
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)
New Hampshire 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
New Hampshire
- Acworth, Epitaphs and known unmarked Graves
- Acworth,, Inscriptions from the ancient Gravestones
- Amherst, Meadow View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bedford Cemeteries, Decedent Listings
- Belknap County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Belknap County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Belknap County Cemeteries and Burials
- Belknap County, Cemeteries
- Belknap County, Cemeteries and Records
- Belknap County, Cemetery Records
- Belmont, Cemeteries
- Boscawen, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Bradford, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Brentwood, Gravestone Inscriptions from two Cemeteries
- Brentwood, Gravestone Inscriptions from two small Cemeteries
- Brookfield, Burial Ground Inventory
- Brookfield, Burial Permits
- Canterbury, Shell Meeting House Cemetery
- Canterbury, Some Gravestone Inscriptions
- Carroll County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carroll County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Carroll County Cemeteries and Burials
- Carroll County, Cemeteries
- Carroll County, Cemeteries and Records
- Carroll County, Cemetery Records
- Carroll, Coos, and Strafford Counties, Miscellaneous Cemeteries
- Charleston, St. Catherine’s Cemetery Records (1874-2000) and index
- Cheshire County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cheshire County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cheshire County Cemeteries and Burials
- Cheshire County, Cemeteries
- Cheshire County, Cemeteries and Records
- Claremont, Grave stone Records
- Claremont, Pleasant Street Cemetery
- Coos County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Coos County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Coos County Cemeteries and Burials
- Coös County, Cemeteries
- Coös County, Cemeteries and Records
- Danville, Gravestone Inscriptions from three Cemeteries
- Danville, New Cemetery
- Danville, Ye olde Cemetery
- Deerfield, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Dover, old private Cemetery
- Durham, Gravestone Inscriptions from Chesley Cemetery, Jones Cemetery
- Durham, Local Burial and Cemetery Records
- Durham, Two old Cemeteries
- East Kingston, Rockingham County, Cemetery Records
- East Kingston, Union Cemetery
- East Merrimack, Last Rest Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Exeter, Gravestone Inscriptions from a small Cemetery
- Farmington, Gravestone Inscriptions from Colbath-Knight Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Peavey Cemetery, Place-Roberts Family Cemetery, Walker Cemetery
- Franklin, Holy Cross Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fremont, South Side Cemetery
- Gilmanton, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Gilmanton, Inscriptions of Beech Grove Cemetery at Gilmanton Corner
- Grafton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grafton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Grafton County Cemeteries and Burials
- Grafton County, Cemeteries
- Grafton County, Cemeteries and Records
- Grafton County, Cemetery Records
- Greenfield, Cemetery
- Greenland, Davis Cemetery
- Hampton Falls, Gravestone Inscriptions from New Cemetery; Town Cemetery
- Hampton, Burial Records
- Hampton, Gravestone Inscriptions from a small Cemetery
- Hampton, Shaw family burying ground
- Hancock,, Inscriptions on Gravestones in the old Cemetery
- Hedding, Barber Cemetery
- Hill, Private Cemetery
- Hillsborough County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hillsborough County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Hillsborough County Cemeteries and Burials
- Hillsborough County, Cemeteries
- Hillsborough County, Cemeteries and Records
- Hillsborough County, Cemetery Records
- Hillsborough County, Manchester, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
- Hollis, East Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Hopkinton, Cemetery Records
- Hudson, Cemeteries
- Hudson, Saint Patrick Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Keene, Card File Index and combined Cemeteries, 1781-2001
- Keene, Cemetery headstone Inscriptions
- Keene, Monadnock View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kensington, New Cemetery
- Lebanon, Cemeteries and Burial Lists
- Lee, Gravestone Inscriptions from a small Cemetery
- Loudon, Cate family Cemetery
- Loudon, Some Gravestone Inscriptions
- Marlboro, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Meredith, Meredith Village cemetery – Billion Graves
- Merrimack County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Merrimack County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Merrimack County Cemeteries and Burials
- Merrimack County, Cemeteries
- Merrimack County, Cemeteries and Records
- Merrimack County, Cemetery Records
- Milton, Service Records, Civil War burials, ca. 1776-1865
- Nashua, Edgewood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Nashua, Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Nashua, Woodlawn and Edgewood Cemetery Search
- Nashua, Woodlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- New Boston Graveyards, Inscriptions
- New Durham, Gravestone Inscriptions from Davis Cemetery, Runnals Cemetery
- New Hampshire, Cemeteries and Bible Records
- New Hampshire, Cemetery Inscriptions
- New Hampshire, Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions
- New Hampshire, Gravestone Inscriptions of Early Dates
- New Hampshire, Jewish Cemeteries
- Newton, Union Cemetery
- North Hampton, Gravestone Inscriptions from a small Cemetery
- North Woodstock, Private Cemetery
- Nottingham, Gravestone Inscriptions from Harvey-Kelsey Cemetery, Harvey-Marston Cemetery, Kelsey Cemetery, Welch Cemetery
- Orford, Orford Village Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pelham Cemeteries, Burials and Inscriptions
- Peterborough, Inscriptions on Gravestones in the two old Cemeteries on the east hill
- Peterborough, Inscriptions on Gravestones in the two old Cemeteries on the East Hill
- Plaistow, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Portsmouth, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Portsmouth, Gravestone Inscriptions from six Cemeteries
- Raymond, Census of the tombstones
- Raymond, Dudley Cemetery
- Raymond, Old Cemetery
- Reeds Ferry, Old Private Cemetery
- Rochester, Gravestone Inscriptions from Legro Cemetery, Old or Poor Farm Cemetery, Rogers Cemetery, Varney Cemetery
- Rockingham County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rockingham County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Rockingham County Cemeteries and Burials
- Rockingham County, Cemeteries
- Rockingham County, Cemeteries and Records
- Rockingham County, Cemetery Records
- Rye, Gravestone Inscriptions from two Cemeteries
- Rye, Philbrick Family Cemetery
- Salem, Old Salem Cemetery Records
- Salisbury, Cemetery Index and Burial Records
- Sanbornton, Burial Grounds, Interments
- Sandown, Gravestone Inscriptions from North Road Cemetery or North Side Cemetery, Wells Cemetery
- Seabrook, Gravestone Inscriptions, Gove family lot, Smithtown Upper Cemetery, Smithtown Lower Cemetery, Quaker or Line Church Cemetery
- South Deerfield, Batchelder Cemetery
- South Hampton, Titcomb Hill Cemetery
- Springfield, Small Cemeteries Records
- Strafford County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Strafford County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Strafford County Cemeteries and Burials
- Strafford County, Cemeteries
- Strafford County, Cemeteries and Records
- Strafford County, Cemetery Records
- Stratham, Gravestone Inscriptions from Folsom Cemetery, French Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Higgin Cemetery
- Sullivan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sullivan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sullivan County Cemeteries and Burials
- Sullivan County, Cemeteries
- Sullivan County, Cemeteries and Records
- Warren, Private Cemetery
- Washington, Cemeteries, Graves Index
- Windsor, Gravestone Inscriptions
- Wolfeboro, Lakeview Cemetery, Burial Records
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