
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 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
Nebraska
- Adams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adams County, Cemeteries
- Adams County, Cemeteries and Records
- Adams County, Cemetery Records
- Adams County, Morrisville Cemetery
- Allen, Springbank Friends Cemetery, 1852-1974
- Alliance, Tombstone Inscriptions of the Alliance Cemetery
- Antelope County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Antelope County, Cemeteries
- Antelope County, Cemeteries and Records
- Antelope County, Cemetery Records
- Arthur County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Arthur County, Cemeteries and Records
- Aurora Cemetery, Cemetery Records Search
- Banner County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Banner County, Cemeteries
- Banner County, Cemeteries and Records
- Banner County, Cemetery Records
- Blaine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Blaine County, Cemeteries
- Blaine County, Cemeteries and Records
- Blaine County, Cemetery Records
- Boone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Boone County, Cemeteries
- Boone County, Cemeteries and Records
- Box Butte County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Box Butte County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Box Butte County, Cemeteries
- Box Butte County, Cemeteries and Records
- Box Butte County, Cemetery Records
- Box Butte County, Cemetery Records, 1883-2015
- Box Butte County, Hemingford and Rural Cemeteries
- Boyd County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Boyd County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Boyd County, Cemeteries
- Boyd County, Cemeteries and Records
- Boyd County, Cemetery Records
- Brown County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Brown County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Brown County, Cemeteries
- Brown County, Cemetery Records
- Buffalo County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Buffalo County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Buffalo County, Cemeteries
- Buffalo County, Cemeteries and Records
- Buffalo County, Cemetery Records
- Burt County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Burt County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Burt County, Cemeteries
- Burt County, Cemetery Records
- Butler County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Butler County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Butler County, Cemeteries
- Butler County, Cemetery Records
- Cass County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cass County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cass County, Cemeteries
- Cass County, Cemeteries and Records
- Cass County, Cemetery Records
- Cass County, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Records
- Cedar County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cedar County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cedar County, Cemeteries
- Cedar County, Cemetery Records
- Cemeteries Nebraska, Burial Index
- Chase County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chase County, Cemeteries
- Cherry County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cherry County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cherry County, Cemeteries
- Cherry County, Cemetery Records
- Cheyenne County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cheyenne County, Cemeteries
- Cheyenne County, Cemetery Records
- Clay County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clay County, Cemeteries
- Clay County, Cemetery Records
- Colfax County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Colfax County, Cemeteries
- Colfax County, Cemeteries and Records
- Colfax County, Cemetery Records
- Cuming and Stanton Counties, Lutheran Cemetery Records
- Cuming County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cuming County, Cemeteries
- Cuming County, Cemetery Records
- Custer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Custer County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Custer County, Cemeteries
- Dakota County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dakota County, Cemeteries
- Dakota County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dakota County, Cemetery Records
- Dawes County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dawes County, Cemeteries
- Dawes County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dawes County, Cemetery Records
- Dawes County, Cemetery Records, 1870-1992
- Dawson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dawson County, Cemeteries
- Dawson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dawson County, Cemetery Records
- Deuel County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Deuel County, Cemeteries
- Deuel County, Cemetery Records
- Dixon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dixon County, Cemeteries
- Dixon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dixon County, Cemetery Records
- Dodge County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dodge County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Dodge County, Cemeteries
- Dodge County, Cemeteries
- Dodge County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dodge County, Cemetery Records
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Douglas County, Cemeteries
- Douglas County, Cemeteries and Records
- Douglas County, Cemetery Records
- Dundy County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dundy County, Cemeteries
- Edgar, Clay County, Edgar Cemetery
- Farnam, Farnam Cemetery, Inscription Search
- Fillmore County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fillmore County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fillmore County, Cemeteries
- Fillmore County, Cemeteries and Records
- Fillmore County, Cemetery Records
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Franklin County, Cemeteries
- Franklin County, Cemeteries, 1827-2000
- Franklin County, Cemetery Records
