(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 that are available for free online.
Maine 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
Maine
- Albany, Vital Records and Inscriptions, 1794-1944
- Albion, Cemetery Index
- Androscoggin County Cemeteries
- Androscoggin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Androscoggin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Androscoggin County Cemeteries and Records
- Androscoggin County Cemetery Records
- Appleton, Pine Grove Cemetery
- Appleton, Warren and Bristol, Cemetery Records
- Aroostook County Cemeteries
- Aroostook County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Aroostook County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Aroostook County Cemeteries and Records
- Aroostook County, Houlton, Winn Boutilier Family and Cemetery Collection
- Atkinson, Vital Records 1819-1901; Cemetery Records
- Auburn, Androscoggin County, Oak Hill Cemetery
- Auburn, St. Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, 1870-1976
- Augusta, Cemeteries Burial Directory
- Augusta, Forest Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bangor, Burials in Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Bangor, Mount Hope Cemetery, Interment Records
- Bangor, Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bangor, Mt. Hope Cemetery, History
- Bangor, Municipal Cemeteries, Interment Records
- Bath Road, Brunswick, Pine Grove Cemetery
- Belfast City Cemetery, Interment Index
- Belgrade,, Records, ca. 1796-1883
- Berwick, York County, Burial Inscriptions
- Berwick, York County, Burial Inscriptions to the Year 1922
- Blue Hill, The Old Cemetery, 1794
- Boothbay, and Boothbay Harbor, Cemeteries, 1770-1939
- Bowdoin and Wellington, Remote Cemeteries
- Bowdoinham, Cemetery Record Search
- Brewer, Cemetery Records
- Bristol, Lincoln County, Johns Bay, Old Fort Pemaquid Cemetery, Inscriptions
- Brooksville, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Brunswick, Cemeteries
- Calais, Red Beach Cemetery, Inscriptions of stones
- Camden Public Library, Local Cemetery Database
- Cape Elizabeth, Riverside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Carmel, Miscellaneous Records
- China Village, Kennebec County Cemeteries
- China, Kennebec County, Cemetery Records
- Corinna, Record Book
- Cornish, Record Book
- Cumberland County Cemeteries
- Cumberland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cumberland County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cumberland County Cemeteries and Records
- Cumberland, Cemeteries
- Deer Isle, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Dover, Cemeteries Records
- Dover-Foxcroft, Cemeteries
- Durham Area, Cemeteries
- East Bangor, Penobscot County, East Bangor Cemetery
- East Palermo, Cemetery
- Eddington, Town and Vital Records 1802-1922
- Edgecomb, Records
- Eliot, Cemetery
- Eliot, Private Cemetery
- Eliot, Private Cemetery of the Farmer Family
- Fairfield, Waldoboro and Starks, Records
- Flagstaff, Cemetery stones Copied from Flagstaff Cemetery
- Franklin County Cemeteries
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Franklin County Cemeteries and Records
- Franklin County, Cemeteries
- Franklin County, Forty-five Cemeteries Located in Avon, Farmington, Industry, Madrid, Phillips, Salem, Strong, & Carthage
- Franklin County, Thirty six Cemeteries
- Fryeburg, Chandler Yard and Pike’s Hill Burying Ground
- Gorham, Eastern Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Gorham, West Hollis and Groveville, Cemetery Records
- Gray, Early Vital Records Copied from the Town Records, 1778-1891
- Greenwood, Gravestone Records
- Greenwood, Town and Vital Records, 1797-1920
- Guilford Cemeteries, Names
- Hancock County Cemeteries
- Hancock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hancock County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hancock County Cemeteries and Records
- Hancock County Cemetery Records
- Hancock County, Cemetery Records
- Hancock County, Ellesworth, Sundae Robbins Collection, Cemeteries, 1800-2003
- Hancock County, Records
- Harrington, Birth Records and Inscriptions from Cemeteries
- Hope, Knox County, Hope Cemetery
- Jonesport, Greenwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kennebec and Sagadahoc Counties, Cemetery Inscriptions and Family Records
- Kennebec County Cemeteries
- Kennebec County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kennebec County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kennebec County Cemeteries and Records
- Kennebec County Cemetery Records
- Kennebec County, Cemeteries
- Kennebec County, Togus National Cemetery Records 1822-1959
- Kennebunkport, Cemeteries
- Kittery, Cemetery of the First Parish Congregational Church
- Knox County Cemeteries
- Knox County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Knox County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Knox County Cemeteries and Records
- Knox County Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-2007
- Knox County, Cemetery Records, 1600-present
- Knox County, Town of Union, Cemetery Records, 1986-2008
- Knox, Glen Cove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Knox, Rockland Cemetery Records, 1984-1993
- La Grange, Town and Vital Records 1832-1913
- Leeds, Androscoggin County, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Leeds, Androscoggin County, Gravestone Inscriptions from Cemeteries
- Lewiston Burials: 1922-1934
- Lewiston, 26 Smaller Area Cemeteries (dates vary)
- Lewiston, Cemetery Records, ca. 1770-1900
- Lewiston, Mt. Hope Cemetery Records: 1884 – 1999
- Lewiston, Riverside Cemetery Records: 1805 – 1996
- Lewiston, St. Peter and Paul Cemetery Records: 1870 – 1992
- Lincoln County Cemeteries
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County Cemeteries and Records
- Lincoln County, Bristol, Cemetery Records, 1700-2000
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries
- Lincoln County, Miscellaneous Records
- Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Somerset, Waldo Counties, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Lisbon, Vital Records and Inscriptions
- Livermore, Vital and Town Records, 1797-1910
- Maine Cemeteries, Inscriptions from Forty-two Cemeteries
- Maine Genealogy Archives, Cemetery Records
- Maine, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Maine, Cemetery Records
- Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990
- Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999
- Maine, Jewish Cemeteries
- Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980
- Maine, Old Cemetery Association Cemetery Inscription Project
- Maine, Old Cemetery Association Cemetery Inscription Project
- Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014
- Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014
- Maine, Tombstones
- Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records and Burial Search
- Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918
- Maine, Cemetery Index of Veterans
- Maine, MOCA Cemetery Inscription Project
- Maine, Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, 1735-2006
- Millbridge, Evergreen Cemetery Inscriptions
- Milo, Piscataquis County, Evergreen Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Minot, Vital Records, 1795-1888
- Moose River, Tombstone Inscriptions of Holden Cemetery
- New Sweden, Vital Records, 1873-1954
- Newry, Gravestone Records
- North Cutler, Cemetery Inscriptions
- North Freeport, Route 125, unnamed Cemetery, 1983
- North Haven, Cemetery Records
- North Windham, Arlington Cemetery – Billion Graves
- North Yarmouth, Vital Records of to the Year 1850
- Norway, Cemetery Records
- Old Town, Cemetery Records
- Oxford County Cemeteries
- Oxford County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Oxford County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Oxford County Cemeteries and Records
- Penobscot County Cemeteries
- Penobscot County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Penobscot County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Penobscot County Cemeteries and Records
- Penobscot, Gravestone Inscriptions, bearing Date of Death Prior to A.D. 1876
- Penobscot, Waldo, Hancock and Lincoln Counties, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Penobscot, Vital Statistics from Town Records
- Piscataquis County Cemeteries
- Piscataquis County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Piscataquis County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Piscataquis County Cemeteries and Records
- Portland and Flagstaff Cemetery Records
- Portland Catholic Diocese, Cemetery Search
- Portland, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Portland, Evergreen Cemetery, Burial Search
- Portland, Cemetery Stones Copied from Eastern Cemetery and Western Cemetery
- Riley Plantation, Gravestones Inscriptions
- Rockland & Vicinity, Knox, Waldo & Hancock Counties, Cemetery Records
- Rockland, Achorn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rockland, Bangor and Newcastle, Family Records
- Saco, Laurel Hill Cemetery Inscriptions
- Sagadahoc County Cemeteries
- Sagadahoc County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sagadahoc County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sagadahoc County Cemeteries and Records
- Sanford, Oakdale Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sanford, Saint Ignatius Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sedgwick, Hancock County Vital Records Volumes 1-2, Cemetery & Valuation Records
- Somerset County Cemeteries
- Somerset County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Somerset County Cemeteries and Records
- South Berwick, Oldfields Cemetery
- South Eliot, Mount Pleasant Cemetery – Billion Graves
- South Portland, Mount Pleasant Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Springvale, Riverside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Thomaston, Cemetery Inscriptions – Village Cemetery and Elm Grove Cemetery
- Unity, Cemetery Data
- Waldo County Cemeteries
- Waldo County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Waldo County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Waldo County Cemeteries and Records
- Waldo County Cemetery Records
- Waldo County, Cemeteries
- Waldoboro, Vital Records, 1773 to March 1835
- Washington County Cemeteries
- Washington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Washington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Washington County Cemeteries and Records
- Washington County, Cemetery Records, from 1800
- Washington County, Charlotte, Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Meddybemps, Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Pembroke, Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Princeton, Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Robbinston, Cemetery Records
- Waterboro Center, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Waterville, Pine Grove Cemetery, Cemetery Lot Database
- Waterville, Pine Grove Cemetery, Grave stone Inscriptions
- Wayne, Beech Hill Cemetery
- Wells, Cemetery Listings
- Wells, Ocean View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wesley, Washington County, Records of Burials in Wesley Cemetery
- Westbrook, Highland Lake Cemetery, Record of Burials, 1802-1992
- Westbrook, Saccarappa Cemetery, All Dates and Names readable in 1962
- Westbrook, Saccarappa Cemetery, Record of Burials, ca. 1836-1992
- Westbrook, Woodlawn Cemetery. Record of Burials, 1914-1992
- Westbuxton, York County, Hillcrest Cemetery
- Westport Island, Cemeteries
- Westport, Records
- Winslow, Town and Vital Records, 1771-1892
- Winthrop, Burials
- Winthrop, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Wiscasset, Vital Records
- York and Oxford Counties, Records
- York County Cemeteries
- York County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- York County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- York, Cemetery Records
- York County Cemeteries and Records
- York County, Cemeteries
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!