
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
Iowa
- Adair County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adair County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Adair County, Cemeteries
- Adair County, Cemeteries and Records
- Adair County, Cemetery Records
- Adams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adams County, Cemeteries
- Adams County, Cemeteries and Records
- Adams County, Cemetery Records
- Allamakee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Allamakee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Allamakee County, Cemeteries
- Allamakee County, Cemeteries and Records
- Allamakee County, Cemetery Records
- Appanoose County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Appanoose County, Cemeteries
- Appanoose County, Cemeteries and Records
- Appanoose County, Cemetery Records
- Audubon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Audubon County, Cemeteries
- Audubon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Audubon County, Cemetery Records
- Benton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Benton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Benton County, Cemeteries
- Benton County, Cemeteries and Records
- Benton County, Cemetery Records
- Black Hawk County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Black Hawk County, Cemeteries
- Black Hawk County, Cemeteries and Records
- Black Hawk County, Cemetery Records
- Boone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Boone County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Boone County, Cemeteries
- Boone County, Cemeteries and Records
- Boone County, Cemetery Records
- Bremer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bremer County, Cemeteries
- Bremer County, Cemeteries and Records
- Bremer County, Cemetery Records
- Buchanan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Buchanan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Buchanan County, Cemeteries and Records
- Buchanan County, Cemetery Records
- Buena Vista County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Buena Vista County, Cemeteries
- Buena Vista County, Cemeteries and Records
- Buena Vista County, Cemetery Records
- Butler County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Butler County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Butler County, Cemeteries and Records
- Butler County, Cemetery Records
- Calhoun County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Calhoun County, Cemetery Records
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- Carroll County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Carroll County, Cemetery Records
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- Cass County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Cass County, Cemetery Records
- Cedar County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Cedar County, Cemetery Records
- Cerro Gordo County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cerro Gordo County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Cerro Gordo County, Cemetery Records
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- Cherokee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Cherokee County, Cemetery Records
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- Chickasaw County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Clay County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Clayton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Clinton County, Cemetery Records
- Crawford County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Crawford County, Cemetery Records
- Dallas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dallas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Dallas County, Cemetery Records
- Davis County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Davis County, Cemetery Records
- Decatur County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Decatur County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Decatur County, Cemetery Records
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- Delaware County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Delaware County, Cemetery Records
- Des Moines County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Des Moines County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Des Moines County, Cemetery Records
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- Dickinson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Dickinson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dickinson County, Cemetery Records
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- Dubuque County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Dubuque County, Cemetery Records
- Emmet County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Emmet County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Emmet County, Cemeteries and Records
- Emmet County, Cemetery Records
- Fayette County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fayette County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Fayette County, Cemetery Records
- Floyd County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Floyd County, Cemetery Records
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- Franklin County, Cemetery Records
- Fremont County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fremont County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Fremont County, Cemetery Records
- Greene County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Greene County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Greene County, Cemetery Records
- Grundy County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Grundy County, Cemetery Records
- Guthrie County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Guthrie County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Guthrie County, Cemetery Records
- Hamilton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Hamilton County, Cemetery Records
- Hancock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Hardin County, Cemetery Records
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- Harrison County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Henry County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Howard County, Cemetery Records
- Humboldt County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Humboldt County, Cemetery Records
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- Ida County, Cemetery Records
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- Jackson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Jackson County, Cemetery Records
- Jasper County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jasper County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Jasper County, Cemeteries and Records
- Jasper County, Cemetery Records
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Jefferson County, Cemetery Records
- Johnson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Johnson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Johnson County, Cemetery Records
- Jones County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jones County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Jones County, Cemetery Records
- Keokuk County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Keokuk County, Cemeteries
- Keokuk County, Cemeteries and Records
- Keokuk County, Cemetery Records
- Kossuth County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kossuth County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kossuth County, Cemeteries
- Kossuth County, Cemeteries and Records
- Kossuth County, Cemetery Records
- Lee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lee County, Cemeteries
- Lee County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lee County, Cemetery Records
