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)
Minnesota 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
Minnesota
- Aitkin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Aitkin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Aitkin County Cemeteries and Records
- Aitkin County Cemetery List
- Aitkin County Cemetery Records
- Amiret Township, Cemetery Records
- Anoka County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Anoka County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Anoka County Cemeteries and Records
- Anoka County Cemetery List
- Anoka County Cemetery Records
- Anoka, Forest Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Apple Valley, Lebanon Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Atwater, Atwater Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Becker County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Becker County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Becker County Cemeteries and Records
- Becker County Cemetery List
- Becker County Cemetery Records
- Beltrami County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Beltrami County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Beltrami County Cemeteries and Records
- Beltrami County Cemetery List
- Bemidji, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bemidji, Greenwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Benton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Benton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Benton County Cemeteries and Records
- Benton County Cemetery List
- Benton County Cemetery Records
- Big Stone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Big Stone County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Big Stone County Cemeteries and Records
- Big Stone County Cemetery List
- Bloomington, Dawn Valley Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Blue Earth County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Blue Earth County Cemeteries and Records
- Blue Earth County Cemetery List
- Blue Earth County Cemetery Records
- Blue Earth County, Glenwood Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1869-1990
- Brainerd, Evergreen Cemetery Association Directory of the Dead
- Brown County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Brown County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Brown County Cemetery List
- Carlton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carlton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Carlton County Cemeteries and Records
- Carlton County Cemetery Records
- Carver County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carver County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Carver County Cemeteries and Records
- Carver County Cemetery List
- Cass County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cass County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cass County Cemeteries and Records
- Cass County Cemetery List
- Cass County Cemetery Records
- Cass Lake, Pine Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Chippewa County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chippewa County Cemeteries and Records
- Chippewa County Cemetery List
- Chippewa County Cemetery Records
- Chisago County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chisago County Cemetery List
- Clay County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clay County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Clay County Cemeteries and Records
- Clay County Cemetery List
- Clay County Cemetery Records
- Clearwater County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clearwater County Cemeteries and Records
- Clearwater County Cemetery List
- Clearwater County Cemetery Records
- Cook County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cook County Cemeteries and Records
- Cook County Cemetery List
- Cook County Cemetery Records
- Coon Creek Township, Cemetery Records
- Coon Rapids, Epiphany Catholic Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Coon Rapids, Morningside Memorial Gardens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Cottonwood city, Cemetery Records
- Cottonwood County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cottonwood County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cottonwood County Cemeteries and Records
- Cottonwood County Cemetery List
- Crookston, Oakdale Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Crow Wing County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Crow Wing County Cemeteries and Records
- Crow Wing County Cemetery List
- Crow Wing County Cemetery Records
- Custer Township, Cemetery Records
- Dakota County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dakota County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Dakota County Cemeteries and Records
- Dakota County Cemetery Records
- Delano, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Delano, Delano Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Detroit Lakes, Oak Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dodge County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dodge County Cemeteries and Records
- Dodge County Cemetery Records
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Douglas County Cemeteries and Records
- Douglas County Cemetery List
- Douglas County Cemetery Records
- Douglas County, Cemeteries and Burial sites, 1800’s-1900’s
- Douglas County, Obituaries by Cemetery, 1800-2005
- Duluth, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Duluth, Calvary Cemetery, Burial Index
- Duluth, Oneota Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Eidsvold Township, Cemetery Records
- Elk River, Orono Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ellsworth, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Cemetery Record book, 1961
- Ellsworth, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Church and Cemetery Records, 1894-1982
- Ely Cemetery, Burial Index
- Fairview Township, Cemetery Records
- Faribault County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Faribault County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Faribault County Cemeteries and Records
