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Wales Cemeteries



Why: Monumental or tombstone inscriptions often name more than one family member and their relationships. Sometimes the information may be difficult to find in other sources.

Where (online): Billion Graves  Findagrave   FamilySearch.org   Ancestry.com   Findmypast.com   MyHeritage.com

Where (offline): 1. Search WorldCat 2. Family history societies have recorded many and sell published details in booklets, microfiche or computer discs.

Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death.

To find cemetery records, you need to know where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a church, city, or public cemetery—usually near the place where he or she lived or died. You can find clues to burial places in church records, death certificates, or family histories.

Before the Burial Acts of 1852 and 1853, most people were buried in church cemeteries. If the person was buried in a church cemetery, you may need to use church burial records.

Welsh family history societies are transcribing the cemetery inscriptions from their local areas. Some societies have also compiled the indexes from several cemeteries. Check with the society in your area of interest to learn more about their work.

It is also possible to gain access to cemetery inscriptions through the Internet. There are lists of people on the Internet who volunteer to search various types of records for certain areas free of charge. You can locate these lists through the GENUKI website at:


 * GenUKI Welsh counties

From the above site:


 * Click [County of your choice]
 * Click Genealogy
 * Click Look-up Exchange