California Cemetery Transcriptions - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of cemetery transciptions, for the years 1850 to 1960 from the following counties:


 * Amador
 * Fresno
 * Los Angeles
 * Mariposa
 * Merced
 * Napa


 * Riverside
 * Sacramento
 * San Joaquin
 * San Mateo
 * Santa Cruz
 * Siskiyou


 * Solano
 * Stanislaus
 * Sutter
 * Tulare
 * Yolo
 * Yuba

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

Cemetery abstracts
 * Name of Cemetery
 * Location (Town, County, State)
 * Full name of deceased
 * Date of Death


 * Names of Parents, Husband or Wife
 * Other Important Facts
 * Place of Birth
 * Date of Birth

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching the collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of death
 * The place of death or burial

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select the County, Town
 * 2) Select the Cemetery to view the images.

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.

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

 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
 * Use the information found in the record to additional family members in census records
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index
 * Search for the actual death record or certificate
 * Search for obituaries in local newspapers

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

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of California.
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records
 * California Guided Research
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1905-Present

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * D.A.R. (California) Vital records from cemeteries in California, to 1962. 17v. typescript
 * D.A.R. (California) Vital records from cemeteries
 * Verna Stumpf Patterson and members of the Reno Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists. California cemeteries tombstone inscriptions, Northern Sierra area, 1850's to 1959.

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * California Death Index, 1905-1939
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997
 * California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000
 * California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
 * California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002
 * California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records, 1857-1973
 * California, Sacramento Cemetery Records, 1900-1959
 * California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011
 * California, Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010
 * California, Tulare County, Visalia Cemetery Records, 1875-1990

Related Digital Books

 * copied and typed by members of the L.D.S. Church in California. Cemetery records of California.'' 12 v. (1954-1963)
 * Helen Marcia Bruner. Prepared for the National society of colonial dames of America resident in the state of California. California's old burying grounds. San Francisco, California : Portal Press, 1945.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

California, transcripciones de cementerios (Registros históricos de FamilySearch)