- Faribault County Cemetery List
- Faribault County Cemetery Record, ca. 1857-1990
- Faribault County Cemetery Records
- Faribault, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Faribault, Maple Lawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Faribault, Meadow Ridge Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Fergus Falls, Oak Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fillmore County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fillmore County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fillmore County Cemeteries and Records
- Fillmore County Cemetery List
- Fillmore County Cemetery Records
- Fillmore County, Hongerholt Cemetery
- Fillmore County, Kopperud Cemetery
- Fort Snelling, Fort Snelling National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Freeborn County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Freeborn County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Freeborn County Cemeteries and Records
- Freeborn County Cemetery List
- Goodhue County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Goodhue County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Goodhue County Cemeteries and Records
- Goodhue County Cemetery List
- Grandview Township, Cemetery Records
- Grant County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grant County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Grant County Cemeteries and Records
- Grant County Cemetery List
- Hastings, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Hennepin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hennepin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hennepin County Cemeteries and Records
- Hennepin County Cemetery List
- Hennepin County Cemetery Records
- Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926
- Hennepin County, Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Record Search
- Hibbing Cemeteries, Burial Search
- Hines, Lakeview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Houston County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Houston County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Houston County Cemeteries and Records
- Houston County Cemetery List
- Hubbard County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hubbard County Cemeteries and Records
- Hubbard County Cemetery List
- Hubbard County Cemetery Records
- Isanti County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Isanti County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Isanti County Cemeteries and Records
- Isanti County Cemetery List
- Isanti County Cemetery Records
- Isanti, Isanti Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Island Lake Township, Cemetery Records
- Itasca County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Itasca County Cemeteries and Records
- Itasca County Cemetery List
- Itasca County Cemetery Records
- Itasca County, Cemeteries
- Jackson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jackson County Cemeteries and Records
- Jackson County Cemetery List
- Jackson County Cemetery Records
- Jordan, Calvary Cemetery, Burials
- Kanabec County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kanabec County Cemeteries and Records
- Kanabec County Cemetery List
- Kanabec County Cemetery Records
- Kandiyohi County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kandiyohi County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kandiyohi County Cemeteries and Records
- Kandiyohi County Cemetery List
- Kandiyohi County Cemetery Records
- Kittson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kittson County Cemeteries and Records
- Kittson County Cemetery List
- Koochiching County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Koochiching County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Koochiching County Cemeteries and Records
- Koochiching County Cemetery List
- Kurtz Township, Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lac qui Parle County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lac Qui Parle County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lac Qui Parle County Cemeteries and Records
- Lac Qui Parle County Cemetery List
- Lake County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lake County Cemetery List
- Lake of the Woods County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lake of the Woods County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lake of the Woods County Cemeteries and Records
- Lake of the Woods County Cemetery List
- Lake of the Woods County Cemetery Records
- Le Sueur County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Le Sueur County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Le Sueur County Cemeteries and Records
- Le Sueur County Cemetery List
- Le Sueur County Cemetery Records
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County Cemetery List
- Lincoln Township, South Lincoln Cemetery, Cemetery Records, ca. 1867-1976
- Little Falls, Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lucas Township, Cemetery Records
- Lynd Township, Cemetery Records
- Lyon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lyon County Cemetery List
- Lyon County Cemetery Records
- Lyon County, Cemeteries
- Lyons Township, Cemetery Records
- Madison, Hayden Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mahnomen County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mahnomen County Cemeteries and Records
- Mahnomen County Cemetery List
- Mahnomen County Cemetery Records
- Mankato, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mankato, Glenwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mankato, Tivoli Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Mankato, Minneopa Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1881-1989
- Mankato; Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Maple Grove, Saint Patrick Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Maplewood, Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Marshall County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Marshall County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Marshall County Cemeteries and Records
