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(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
Note: Some 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 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 available for free online.
Delaware Cemetery Records
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
Delaware
- Camden Wyoming, Odd Fellows Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Christiana, Records and Index of Christiana Methodist Episcopal Church 1827-1913
- Cool Spring, Cool Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955
- Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
- Delaware, Cemeteries-Tombstones, ca. 1700-1960
- Delmarva Cemetery Records
- Fort Delaware, 1861-1865; Confederate, Union and Civilian Burials
- Greenville, Catholic Church. St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Church Records, 1846-1991
- Kent County Cemeteries
- Kent County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kent County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kent County Cemeteries and Records
- Kent County Cemetery Records
- Kent County, Tatnall Tombstone Collection, ca. 1650-1960
- Kent County, Tombstone Inscription Project
- Kent County, Tombstone Transcription Project, Cemeteries
- Middletown, Saint Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery Records and Index
- New Castle County Cemeteries
- New Castle County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- New Castle County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- New Castle County Cemeteries and Records
- New Castle County Cemetery Records
- New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County, Tombstone Records
- New Castle County, Tatnall Tombstone Collection Card File Index, 1650-1935
- New Castle County, Tombstone Inscription Project
- New Castle County, Tombstone Transcription Project, Cemeteries
- New Castle, Gracelawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- New Castle, Saint Peter Catholic Church Records, 1845-1991
- Newark, Catholic Church. Saint John the Baptist-Holy Angels, Church Records, 1861-1991
- Newark, Head of Christiana Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Newark, Newark Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Perryville, Catholic Church. Good Shepherd, Church Records, 1861-1991
- Seaford, Odd Fellows Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sussex County Cemeteries
- Sussex County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sussex County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sussex County Cemeteries and Records
- Sussex County Cemetery Records
- Sussex County, Adams/Collins Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Allen/Phillips Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Badley Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Bailey/Phillips Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Calaway Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Cemeteries
- Sussex County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sussex County, Cemetery Records
- Sussex County, Collins Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Collins Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Cooper Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Hearn Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Kinnikin Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Knowles Family Cemetery # 1
- Sussex County, Knowles Family Cemetery # 2
- Sussex County, Messick Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Sussex County, Oceanview Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Sussex County, Owens Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Phillips Family Cemetery – North Springhill Rd.
- Sussex County, Phillips Family Cemetery – Route 507
- Sussex County, Ralph’s Hill Cemetery
- Sussex County, Records’s Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Seton Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Slaughter Neck Cemetery
- Sussex County, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Sussex County, Tatnall Tombstone Collection Card File Index, ca. 1650-1960
- Sussex County, Tombstone Inscription Project
- Sussex County, Tombstone Transcription Project, Cemeteries
- Sussex County, Waller Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Walson Family Cemetery
- Sussex County, Cemetery Records
- Wilmington Diocese, Burial Database Search for Cathedral, All Saints and Gate of Heaven Cemeteries
- Wilmington Diocese, Catholic Church, Cemetery Lot and Internment Records, 1881-1991
- Wilmington, Cathedral Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wilmington, Cathedral Cemetery Chronological List of Burials, 1955-2003
- Wilmington, Cathedral Cemetery Interment Records, 1876-1955
- Wilmington, Cathedral Cemetery, Lot Cards, 1955-2003
- Wilmington, Cathedral Cemetery, Plot Books, 1876-1957
- Wilmington, First Presbyterian Church and Central Presbyterian Church, Interments in Old Church Cemetery
- Wilmington, Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Burial Records, 1713-65
- Wilmington, Society of Friends, Meeting Records, 1740-1943
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!