
Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and is 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
Idaho
- Ada County Cemeteries
- Ada County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ada County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Ada County Cemetery Records
- Ada County, Cemeteries and Records
- Ada County, Cemetery Records
- Adams County Cemeteries
- Adams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adams County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Adams County Cemetery Records
- Adams County, Cemeteries and Records
- Albion Valley Cemeteries, includes Pioneer Cemeteries, Community Cemetery, unmarked graves, and Masonic Cemetery
- Albion, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Almo, Sunny Cedar Rest Cemetery
- Ashton, Pineview Cemetery
- Bancroft, Bannock, Cemetery Records
- Bancroft, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Bannock County Cemeteries
- Bannock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bannock County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bear Lake County Cemeteries
- Bear Lake County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bear Lake County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bear Lake County Cemetery Records
- Bear Lake County, Cemeteries and Records
- Benewah County Cemeteries
- Benewah County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bingham County Cemeteries
- Bingham County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bingham County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bingham County, Cemeteries and Records
- Blaine County Cemeteries
- Blaine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Blaine County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Blaine County Cemetery Records
- Blaine County, Bellevue Cemetery
- Blaine County, Cemeteries and Records
- Boise County Cemeteries
- Boise County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Boise County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Boise County Cemetery Records
- Boise County, Cemeteries and Records
- Boise County, Placerville Cemetery
- Boise Meridian, Just Cemetery
- Boise, Dry Ctreek Cemetery Plot Search
- Boise, Fort Boise Military Reserve Cemetery Burial Search
- Boise, Morris Hill Cemetery Burial Search
- Boise, Pioneer Cemetery Burial Search
- Boise, Star Cemetery, Undertaker’s Records 1915-1931
- Bonner County Cemeteries
- Bonner County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bonner County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bonner County Cemetery Records
- Bonner County Cemetery Records
- Bonner County, Cemeteries and Records
- Bonneville County Cemeteries
- Bonneville County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bonneville County, Cemeteries and Records
- Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
- Bopise, Pioneer Cemetery
- Boundary County Cemeteries
- Boundary County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Boundary County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Boundary County Cemetery Records
- Boundary County, Cemeteries and Records
- Boundary County, Cemetery Records
- Butte County Cemeteries
- Butte County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Butte County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Butte County Cemetery Records
- Butte County, Cemeteries and Records
- Caldwell, Canyon Hill Cemetery, Cemetery Database
- Camas County Cemeteries
- Camas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Camas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Camas County Cemetery Records
- Camas County, Cemeteries and Records
- Camas County, Manard Cemetery
- Cambridge area, Washington County, Index to known Deaths and Burials
- Canyon County Cemeteries
- Canyon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Canyon County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Canyon County Cemetery Records
- Canyon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Canyon County, Ward Memorial Cemetery Records
- Caribou County Cemeteries
- Caribou County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Caribou County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Caribou County, Cemeteries and Records
- Caribou County, Cemetery Records
- Cassia County Cemeteries
- Cassia County Cemeteries
- Cassia County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cassia County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cassia County Cemetery Records
- Cassia County, Cemeteries and Records
- Cedron, Teton County, North and South Cedron Cemetery Records
- Chesterfield, Caribou County, Cemetery Records
- Clark County Cemeteries
- Clark County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clark County Cemetery Records
- Clark County, Cemeteries and Records
- Clearwater County Cemeteries
- Clearwater County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clearwater County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Clearwater County Cemetery Records
- Clearwater County, Cemeteries and Records
- Coeur d’Alene Cemeteries, Plot Search
- Coverdale, Ada County, Cemetery Records, Inscriptions
- Custer County Cemeteries
- Custer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Custer County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Custer County Cemetery Records
- Custer County, Cemeteries and Records
- Declo City Cemetery
- Dempsey, Bannock, Lava Hot Springs Cemetery
- Eastern Idaho & Eestern Wyoming Cemetery Records
- Elmore County Cemeteries
- Elmore County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Elmore County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Elmore County Cemetery Records
- Elmore County, Cemeteries and Records
- Fargo, Canyon County, Cemetery Records
- Firth Cemetery Records
- Franklin Cemetery, Monuments : 1860-1900
- Franklin County Cemeteries
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Franklin County Cemetery Records
- Franklin County, Cemeteries and Records
- Fremont , Jefferson, and Madison Counties, Cemeteries, includes Ririe-Shelton Cemetery, Sutton Cemetery and Teton-Newdale Cemetery
- Fremont County Cemeteries
- Fremont County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fremont County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fremont County Cemetery Records
- Fremont County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gem County Cemeteries
- Gem County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gem County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Gem County Cemetery Records
- Gem County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gem County, Emmett Riverside Cemetery
- Glenn’s Ferry, Elmore County, Glenn’s Ferry Rest Cemetery
- Gooding County Cemeteries
- Gooding County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gooding County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Gooding County Cemetery Records