- Marshall County Cemetery List
- Marshall County Cemetery Records
- Martin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Martin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Martin County Cemetery List
- Martin County Cemetery Records
- Martin County, Cemeteries, ca. 1800-2000
- McLeod County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McLeod County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- McLeod County Cemeteries and Records
- McLeod County Cemetery List
- McLeod County Cemetery Records
- Medina, Holy Name Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Meeker County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Meeker County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Meeker County Cemeteries and Records
- Meeker County Cemetery List
- Meeker County Cemetery Records
- Mendota Heights, Church of Saint Peter Historic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mille Lacs County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mille Lacs County Cemeteries and Records
- Mille Lacs County Cemetery List
- Mille Lacs County Cemetery Records
- Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, Burial Search
- Minneapolis, Lakewood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Minneapolis, Lakewood Cemetery, Burial Search
- Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery, Cemetery Records, ca. 1853-1926
- Minneapolis, Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, 1853-1939
- Minneapolis, St. Mary’s Cemetery
- Minnesota Gravestones, Cemeteries and Photos
- Minnesota, Dalby Database, Cemetery Database Search
- Minnesota, Germanic Genealogy Society, Cemetery Transcriptions
- Minnesota, Jewish Cemeteries
- Minnesota, Veterans Graves Registration Index
- Minnetonka, Saint Margaret Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Monroe Township, Cemetery Records
- Mora, Cemetery Records, ca. 1884-1998
- Morris, Summit Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Morrison County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Morrison County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Morrison County Cemeteries and Records
- Morrison County Cemetery List
- Morrison County Cemetery Records
- Morristown, Riverside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mower County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mower County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Mower County Cemeteries and Records
- Mower County Cemetery List
- Mower County Cemetery Records
- Murray County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Murray County Cemeteries and Records
- Murray County Cemetery List
- Murray County Cemetery Records
- New Haven Township, St. Michael’s Catholic Church Cemetery Records
- New Ulm, New Ulm City Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1859-1989
- Nicollet County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nicollet County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Nicollet County Cemeteries and Records
- Nicollet County Cemetery List
- Nicollet County Cemetery Records
- Nicollet, Cemetery and Church Records, 1898-1935
- Nobles County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nobles County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Nobles County Cemeteries and Records
- Nobles County Cemetery List
- Nobles County Cemetery Records
- Nordland Township, Cemetery Records
- Norman County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Norman County Cemetery List
- Norman County Cemetery Records
- Northfield, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Northfield, Northfield Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Northfield, Oak Lawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Oakdale, Guardian Angels Catholic Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Olmsted County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Olmsted County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Olmsted County Cemeteries and Records
- Olmsted County Cemetery List
- Olmsted County Cemetery Records
- Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998
- Ortonville, Mound Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Otter Tail County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Otter Tail County Cemeteries and Records
- Otter Tail County Cemetery List
- Otter Tail County Cemetery Records
- Pennington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pennington County Cemetery List
- Pine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pine County Cemeteries and Records
- Pine County Cemetery List
- Pine County Cemetery Records
- Pine County, Czech Cemetery, 1827-1972
- Pipestone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pipestone County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pipestone County Cemetery List
- Pipestone County Cemetery Records
- Pleasant Grove, Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Polk County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Polk County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Polk County Cemeteries and Records
- Polk County Cemetery List
- Polk County Cemetery Records
- Pope County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pope County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pope County Cemeteries and Records
- Pope County Cemetery List
- Preston, Fillmore County, Greenwood Cemetery Records
- Ramsey County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ramsey County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Ramsey County Cemeteries and Records
- Ramsey County Cemetery List
- Ramsey, Trott Brook Cemetery inventory
- Red Lake County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Red Lake County Cemetery List
- Redwood County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Redwood County Cemeteries and Records
- Redwood County Cemetery List
- Redwood County Cemetery Records
- Renville County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Renville County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Renville County Cemeteries and Records
- Renville County Cemetery List
- Renville County Cemetery Records