- Linn County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Linn County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Linn County, Cemeteries and Records
- Linn County, Cemetery Records
- Louisa County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Louisa County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Louisa County, Cemeteries and Records
- Louisa County, Cemetery Records
- Lucas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lucas County, Cemeteries
- Lucas County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lucas County, Cemetery Records
- Lyon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lyon County, Cemeteries
- Lyon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lyon County, Cemetery Records
- Madison County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Madison County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Madison County, Cemeteries and Records
- Madison County, Cemetery Records
- Mahaska County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mahaska County, Cemeteries
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- Mahaska County, Cemetery Records
- Marion County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Marion County, Cemeteries
- Marion County, Cemeteries and Records
- Marion County, Cemetery Records
- Marshall County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Marshall County, Cemeteries
- Marshall County, Cemeteries and Records
- Marshall County, Cemetery Records
- Mills County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mills County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Mills County, Cemeteries and Records
- Mills County, Cemetery Records
- Mitchell County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mitchell County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Mitchell County, Cemeteries
- Mitchell County, Cemeteries and Records
- Mitchell County, Cemetery Records
- Monona County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Monona County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Monona County, Cemeteries
- Monona County, Cemeteries and Records
- Monona County, Cemetery Records
- Monroe County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Monroe County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Monroe County, Cemeteries
- Monroe County, Cemeteries and Records
- Monroe County, Cemetery Records
- Montgomery County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Montgomery County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Montgomery County, Cemeteries
- Montgomery County, Cemeteries and Records
- Montgomery County, Cemetery Records
- Muscatine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Muscatine County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Muscatine County, Cemeteries
- Muscatine County, Cemeteries and Records
- Muscatine County, Cemetery Records
- O’Brien County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- O’Brien County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- O’Brien County, Cemeteries
- O’Brien County, Cemeteries and Records
- O’Brien County, Cemetery Records
- Osceola County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Osceola County, Cemeteries
- Osceola County, Cemeteries and Records
- Osceola County, Cemetery Records
- Page County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Page County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Page County, Cemeteries
- Page County, Cemeteries and Records
- Page County, Cemetery Records
- Palo Alto County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Palo Alto County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Palo Alto County, Cemeteries
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- Palo Alto County, Cemetery Records
- Plymouth County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Plymouth County, Cemeteries
- Plymouth County, Cemeteries and Records
- Plymouth County, Cemetery Records
- Pocahontas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pocahontas County, Cemeteries
- Pocahontas County, Cemeteries and Records
- Pocahontas County, Cemetery Records
- Polk County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Polk County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Polk County, Cemeteries
- Polk County, Cemeteries and Records
- Polk County, Cemetery Records
- Pottawattamie County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pottawattamie County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pottawattamie County, Cemeteries
- Pottawattamie County, Cemeteries and Records
- Pottawattamie County, Cemetery Records
- Poweshiek County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Poweshiek County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Poweshiek County, Cemeteries and Records
- Poweshiek County, Cemetery Records
- Ringgold County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ringgold County, Cemeteries
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- Ringgold County, Cemetery Records
- Sac County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sac County, Cemeteries
- Sac County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sac County, Cemetery Records
- Scott County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Scott County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Scott County, Cemeteries and Records
- Scott County, Cemetery Records
- Shelby County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Shelby County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Shelby County, Cemeteries
- Shelby County, Cemeteries and Records
- Shelby County, Cemetery Records
- Sioux County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Sioux County, Cemetery Records
- Story County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Story County, Cemeteries
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- Story County, Cemetery Records
- Tama County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Tama County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Tama County, Cemetery Records
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- Union County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Union County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Union County, Cemetery Records
- Van Buren County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Van Buren County, Cemeteries
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- Wapello County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Washington County, Cemetery Records
- Wayne County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
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- Wayne County, Cemetery Records
- Webster County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Webster County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Webster County, Cemeteries
- Webster County, Cemeteries and Records
- Webster County, Cemetery Records
- Winnebago County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Winnebago County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Winnebago County, Cemeteries and Records
- Winnebago County, Cemetery Records
- Winneshiek County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Winneshiek County, Cemeteries
- Winneshiek County, Cemeteries and Records
- Winneshiek County, Cemetery Records
- Woodbury County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Woodbury County Cemeteries – Interment.net
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- Woodbury County, Cemeteries and Records
- Woodbury County, Cemetery Records
- Worth County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Worth County, Cemeteries
- Worth County, Cemeteries and Records
- Worth County, Cemetery Records
- Wright County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wright County, Cemeteries
- Wright County, Cemeteries and Records
- Wright County, Cemetery Records
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