
Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and is 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
Washington
- Adams County and Pend Oreille County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Adams County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Adams County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Adams County, Cemeteries
- Adams County, Cemetery Indexes
- Adams County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Anacortes, Grand View Cemetery, Burial Search
- Arlington, Cemetery, Grave Locator
- Asotin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Asotin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Asotin County, Cemeteries
- Asotin County, Cemetery Indexes
- Auburn, Mountain View Cemetery, Burial Listing
- Bellingham, Bayview Cemetery, Burials
- Benton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Benton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Benton County, Cemeteries
- Benton County, Cemetery Indexes
- Black Diamond, Black Diamond Cemetery
- Blaine, City Cemetery, Names and Lot Locations
- Camas, Fern Prairie Cemetery, Burial List
- Central Washington, Cemetery Records Online
- Chelan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chelan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Chelan County, Cemeteries
- Chelan County, Cemetery Indexes
- Clallam County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clallam County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Clallam County, Cemeteries
- Clallam County, Cemetery Deeds, 1904-1930
- Clallam County, Cemetery Indexes
- Clark County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clark County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Clark County, Camas, Cemetery Records, 1918-1995
- Clark County, Cemeteries
- Clark County, Cemetery Index
- Clark County, Cemetery Indexes
- Clark County, Cemetery Records, 1886-2000
- Clark County, Vancouver, Park Hill Cemetery Records, 1882-1992
- Colby, Kitsap County, Cemetery Records
- Columbia County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Columbia County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Columbia County, Cemeteries
- Columbia County, Cemetery Index
- Columbia County, Cemetery Indexes
- Columbia County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Colville, Cemeteries and Records
- Cowlitz County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cowlitz County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cowlitz County, Catlin Cemetery Records, ca. 1803-2011
- Cowlitz County, Cemeteries
- Cowlitz County, Cemetery Index
- Cowlitz County, Cemetery Indexes
- Cowlitz County, Cemetery Records
- Cowlitz County, Cemetery Records
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Douglas County, Cemeteries
- Douglas County, Cemetery Indexes
- Dusty, Whitman County, Sauer Cemetery
- Eastern Washington Cemeteries and Records
- Ferry County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ferry County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Ferry County, Cemeteries
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Franklin County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Franklin County, Cemeteries
- Franklin County, Cemetery Indexes
- Franklin County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Garfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Garfield County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Garfield County, Cemeteries
- Garfield County, Cemetery Indexes
- Grant County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grant County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Grant County, Cemeteries
- Grant County, Cemetery Indexes
- Grays Harbor County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Grays Harbor County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen, Fern Hill Cemetery, Cemetery Records : 1892-1951
- Grays Harbor County, Cemeteries
- Grays Harbor County, Cemetery Indexes
- Hoquiam, Sunset Memorial Park, Cemetery Records Database
- Island County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Island County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Island County, Cemeteries
- Island County, Cemetery Indexes
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Jefferson County, Burial Permits, 1968-2010
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries and Burial Listing
- Jefferson County, Cemetery Indexes
- Kennewick, Benton County, City Cemetery, Sextons & Cemetery Records
- King County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- King County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- King County, Cemeteries
- King County, Cemetery Index
- King County, Cemetery Indexes
- King County, Redmond, Cemetery Records, 1890-2005
- Kitsap County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kitsap County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kitsap County, Bremerton, Cemetery Records, 1932-1998
- Kitsap County, Cemeteries
- Kitsap County, Cemetery Indexes
- Kitsap County, Mountain View, Cemetery Records
- Kitsap County, Vinland Cemetery Records
- Kittitas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kittitas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kittitas County, Cemeteries
- Kittitas County, Cemetery Indexes
- Klickitat County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Klickitat County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Klickitat County, Cemeteries
- Klickitat County, Cemeteries and Burala Listings
- Klickitat County, Cemetery Indexes
- Klickitat County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Leavenworth, Mountain View Cemetery, Interment Search
- Lewis County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lewis County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lewis County, Cemeteries
- Lewis County, Cemetery Indexes
- Lewis County, Pe Ell, Cemetery Records, 1892-1970