- Frontier County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Frontier County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Frontier County, Cemeteries
- Frontier County, Cemeteries and Records
- Frontier County, Cemetery Records
- Furnas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Furnas County, Cemeteries
- Furnas County, Cemeteries and Records
- Furnas County, Cemetery Records
- Gage County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gage County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Gage County, Cemeteries
- Gage County, Cemetery Records
- Garden County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Garden County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Garden County, Cemeteries
- Garden County, Cemetery Records
- Garfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Garfield County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Garfield County, Cemeteries
- Garfield County, Cemetery Records
- Geneva Public Cemetery, Interment Listing
- Gibbon and Shelton, Buffalo County, Cemetery Records
- Gosper County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gosper County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Gosper County, Cemeteries
- Gosper County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gosper County, Cemetery Records
- Grant County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grant County, Cemetery Records
- Greeley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Greeley County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Greeley County, Cemeteries
- Greeley County, Cemetery Records
- Hall County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hall County, Cemeteries
- Hall County, Cemetery Index
- Hamilton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hamilton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hamilton County, Cemeteries
- Hamilton County, Cemeteries and Records
- Hamilton County, Cemetery Records
- Harlan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Harlan County, Cemeteries
- Harlan County, Cemeteries and Records
- Harlan County, Cemetery Records
- Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records Index, 1909-1959
- Hastings, Parkview Cemetery, Burial Search
- Hayes County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hayes County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hayes County, Cemeteries
- Hayes County, Cemeteries and Records
- Hayes County, Cemetery Records
- Hebron, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Directory
- Hitchcock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hitchcock County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hitchcock County, Cemeteries
- Hitchcock County, Cemetery Records
- Holt County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Holt County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Holt County, Cemeteries
- Holt County, Cemeteries and Records
- Holt County, Cemetery Records
- Hooker County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hooker County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hooker County, Cemeteries
- Hooker County, Cemetery Records
- Howard County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Howard County, Cemeteries
- Howard County, Cemeteries and Records
- Howard County, Cemetery Records
- Humboldt, Cemetery, Burial List
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries
- Jefferson County, Cemetery Records
- Johnson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Johnson County, Cemeteries
- Johnson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Johnson County, Cemetery Records
- Kearney Cemetery, Online Interment Records
- Kearney County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kearney County, Cemeteries
- Kearney County, Cemetery Records
- Keith County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Keith County, Cemeteries
- Keith County, Cemetery Records
- Keya Paha County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Keya Paha County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Keya Paha County, Cemeteries
- Keya Paha County, Cemetery Records
- Kimball County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kimball County, Cemeteries
- Kimball County, Cemeteries and Records
- Kimball County, Cemetery Records
- Knox County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Knox County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Knox County, Cemeteries
- Knox County, Cemetery Records
- Lancaster County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lancaster County, Cemeteries
- Lancaster County, Cemetery Records
- Lancaster County, Cemetery Records
- Lancaster County, Cemetery Records
- Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records, 1864-1999
- Lancaster County, Wyuka Cemetery Burial Permits, 1883-1999
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries
- Lincoln County, Cemetery Records
- Lincoln County, Kock Cemetery Records
- Lincoln, Wyuka Cemetery, Grave Locator
- Logan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Logan County, Cemeteries
- Logan County, Cemetery Records
- Loup and Blaine County, Cemetery headstone Inscriptions, 1800-1970
- Loup County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Loup County, Cemeteries
- Loup County, Cemetery Records
- Madison County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Madison County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Madison County, Cemeteries
- Madison County, Cemetery Records
- McCook, Memorial Park and Riverview Cemeteries, Search
- McPherson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McPherson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- McPherson County, Cemeteries
- McPherson County, Cemetery Records
- Merrick County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Merrick County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Merrick County, Cemeteries
- Merrick County, Cemeteries and Records
- Merrick County, Cemetery Records
- Morrill County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Morrill County, Cemeteries
