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 July 2023)
Washington 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
Washington
- Acme, Saxon Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Amboy, Mountain View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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 (Auburn) Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Auburn, Mountain View Cemetery, Burial Listing
- Bellevue, Sunset Hills Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Bellingham, Bayview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bellingham, Bayview Cemetery, Burials
- Benton City, Evergreen Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Benton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Benton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Benton County, Cemeteries
- Benton County, Cemetery Indexes
- Black Diamond, Black Diamond Cemetery
- Blaine, Blaine Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Blaine, City Cemetery, Names and Lot Locations
- Bow, Bow Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bremerton, Forest Lawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bremerton, Ivy Green Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bremerton, Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Brier, Abbey View Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Brush Prairie, Elim Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Buckley, Buckley Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Burlington, Green Hills Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Camas, Camas Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Camas, Fern Prairie Cemetery, Burial List
- Central Washington, Cemetery Records Online
- Centralia, Greenwood Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Centralia, Mountain View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Claquato, Claquato Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Cle Elum, Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Colby, Kitsap County, Cemetery Records
- Colfax, Colfax Cemetery – Billion Graves
- College Place, Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- College Place, Mount Hope Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Coupeville, Sunnyside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Davenport, Mountain View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dayton, Dayton City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Deer Park, Woodland Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Douglas County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Douglas County, Cemeteries
- Douglas County, Cemetery Indexes
- Dusty, Whitman County, Sauer Cemetery
- East Wenatchee, Evergreen Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Eastern Washington Cemeteries and Records
- Eatonville, Eatonville Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Edmonds, Edmonds Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Edmonds, Restlawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Ellensburg, Brick Road (IOOF) Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ellensburg, Holy Cross Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Enumclaw, Enumclaw Evergreen Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Ephrata, Ephrata Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Everett, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Everett, Evergreen Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fall City, Fall City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Federal Way, Gethsemane Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ferndale, Enterprise Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ferndale, Greenacres Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Ferndale, Woodlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Gig Harbor, Haven of Rest – Billion Graves
- Grandview, Grandview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Harrington, Hillcrest Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Issaquah, Hillside Cemetery (Upper and Lower) – Billion Graves
- 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
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Lewis Post Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kelso, Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Kennewick, Benton County, City Cemetery, Sextons & Cemetery Records
- Kennewick, Desert Lawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Kennewick, Riverview Heights Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kent, Hillcrest Burial Park – Billion Graves
- Kent, St. Patrick Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Kent, Tahoma National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Kirkland, Kirkland Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Lacey, Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lacey, Woodlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lake Forest Park, Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home – Billion Graves
- Lakewood, Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Longview, Longview Memorial Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lynden, Lynden Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lynden, Monumenta Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lynnwood, Floral Hills Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Marshall, Spokane County, Cemetery and Sexton Records
- Marysville, Marysville Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mason County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mason County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Mason County, Cemeteries
- Mason County, Cemetery Indexes
- Mead, Peone Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Medical Lake, Washington State Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mount Vernon Cemetery Index
- Moses Lake, Pioneer Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Mossyrock, Doss Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mount Vernon, Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mount Vernon, Hawthorne Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mt Vernon, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Newport, Newport Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Nooksack, Nooksack Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Oak Harbor, Maple Leaf Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Orting, Orting Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Orting, Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pacific County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pacific County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pacific County, Cemeteries
- Pacific County, Cemeteries and Burials
- Pacific County, Cemetery Indexes
- Palouse, Greenwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pasco, City View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pasco, Columbia Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- 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
- Port Orchard, Knights of Pythias Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Port Orchard, Sunset Lane Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Prosser, Prosser Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pullman, Pullman City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Puyallup, Sumner City Cemetery – Powers Woodlawn Abbey – Billion Graves
- Puyallup, Woodbine Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Quincy, Quincy Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Raymond, Fern Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Redmond, Cedar Lawns Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Renton, Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Renton, Mount Olivet Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Retsil, Washington Veterans Home Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Richland, Resthaven Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Richland, Sunset Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Ridgefield, Northwood Park Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Ritzville, Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Roy, Roy Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- SeaTac, Washington Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Seattle Archdiocese, Catholic Cemeteries, Burial Search
- Seattle GAR Cemetery, Burial List
- Seattle, Bikur Cholim Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Crown Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Evergreen Washelli Cemetery (aka Oak Lake Cemetery or Washelli Cemetery) – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Forest Lawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Fort Lawton Post Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Hills of Eternity Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Lakeview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seattle, Mount Pleasant Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sedro-Woolley, Union Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sequim, Sequim View Cemetery
- Shelton Memorial Park, Interment Directory
- Shoreline, Herzl Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Shoreline, Holyrood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Shoreline, Machzikay Hadath Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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, Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Snohomish, Snohomish County, Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Snohomish, Woodlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Soap Lake, Valley View Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Spanaway, Fir Lane Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Spangle, Spangle Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spokane County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Spokane County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Spokane County, Cemeteries
- Spokane County, Cemetery Indexes
- Spokane County, Rural Cemetery Records
- Spokane Valley, Pines Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spokane Valley, Saint Joseph Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spokane, Fairmount Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Spokane, Greenwood Memorial Terrace – Billion Graves
- Spokane, Holy Cross Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spokane, Mount Nebo Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spokane, Old Riverside Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Stanwood, Anderson Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Sultan, Sultan Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Sumas, Sumas Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Tacoma, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Tacoma, Mountain View Memorial Park Cemetery and Funeral Home – Billion Graves
- Tacoma, Pierce County, Mountain View Funeral Home, Index to lot Numbers of Interments, 1915-1957
- Tacoma, Tacoma Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Tacoma, Tacoma Mausoleum – Billion Graves
- Tenino, Forest Grove Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Tukwila, Riverton Crest Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Tumwater, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Tumwater, Masonic Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Tumwater, Masonic Memorial Park, Grave Site Lookup
- Tumwater, Odd Fellows Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Tumwater, Olympic Memorial Garden Cemetery – Billion Graves
- University Place, New Tacoma Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, City Cemeteries, Records Search
- Vancouver, Evergreen Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, Memory Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, Mother Joseph Catholic Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, Park Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Vancouver, Vancouver Old City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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 – Billion Graves
- Walla Walla, Mountain View Cemetery, Burial Search
- Wapato, Reservation Community Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- 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
- Wenatchee, Wenatchee Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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
- Woods Creek, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery – Billion Graves
- 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 – Billion Graves
- Yakima, Tahoma Cemetery, Resident Search
- Yelm, Yelm Cemetery – Billion Graves
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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