairfield Cemetery, Burials
- New Fairfield, Old Cemetery, Burials
- New Haven County Cemeteries
- New Haven County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- New Haven County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- New Haven County Cemeteries and Records
- New Haven County Cemetery Records
- New Haven County, Guilford, North Guilford, Connecticut Inscriptions
- New Haven County, Oxford Past Cemetery Project
- New Haven County, Roster of graves of, or monuments to, patriots of 1775-1783, and of soldiers of colonial wars
- New Haven Green Burials, and Grave stones later either installed in the crypt of Center Church, or removed to Grove Street Cemetery
- New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database
- New Haven, Center Church Crypt Cemetery, Burials
- New Haven, Evergreen Cemetery, Burial Records
- New Haven, Grove Street Cemetery, Registry of Burials
- New Haven, New Haven County, Cemetery Inscriptions Before 1800
- New London County Cemeteries
- New London County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- New London County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- New London County Cemeteries and Records
- New London County Cemetery Records
- New Milford, Litchfield County, Gallows Hill Cemetery
- North Mansfield, Tolland County – Inscriptions [partial]
- Norwalk, Cemeteries
- Norwalk, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Norwalk, A complete copy of the Inscriptions found on the monuments, headstones, etc., in the oldest Cemetery
- Norwich , Inscriptions from gravestones in the Old Burying Ground
- Norwich Cemeteries, Burial Reports
- Norwich, New London County – Inscriptions
- Old Lyme, Champion Cemetery #2, Burials
- Old Lyme, Duck River Cemetery
- Old Lyme, Griswold Cemetery, Burials
- Old Lyme, Old Meeting House Hill (Johnny Cake Hill) Cemetery, Burials
- Old Lyme, Wait Cemetery (Eastern part of town), Burials
- Old Lyme, Wait Cemetery (in South Lyme), Burials
- Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Cypress Cemetery
- Orange, Cemetery
- Plainville, East Cemetery, Burials
- Plymouth – Terryville, East Cemetery – Terryville, Burials
- Plymouth – Terryville, Old Cemetery – Terryville, Burials
- Plymouth, Church and Cemetery Records, 1744-1901
- Pomfret, Wappaquean Burial Ground, Pomfret South Cemetery, Monumental Inscriptions
- Portland, Burying Ground Association and its Cemetery
- Preston, Cemeteries and Burials, including deceased veterans, 1967
- Preston, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Saybrook, Middlesex County, Old Congregational Church Cemetery
- Saybrook, Middlesex County, Winthrop Cemetery
- Sharon, Litchfield County, Graveyards
- Sharon, Burying grounds, abstract of Inscriptions from thirty places of Burial
- Shelton, Cemetery Lists
- Simsbury, Cemetery Record Indexes
- South Windsor, Cemetery at First Congregational Church
- Stonington, 19 Small Cemeteries, Burials
- Stonington, 5 Small Cemeteries, Burials
- Stonington, Bennet Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Bennett Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Bentley Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Cranston Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Hallan Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Helme Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Hempsted Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Hillard Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, John Wheeler Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Jonathan Wheeler Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, New London County, Ancient Burial Ground
- Stonington, Paul Wheeler Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Stanton – Hull Cemetery, Burials
- Stonington, Wheeler – Bentley Cemetery, Private Cemetery & Old St. Michael’s, Burials
- Stonington, Whittlesey Cemetery, Burials
- Stratfield, Fairfield County, Burying Place
- Stratford, Fairfield County, Old Burying Ground A-J
- Stratford, Fairfield County, Old Burying Ground L-W
- Stratford, Fairfield County, Putney Cemetery
- Suffield, Gravestone Inscriptions at Zion’s Hill Cemetery
- Tolland County Cemeteries
- Tolland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Tolland County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Tolland County Cemeteries and Records
- Tolland County Cemetery Records
- Vernon, Tolland County, Old North Bolton or East Cemetery
- Wallingford, Centre Cemetery
- Wallingford, New Haven County, Center Street Cemetery
- Waterbury, Ancient burying-grounds
- Waterbury, New Haven County – Cemetery Listings
- Watertown, List of persons interred in the Old Cemetery
- Westbrook, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Westbrook, Middlesex County, Cemeteries
- Westbury, and present Watertown, The Old Burying Ground
- Wethersfield (Village), Cemetery Records, 1887-1947
- Wethersfield Burying Ground, Burial Index
- Wethersfield, Hartford County – Cemetery Inscriptions
- Wethersfield, Inscriptions : a complete Record of the Inscriptions in the five Burial places in the ancient town of Wethersfield, including the towns of Rocky Hill, Newington and Beckley Quarter (in Berlin), also a portion of the Inscriptions in the oldest Cemetery in Glastonbury
- Willington, Tolland County, Old Willington Hill Cemetery
- Windham County Cemeteries
- Windham County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Windham County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Windham County Cemeteries and Records
- Windham County Cemetery Records
- Windsor, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Windsor, Hartford County, Inscriptions, Late 1600s – Early 1800s
- Windsor’s Veterans Cemetery, Search
- Wolcott, New Haven County, Center Cemetery
- Wolcott, New Haven County, North-East Cemetery
- Wolcott, New Haven County, South-East Cemetery
- Wolcott, New Haven County, Woodtick Cemetery
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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