- Rice County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rice County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Rice County Cemeteries and Records
- Rice County Cemetery List
- Rice County Cemetery Records
- Richfield, Church of The Assumption Catholic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rochester, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rochester, Grandview Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Rochester, Oakwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rock County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Rock County Cemeteries and Records
- Rock County Cemetery List
- Rock County Cemetery Records
- Rock Lake Township, Cemeteries
- Rock, Nobles County, Westside Township Cemetery
- Roseau County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Roseau County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Roseau County Cemeteries and Records
- Roseau County Cemetery List
- Roseville, Roselawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Roseville, Roselawn Cemetery, Burial Record Search
- Saint Joseph, Saint Benedicts Convent Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Saint Louis County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Scott County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Scott County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Scott County Cemeteries and Records
- Scott County Cemetery List
- Scott County Cemetery Records
- Shakopee, Valley Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sherburne County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sherburne County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sherburne County Cemeteries, Index to Burials, 1855-1910
- Sherburne County Cemetery List
- Shorewood, Resurrection Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sibley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sibley County Cemeteries and Records
- Sibley County Cemetery List
- Sibley County Cemetery Records
- Sioux Agency, Yellow Medicine County, Rock Valley Cemetery, Record of interments, 1911-1991
- St Paul, Riverview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- St. Joseph, St. Joseph Parish Cemetery – Billion Graves
- St. Louis County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- St. Louis County Cemetery List
- St. Louis County Cemetery Records
- St. Peter and Vicinity, Veteran Burials
- St. Peter, Scandian Grove Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- St. Peter, Cemetery file for Calvary, Hebron, Evang. Lutheran, Ft. Ridgely, First Meth., Kerns, St. Hosp., Zions Evang.
- St. Peter, Cemetery file for clippings (general)
- St. Peter, Cemetery file for Sauer, Episcopal Church, Woodlawn, Dodd Road, Green Lawn
- St. Peter, Cemetery Records File
- St. Peter; File for Green Lawn Cemetery, also called Traverse Cemetery
- Stearns County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stearns County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Stearns County Cemeteries and Records
- Stearns County Cemetery List
- Stearns County Cemetery Records
- Steele County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Steele County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Steele County Cemeteries and Records
- Steele County Cemetery List
- Steele County Cemetery Records
- Steele County, Cemeteries by Township, 1865-2006
- Stevens County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stevens County Cemeteries and Records
- Stevens County Cemetery List
- Stevens County Cemetery Records
- Stevens County, Cemetery Records, 1850’s-2000’s
- Swift County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Swift County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Swift County Cemeteries and Records
- Swift County Cemetery List
- Todd County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Todd County Cemeteries and Records
- Todd County Cemetery List
- Todd County Cemetery Records
- Traverse County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Traverse County Cemeteries and Records
- Traverse County Cemetery List
- Traverse County Cemetery Records
- Wabasha County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wabasha County Cemeteries and Records
- Wabasha County Cemetery List
- Wabasha County Cemetery Records
- Wadena County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wadena County Cemetery List
- Wadena County Cemetery Records
- Waseca County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Waseca County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Waseca County Cemeteries and Records
- Waseca County Cemetery List
- Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards, ca.1860-1992
- Waseca County, Cemetery Records, 1850’s-2006
- Washington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Washington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Washington County Cemeteries and Records
- Washington County Cemetery List
- Washington County Cemetery Records
- Watonwan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Watonwan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Watonwan County Cemeteries and Records
- Watonwan County Cemetery List
- Wayzata, Groveland Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wilkin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wilkin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wilkin County Cemetery List
- Wilkin County Cemetery Records
- Winona County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Winona County Cemeteries and Records
- Winona County Cemetery List
- Winona County Cemetery Records
- Wright County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wright County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wright County Cemeteries and Records
- Wright County Cemetery List
- Wright County Cemetery Records
- Yellow Medicine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Yellow Medicine County Cemeteries and Records
- Yellow Medicine County Cemetery List
- Yellow Medicine County, Burial Roster, 1850-1970
- Yellow Medicine County, Cemetery Inscriptions
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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