North Carolina, Wilmington, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains cemetery records from the Oakdale Cemetery Company for Wilmington, North Carolina. Microfilm of original records are at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 * The given names of deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Certificate or Record Number


 * Birthplace and sex of deceased
 * Birth year and age of deceased
 * Names of Mother, Father and spouse

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s cemetery record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the birth date along with the place of birth to find the family in census records
 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile birth entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same county or nearby

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of North Carolina.
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records
 * North Carolina Guided Research
 * North Carolina Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Related Collections

 * Oakdale Cemetery Records, 1852-2005
 * Samuel D. Bissette. A Tribute to Oakdale, 1852-1991.Wilmington, North Carolina : William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2004. FHL 975.627/W1 V3b

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930
 * North Carolina Deaths,1931-1994

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