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
- 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 February 2023)
Maryland 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
Maryland
- Aberdeen 2, Harford Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Aberdeen, Baker Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Aberdeen, Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Allegany County Cemeteries
- Allegany County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Allegany County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Allegany County Cemetery Records
- Allegany County, Monument Records collection, 1920-1994
- Allegany County, Westernport, Cemetery Records
- Annapolis, Annapolis National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Anne Arundel County Cemeteries
- Anne Arundel County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Anne Arundel County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Anne Arundel County Cemeteries and Records
- Anne Arundel County Cemetery Records
- Anne Arundel County, Cemeteries and Records
- Anne Arundel County, Inscriptions from Graves
- Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore 14, Gardens of Faith Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore City and County, Fairview United Methodist Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Falls Road United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Govans Presbyterian Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Grace Falls Road United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Mays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, Sherwood Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, St. Mary-s Catholic Cemetery
- Baltimore City and County, St. Paul-s Lutheran Cemetery
- Baltimore City Cemeteries
- Baltimore City Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Baltimore City Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Baltimore City Cemeteries and Records
- Baltimore City Cemetery Records
- Baltimore County Cemeteries
- Baltimore County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Baltimore County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Baltimore County Cemeteries and Records
- Baltimore County Cemetery Records
- Baltimore County, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Baltimore, Baltimore Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Baltimore National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Catholic Church. New Cathedral Cemetery, Interment books and plat books, 1871-1977
- Baltimore, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986
- Baltimore, Greemount Cemetery, Records
- Baltimore, Greenmount Cemetery, Dedication and Lot Holders
- Baltimore, Greenmount Cemetery, List of Lotholders
- Baltimore, Immanuel Lutheran German Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Baltimore, Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Mount Auburn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Burial List
- Baltimore, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1849-1984
- Baltimore, New Cathedral Cemetery, Burials
- Baltimore, Parkwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Saint Mary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baltimore, Tombstone Inscriptions taken from Graveyard of Faith Presbyterian Church and Glendy Graveyard
- Baltimore, Old Govanstown, Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Beallsville, Montgomery County, Tombstone Records, Monocacy Cemetery
- Bel Air, Bel Air Memorial Gardens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bestgate Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Brooklyn Park, Cedar Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Brooklyn Park, Holy Cross Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Brunswick, Park Heights Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Burtonsville, Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Calvert County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Calvert County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Calvert County Cemetery Records
- Cambridge, Bethel Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Caroline County Cemeteries
- Caroline County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Caroline County Cemeteries and Records
- Caroline County Cemetery Records
- Carroll County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carroll County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Carroll County Cemeteries and Records
- Carroll County Cemetery Records
- Carroll County, Krider’s Cemetery, Westminister: and St. Benjamins Lutheran Cemetery, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Cecil County Cemeteries
- Cecil County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cecil County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cecil County Cemeteries and Records
- Cecil County Cemetery Records
- Cecil County, Tombstone Records
- Cecil County, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Centreville, Chesterfield Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Chaneyville, Maryland Cemeteries
- Charles County Cemeteries
- Charles County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Charles County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Charles County Cemetery Records
- Cheltenham, Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Churchville, Churchville Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Cockeysville, Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Cumberland, Rose Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Darlington, Darlington Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Darnestown, Darnestown United Presbyterian Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Davidsonville, Lakemont Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Adkins Family Cemetery – Hebron
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Athol Baptist Church Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Badley Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Beauchamp Howard Family Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Bradley Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Bramble Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Brown Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Calaway Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Collins Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Connoley Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Cooper – Bradley Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Cooper Family Cemetery – Wicomico County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Cruser Mill Farm Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Donoho Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Emmanuel Church Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Galestown Methodist Church Cemetery – Galestown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Galestown Methodist Church New Cemetery – Galestown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Giles Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Graham Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Gravenor-Bennett Family Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Griffin Family Cemetery – Worcester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Hastings Cemetery – Delmar
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Hitch Family Cemetery – Wicomico County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Insley Family Cemetery – Bivalve
- Delmarva Cemeteries, John Twiford Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Jones Family Cemetery – Wicomico County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Jones-Long Family Cemetery – Wicomico County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Lloyd Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Lowe Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Mardela Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Marine Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Marine Family Cemetery – Vienna
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Noah Howard Family Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Old Mardela Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Old Methodist Church Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Old Snethen Chapel Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Quinton Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Riverton United Methodist Church Cemetery – Riverton
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Robinson Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Russell Family Cemetery – Mardela
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Sebrease Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Sharptown Firemen’s Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Taylor’s Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Twiford Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Vincent Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Wallace Family Cemetery – Galestown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Weatherly-Bradley Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Wheatley Family Cemetery – Dorchester County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, William Taylor Family Cemetery – Wicomico County
