Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Interment Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of cemetery interment registers for cemeteries owned by the City of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County. It does not include privately held cemeteries in Cleveland. Index provided by the ECCGS (East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society). The collection covers the years 1824 to 2001.
 *  Cemeteries Included 
 * Alger Cemetery
 * Brookmere Cemetery
 * Denison Street Cemetery
 * Erie Street Cemetery
 * Monroe Street Cemetery
 * Harvard Grove Cemetery
 * West Park Cemetery
 * Woodland Cemetery
 * Highland Park Cemetery
 * Scranton Road Cemetery
 * Cleveland Cemetery plat maps, ca. 1824-2001

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Ohio.
 * Ohio Guided Research
 * Ohio Record Finder
 * Ohio Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Ohio Research, 1880-Present
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Cleveland Cemetery interment records, 1824-2001
 * Honor roll for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County : Series III, the Cleveland war service record
 * compiled by Cuyahoga West Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society ; Jeanne B. Workman, editor, Cuyahoga County, Ohio genealogical research guide 2nd ed. Fairview Park, Ohio : Ohio Genealogical Society. Cuyahoga West Chapter, c1993 FHL 977.131 D27i 1993

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Historical Review of Riverside Cemetery Association, Cleveland, Ohio
 * Cuyahoga County Archives Survey, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration, Inventory of the county archives of Ohio, no. 18, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) Cleveland, Ohio : Cuyahoga County Archives Survey and the Historical Records Survey, 1937

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