- Gooding County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gooding, Pioneer Cemetery
- Goshen, Bingham County, Cemetery Records
- Greenleaf, Canyon County, Cemetery Records
- Idaho City, Boise, Idaho City Cemetery
- Idaho County Cemeteries
- Idaho County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Idaho County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Idaho County Cemetery Records
- Idaho County, Cemeteries and Records
- Idaho County, Cemetery Records
- Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
- Idaho Falls Cemeteries, Search
- Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery and Sexton Records
- Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Rose Hill Cemetery Records
- Idaho Falls, Bonneville County Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
- Idaho Stake Cemetery Records, includes Bancroft, Cedar Memorial, Chesterfield, Eight Mile, Fairview, Gray, Irvins, Lund, Old Lund Pioneer, Skinner, and Wayan Cemeteries (1863-January 1, 1970)
- Idaho, Cemeteries Burial Index, ca. 1880-2007
- Idaho, Cemetery Records
- Idaho, Cemetery Records
- Idaho, Cemetery Records
- Idaho, Cemetery Records – includes Cemeteries by counties
- Idaho, Cemetery Records Index
- Idaho, Cemetery Records of Mackay and surrounding areas, Custer County, includes Battleground Cemetery, Old Barton Cemetery, Houston Cemetery, MacKay City Cemetery
- Jefferson County Cemeteries
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Jefferson County, The Lewisville Cemetery
- Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000
- Jerome County Cemeteries
- Jerome County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jerome County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Jerome County Cemetery Records
- Jerome County, Cemeteries and Records
- Kellogg, Shoshone County, Greenwood Cemetery
- Kootenai County Cemeteries
- Kootenai County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kootenai County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kootenai County Cemetery Records
- Kootenai County, Cemeteries
- Kootenai County, Cemeteries and Records
- Kuna Cemetery, Meridian & Atlanta Cemeteries
- Kuna, Ada County,m Fairview Cemetery, Cemetery and Sextons Records
- Latah County Cemeteries
- Latah County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Latah County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Latah County, Cemeteries and Records
- Latah County, Cemetery Records
- Leesburg, Lemhi. Leesburg Cemetery
- Lemhi County Cemeteries
- Lemhi County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lemhi County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lemhi County Cemetery Records
- Lemhi County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lewis County Cemeteries
- Lewis County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lewis County Cemetery Records
- Lewis County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lincoln County Cemeteries
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lincoln County Cemetery Records
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries and Records
- Mackay City Cemetery
- Mackay, Battleground Cemetery, Mackay Reservoir
- Madison County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Madison County Cemetery Records
- Madison County, Cemeteries and Records
- Malad City Cemetery Lists
- Malad Idaho Stake, Index cards to Cemetery Records
- Malad, Oneida County, Malad Cemetery Records
- Marion, Marion Cemetery
- Market Lake Cemetery District, 1896-1988
- May, May Cemetery
- Minidoka County Cemeteries
- Minidoka County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Minidoka County Cemetery Records
- Minidoka County, Cemeteries and Records
- Moreland, Moreland Cemetery Records
- Nampa, Canyon County, Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Sextons Records
- Nampa, Interment Database
- Nez Perce County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nez Perce County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Nez Perce County Cemetery Records
- Nez Perce County, Cemeteries and Records
- Oakley Cemetery, Graves by name
- Oakley, Basin Cemetery Records
- Oakley, Cemetery Records, including Basin, Island, Marion, Oakley City, Warm Creek, Records
- Oneida County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Oneida County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Oneida County Cemetery Records
- Oneida County, Cemeteries and Records
- Owyhee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Owyhee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Owyhee County Cemetery Records
- Owyhee County, Cemeteries and Records
- Parker Cemetery Records
- Payette County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Payette County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Payette County Cemetery Records
- Payette County, Cemeteries and Records
- Power County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Power County Cemetery Records
- Rexburg, Madison County, Cemetery Records
- Richfield Cemetery, Iinformation from Cemetery Registers and Gravestones
- Riverside, Canyon County, Peaceful Valley Cemetery Records
- Riverview Cemetery Records
- Rupert Cemetery Records prior to 1972
- Rupert Cemetery, Burial Records
- Schults Cemetery
- Shoshone Cemetery, Information from Gravestones and Cemetery Map
- Shoshone County Cemeteries
- Shoshone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Shoshone County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Shoshone County Cemetery Records
- Shoshone County, Cemeteries and Records
- Springfield, Springfield Cemetery
- Squirrel, Cemetery
- St. Joseph Mission, Nez Perce, Slickpoo Cemetery
- St. Maries, Nez Pierce, Update to the Cemetery Records
- Star, Ada County, Home of Peace Cemetery Records
- Swanlak, Swanlake Cemetery
- Teton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Teton County Cemetery Records
- Teton-Newdale Cemetery
- Twin Falls County Cemeteries
- Twin Falls County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Twin Falls County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Twin Falls County Cemetery Records
- Twin Falls County, Cemeteries and Records
- Twin Falls County, Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1937-1993
- Ucon Cemetery District Records, 1930-1956
- Valley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Valley County Cemetery Records
- Valley County, Cemeteries and Records
- Valley County, Surname Indexes to the Cemetery and Burial Records, 1878 – 1995
- Washington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Washington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Washington County Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Cemeteries and Records
- Wilder, Canyon County, Cemetery Records
- Wilford Cemetery Records
- Wilford, Cemetery
- Williamsbury, Caribou County, Quayle Ranch Cemetery Records
For other Free Idaho 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