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Wilson Family Cemetery – Athol
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Wright Family Cemetery – Sharptown
- Delmarva Cemeteries, Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery – San Domingo
- Dorchester County Cemeteries
- Dorchester County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dorchester County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Dorchester County Cemetery Records
- Dorchester County, Tombstone Records
- Dorchester County, Tombstone Records
- Dunkirk, Maryland Cemeteries
- Dunkirk, Southern Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Elkridge, Meadowridge Memorial Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Elkton, Elkton Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ellicott City, Good Shepherd Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ellicott City, Saint John Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Epiphany Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Finksburg, Evergreen Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Flintstone, Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Forest Glen, Vital Records, St. John’s Church
- Frederick and St. Mary’s Counties, Three Maryland Cemeteries
- Frederick County Cemeteries
- Frederick County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Frederick County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Frederick County Cemeteries and Records
- Frederick County Cemetery Records
- Frederick, Fairview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Frederick, Mount Olivet Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Frostburg, Perry Cemetery, Burial List
- Gaithersburg, Forest Oak Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Garrett County Cemeteries
- Garrett County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Garrett County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Garrett County Cemeteries and Records
- Garrett County Cemetery Records
- Glen Arm, Villa Maria – Billion Graves
- Glen Burnie, Glen Haven Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Hagerstown, Rose Hill Cemetery, Burials
- Hampstead, Saint John Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Harford County Cemeteries
- Harford County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Harford County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Harford County Cemeteries and Records
- Harford County Cemetery Records
- Harford County, Tombstone Records
- Havre de Grace, Angel Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Havre de Grace, Mt. Erin Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Havre de Grace, Rock Run Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Honga, Dorchester County, Old Hoopers Island Graveyard
- Howard County Cemeteries
- Howard County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Howard County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Howard County Cemeteries and Records
- Howard County Cemetery Records
- Howard County, Tombstone Inscriptions from a few Cemeteries
- Huntington, Maryland Cemeteries
- Hydes, Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Jacksonville, Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery Records
- Kent County Cemeteries
- Kent County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kent County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kent County Cemetery Records
- Laurel, Ivy Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Laurel, Maryland National Memorial Park, Cemetery Records, 1936-1987
- Leonardtown, Charles Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Lothian, Cemeteries
- Madonna, Harford County, Bethel Presbyterian Church
- Marriottsville, Crestlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Marriottsville, Mount View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Maryland and the District of Columbia, Historic Graves, with the Inscriptions appearing on the Tombstones
- Middletown, Middletown African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Montgomery County Cemeteries
- Montgomery County Cemeteries
- Montgomery County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Montgomery County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Montgomery County Cemeteries and Records
- Montgomery County Cemetery Records
- Mt Airy, Pine Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Nottingham, Saint Joseph Cemetery Fullerton – Billion Graves
- Owings Mills, Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Parkville, Moreland Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Pikesville, Druid Ridge Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Port Tobacco, Saint Ignatius Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Prince Frederick, Maryland Cemeteries
- Prince George County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Prince George’s County Cemeteries
- Prince George’s County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Prince George’s County Cemeteries and Records
- Prince George’s County Cemetery Records
- Prince Georges County, Tombstone Records
- Queen Anne County Cemeteries
- Queen Anne County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Queen Anne County Cemetery Records
- Queen Anne’s County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Randallstown, Chevra Ahavas Chesed Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rising Sun, Brookview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rising Sun, Rosebank Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rockville, Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens – Billion Graves
- Rockville, Rockville Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rockville, Union Armory Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Saint Mary County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Salisbury, Wicomico County, Parson’s Cemetery Records
- Salisbury, Wicomico Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Sharpsburg, Antietam National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Silver Spring, Gate of Heaven Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Silver Spring, Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Somerset County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Somerset County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Somerset County Cemetery Records
- Southern Anne Arundel County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- St. Mary’s County Cemeteries
- St. Mary’s County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- St. Mary’s County Cemeteries and Records
- St. Mary’s County Cemetery Records
- St. Mary’s County, Cemetery Inscriptions
- St. Mary’s County, Pt. Lookout Confederate Cemetery
- Suitland, Cedar Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Suitland-Silver Hill, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sykesville, Springfield Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Talbot County Cemeteries
- Talbot County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Talbot County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Talbot County Cemetery Records
- Warwick, Burial Register of the “Old Bohemia” St. Xavier Church
- Warwick, Catholic Church. Saint Francis Xavier-Old Bohemia, Cemetery Records
- Washington County Cemeteries
- Washington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Washington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Washington County Cemeteries and Records
- Washington County Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Cemeteries, Inscriptions and Burials
- Washington County, Records of Cemeteries
- Washington, Cemetery and Death Records
- Westminster, Meadow Branch Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Westminster, Saint John Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Westminster, Saint Mary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wicomico County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wicomico County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wicomico County Cemetery Records
- Williamsport, Greenlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Woodensburg, Baltimore County, Blizzard Family Grave yard, 1876-1901
- Woodlawn Baltimore, Lorraine Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Interment Records 1883-1929, Lorraine Park Cemetery & Mausoleum
- Worcester County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Worcester County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Worcester County Cemetery Records
- Worcester County, Old Burial Grounds
- Wye House, Talbot County, Tombstone Inscriptions and map of Graves
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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For all Free Maryland Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Digital Archives
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Institutional Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Place Finder
Probate and Wills
Research Toolkit
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