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries
- Lincoln County, Cemetery Indexes
- Lincoln County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Marshall, Spokane County, Cemetery and Sexton Records
- Mason County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mason County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Mason County, Cemeteries
- Mason County, Cemetery Indexes
- Mont Vernon Cemetery Index
- Okanogan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Okanogan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Okanogan County, Cemeteries
- Okanogan County, Cemetery Indexes
- Olympia Area Cemeteries and Records
- Opportunity, Spokane County, The Pines Cemetery Records
- Pacific County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pacific County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pacific County, Cemeteries
- Pacific County, Cemeteries and Burials
- Pacific County, Cemetery Indexes
- Pend Oreille County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pend Oreille County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pend Oreille County, Cemeteries
- Pend Oreille County, Cemetery Indexes
- Pierce County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pierce County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pierce County, Buckley, Cemetery Records, 1892-1930
- Pierce County, Cemeteries
- Pierce County, Cemetery Indexes
- Pierce County, Cemetery Indexes and Burials
- Pierce County, Cemetery Records, 1895-1972
- Pierce County, Puyallup, Cemetery Records, 1895-1995
- Pierce County, Tacoma, Cemetery Records, 1981-1982
- San Juan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- San Juan County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- San Juan County, Cemeteries
- San Juan County, Cemetery Indexes
- Seabeck, Kitsap County, Cemetery Records
- Seattle Archdiocese, Catholic Cemeteries, Burial Search
- Seattle GAR Cemetery, Burial List
- Sequim, Sequim View Cemetery
- Shelton Memorial Park, Interment Directory
- Skagit County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Skagit County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Skagit County, Anacortes, Burial Permits, 1958-1979
- Skagit County, Cemeteries
- Skagit County, Cemetery Indexes
- Skamania County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Skamania County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Skamania County, Cemeteries
- Skamania County, Cemeteries and Burials
- Skamania County, Cemetery Indexes
- Snohomish County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Snohomish County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Snohomish County, Cemeteries
- Snohomish County, Cemetery Indexes
- Snohomish County, Edmonds Odd Fellow Cemetery
- Snohomish, Snohomish County, Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
- South King County, Cemetery and Memorial Records Index
- Spokane County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Spokane County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Spokane County, Cemeteries
- Spokane County, Cemetery Indexes
- Spokane County, Rural Cemetery Records
- Stevens County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stevens County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Stevens County, Cemeteries
- Stevens County, Cemetery Indexes
- Stevens County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Sultan, Record of Sultan Cemetery
- Tacoma, Pierce County, Mountain View Funeral Home, Index to lot numbers of interments, 1915-1957
- Thorp, The Thorp Cemetery
- Thurston County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Thurston County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Thurston County, Cemeteries
- Thurston County, Cemetery Indexes
- Thurston County, Mima Prairie Pioneer Cemetery
- Tumwater, Masonic Memorial Park, Grave Site Lookup
- Vancouver, City Cemeteries, Records Search
- Waashougal, Memorial Cemetery, Burial Site Search
- Wahkiakum County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wahkiakum County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Wahkiakum County, Cemeteries
- Wahkiakum County, Cemetery Indexes
- Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Waitsburg Burial Records
- Walla Walla County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Walla Walla County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Walla Walla County, Cemeteries
- Walla Walla County, Cemetery Indexes
- Walla Walla County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Walla Walla, Mountain View Cemetery, Burial Search
- Washington State Archives, Cemeteries and Burial Record Search
- Washington State Cemeteries (Miscellaneous Counties)
- Washington State Penitentiary Cemetery 1887 to 1950
- Washington, Cemetery Records, 1898-2008
- Washington, Early Military Tombstone Inscriptions
- Washington, Jewish Cemeteries and Burial Lists
- Whatcom County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Whatcom County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Whatcom County, Bellingham, Bayview Cemetery Records, 1884-1995
- Whatcom County, Cemeteries
- Whatcom County, Cemetery Indexes
- Whatcom County, Woodlawn Cemetery Records, 1886-2007
- Whitman County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Whitman County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Whitman County, Cemeteries
- Whitman County, Cemetery Indexes
- Whitman County, Saints Home Cemetery
- Whitman County, Tombstone Inscriptions
- Yakima County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Yakima County, Cemeteries
- Yakima County, Cemeteries and Burials
- Yakima County, Cemetery Indexes
- Yakima County, Cemetery Records, 1860-1973
- Yakima County, Tahoma Cemetery Records, 1879-1998
- Yakima County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Yakima, Tahoma Cemetery, Resident Search
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