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.
(Upgraded July 2023)
North Dakota 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
North Dakota
- Adams County Cemeteries
- Adams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adams County Cemeteries and Records
- Adams County Cemetery Records
- Arndt, Towner County, Cemetery Records
- Barnes County Cemeteries
- Barnes County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Barnes County Cemeteries and Records
- Barnes County Cemetery Records
- Benson County Cemeteries
- Benson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Benson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Benson County Cemeteries and Records
- Benson County Cemetery Records
- Beulah, Beulah City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Billings County Cemeteries
- Billings County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bismarck, Fairview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bismarck, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Burials
- Bismarck, Sunset Memorial Garden – Billion Graves
- Bismarck, Sunset Memorial Gardens, Burial Space Search
- Bismarck, St. Mary’s Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bottineau County Cemeteries
- Bottineau County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bottineau County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bottineau County Cemeteries and Records
- Bottineau, Oak Creek Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bowman County Cemeteries
- Bowman County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bowman County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bowman County Cemetery Records
- Bowman, Bowman Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Burke County Cemeteries
- Burke County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Burke County Cemeteries and Records
- Burleigh County Cemeteries
- Burleigh County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Burleigh County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Burleigh County Cemeteries and Records
- Burleigh County Cemetery Records
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Cass County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cass County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cass County Cemeteries and Records
- Cass County Cemetery Records
- Casselton, Saint Leo Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Cavalier County Cemeteries
- Cavalier County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cavalier County Cemeteries and Records
- Cavalier County Cemetery Records
- Central McKenzie, Schafer Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dickey County Cemeteries
- Dickey County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dickey County Cemeteries and Records
- Dickey County Cemetery Records
- Dickinson, Cemetery Burial Databases
- Dickinson, Dickinson Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dickinson, Saint Patrick Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dickinson, Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dickinson, St. Joseph’s Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Divide County Cemeteries
- Divide County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Divide County Cemetery Records
- Dunn County Cemeteries
- Dunn County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dunn County Cemetery Records
- Eddy County Cemeteries
- Eddy County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Eddy County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Eddy County Cemeteries and Records
- Eddy County Cemetery Records
- Emmons County Cemeteries
- Emmons County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Emmons County Cemeteries and Records
- Emmons County Cemetery Records
- Fargo, Riverside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Foster County Cemeteries
- Foster County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Foster County Cemeteries and Records
- Golden Valley County Cemeteries
- Golden Valley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Golden Valley County Cemeteries and Records
- Grafton, Grafton City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Grafton, Saint John Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Grand Forks County Cemeteries
- Grand Forks County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grand Forks County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Grand Forks County Cemeteries and Records
- Grand Forks County Cemetery Records
- Grand Forks, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Grand Forks, Memorial Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Grand Forks, Montefiore Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Grand Forks, Sunset Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Grant County Cemeteries
- Grant County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Griggs County Cemeteries
- Griggs County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Griggs County Cemeteries and Records
- Hettinger County Cemeteries
- Hettinger County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jamestown, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Jamestown, Highland Home Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kidder County Cemeteries
- Kidder County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kidder County Cemeteries and Records
- Killdeer, Killdeer Cemetery – Billion Graves
- LaMoure County Cemeteries
- LaMoure County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- LaMoure County Cemeteries and Records
- Lehr, Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948
- Lidgerwood, Catholic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Logan County Cemeteries
- Logan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Logan County Cemeteries and Records
- Mandan, Mandan Union Cemetery, Burial Records
- Mandan, North Dakota Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mandan, Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- McHenry County Cemeteries
- McHenry County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McHenry County Cemeteries and Records
- McHenry County Cemetery Records
- McIntosh County Cemeteries
- McIntosh County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McIntosh County Cemeteries and Records
- McIntosh County, Cemeteries
- McKenzie County Cemeteries
- McKenzie County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McKenzie County Cemeteries and Records
- McLean County Cemeteries
- McLean County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mercer County Cemeteries
- Mercer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mercer County Cemetery Records
- Michigan, Michigan Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Minot, Rosehill Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Minot, Sunset Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Morton County Cemeteries
- Morton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Morton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Morton County Cemeteries and Records
- Mountrail County Cemeteries
- Mountrail County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mountrail County Cemeteries and Records
- Nelson County Cemeteries
- Nelson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Nelson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Nelson County Cemeteries and Records
- Nelson County Cemetery Records
- New Hradec, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery – Billion Graves
- North Dakota, Cemeteries
- North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999
- North Dakota, Gravestones Photo Project (by County)
- North Dakota, Jewish Cemeteries
- Oakes, Oakes View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Oliver County Cemeteries
- Oliver County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Oliver County Cemeteries and Records
- Oliver County Cemetery Records
- Pembina County Cemeteries
- Pembina County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pembina County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pierce County Cemeteries
- Pierce County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ramsey County Cemeteries
- Ramsey County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ramsey County Cemeteries and Records
- Ramsey County Cemetery Records
- Ransom County Cemeteries
- Ransom County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ransom County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Ransom County Cemeteries and Records
- Renville County Cemeteries
- Renville County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Renville County Cemeteries and Records
- Renville County Cemetery Records
- Richland County Cemeteries
- Richland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Richland County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Richland County Cemeteries and Records
- Rolette County Cemeteries
- Rolette County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rolette County Cemeteries and Records
- Rolette County Cemetery Records
- Rugby, Little Flower Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sargent County Cemeteries
- Sargent County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sargent County Cemeteries and Records
- Sargent County Cemetery Records
- Sheridan County Cemeteries
- Sheridan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sheridan County Cemetery Records
- Sioux County Cemeteries
- Sioux County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sioux County Cemeteries and Records
- Sioux County Cemetery Records
- Slope County Cemeteries
- Slope County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Slope County Cemeteries and Records
- Stark County Cemeteries
- Stark County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Steele County Cemeteries
- Steele County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Steele County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Steele County Cemeteries and Records
- Steele County Cemetery Records
- Stutsman County Cemeteries
- Stutsman County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stutsman County Cemeteries and Records
- Stutsman County Cemetery Records
- Towner County Cemeteries
- Towner County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Towner County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Towner County Cemeteries and Records
- Towner County Cemetery Records
- Traill County Cemeteries
- Traill County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Traill County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Traill County Cemeteries and Records
- Traill County Cemetery Records
- Valley City, Hillside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wahpeton, Fairview Cemetery, Interment Directory
- Walsh County Cemeteries
- Walsh County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Walsh County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Walsh County Cemeteries and Records
- Walsh County Cemetery Records
- Ward County Cemeteries
- Ward County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ward County Cemeteries and Records
- Ward County Cemetery Records
- Wells County Cemeteries
- Wells County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wells County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wells County Cemeteries and Records
- Westhope, Westhope Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Williams County Cemeteries
- Williams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Williston, Hillside Memory Gardens – Billion Graves
- Williston, Riverview Cemetery – Billion Graves
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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For all Free North Dakota 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
Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
