(This page's most recent update is
August 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.
Hawaii 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
Hawaii
- Hawaii County Cemetery Index
- Hawaii County Cemetery Records
- Hawaii County, Cemeteries
- Hawaii County, Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hawaii County, Cemetery Burial Information
- Hawaii Deaths and Burials, 1862-1919
- Hawaii, Maui, Lanai Cemetery Records, 1925-1970
- Hilo, Alae Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Honolulu County, Cemeteries
- Honolulu County, Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Honolulu, Diamond Head Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Honolulu, Manoa Chinese Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Honolulu, Moiliili Japanese Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Honolulu, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific – Billion Graves
- Honolulu, Nuuanu Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Honolulu/Oahu County Cemetery Index
- Honolulu/Oahu County Cemetery Records
- Kalawao County, Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kalawao County, Cemetery Index
- Kaneohe, Greenhaven Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Kaneohe, Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kaneohe, Hawaiian Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Kaneohe, Valley of the Temples Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Kauai County Cemetery Index
- Kauai County Cemetery Records
- Kauai County, Cemeteries
- Kauai County, Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kauai, Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Koolauloa Laie, Laie Community Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Maui County Cemetery Index
- Maui County Cemetery Records
- Maui County, Cemeteries
- Maui County, Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Oahu, Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wahiawa, Schofield Barracks Main Post Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Waipahu, Mililani Memorial Park – Billion Graves
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!