- Nance County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nance County, Cemeteries
- Nance County, Cemetery Records
- Nebraska / Iowa Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1861-1948
- Nebraska Cemeteries on the South Loop, Arnold Cemetery to November 1982; Garfield Table Cemetery to November 1982; Kilmer Cemetery to March 22, 1972; Powell Canyon Cemetery to October 1982
- Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project
- Nebraska Statewide Cemetery Registry Database
- Nebraska, Early Records : Marriage Records and Cemetery Inscriptions
- Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948
- Nebraska, Jewish Cemetreries
- Nemaha County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nemaha County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Nemaha County, Cemeteries
- Nemaha County, Cemetery Records
- North Platte Cemetery, Records Search
- Nuckolls County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nuckolls County, Cemeteries
- Nuckolls County, Cemetery Records
- Omaha Archdiocese, Burial Search
- Omaha, Prospect Hill Cemetery Interment Search
- Otoe County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Otoe County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Otoe County, Cemeteries
- Otoe County, Cemeteries and Records
- Otoe County, Cemetery Records
- Otoe, Cemetery Records, 1854-1907
- Pawnee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pawnee County, Cemeteries
- Perkins County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Perkins County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Perkins County, Cemeteries
- Perkins County, Cemeteries and Records
- Perkins County, Cemetery Records
- Phelps County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Phelps County, Cemeteries
- Phelps County, Cemetery Records
- Phelps County, Cemetery Records, 1890-1999
- Phelps County, Funk, Fridhem Lutheran Cemetery family group sheet book, 1870-2012
- Pierce County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pierce County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pierce County, Cemeteries
- Pierce County, Cemetery Records
- Platte County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Platte County, Cemeteries
- Platte County, Cemeteries and Records
- Platte 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
- Red Willow County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Red Willow County, Cemeteries
- Red Willow County, Cemetery Records
- Richardson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Richardson County, Cemeteries
- Richardson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Richardson County, Cemetery Records
- Rock County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rock County, Cemeteries
- Rock County, Cemetery Records
- Saline County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Saline County, Cemeteries
- Saline County, Cemeteries and Records
- Saline County, Cemetery Records
- Saline County, Jindra Cemetery
- Sarpy County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sarpy County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sarpy County, Cemeteries
- Sarpy County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sarpy County, Cemetery Records
- Saunders County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Saunders County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Saunders County, Cemeteries
- Saunders County, Cemeteries and Records
- Scotts Bluff County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Scotts Bluff County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Scotts Bluff County, Cemeteries
- Scottsbluff, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Listings
- Seward County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Seward County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Seward County, Cemeteries
- Seward County, Cemetery Records
- Sheridan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sheridan County, Cemeteries
- Sheridan County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sheridan County, Cemetery Records
- Sherman County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sherman County, Cemeteries
- Sherman County, Cemetery Records
- Sidney, Greenwood Cemetery, Interment Records
- Sioux County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sioux County, Cemeteries
- Sioux County, Cemetery Records
- Southern Gage County, Cemetery Rosters
- Stanton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stanton County, Cemeteries
- Stanton County, Cemeteries and Records
- Thayer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Thayer County, Cemeteries
- Thayer County, Cemeteries and Records
- Thayer County, Cemetery Records
- Thomas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Thomas County, Cemeteries
- Thomas County, Cemetery Records
- Thurston County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Thurston County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Thurston County, Cemeteries
- Thurston County, Cemeteries and Records
- Valley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Valley County, Cemeteries
- Valley County, Cemeteries and Records
- Washington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Washington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Washington County, Cemeteries
- Washington County, Cemetery Records
- Washington County, Blair Cemetery Burials
- Washington County, Burial Search
- Wayne County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wayne County, Cemeteries
- Wayne County, Cemeteries and Records
- Wayne County, Cemetery Records
- Webster County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Webster County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Webster County, Cemeteries
- Webster County, Cemetery Records
- Wheeler County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wheeler County, Cemeteries
- Wheeler County, Cemetery Records
- York County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- York County, Cemeteries
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