Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection includes city cemetery records from 1847 to 1976, acquired from the Utah State Archives. The records include a general index, plat books, interment records, deed registers, record of the dead and grave opening orders.

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 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1900-Present
 * United States, Tombstone and Sexton Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Salt Lake City. Cemetery records, 1847-1976
 * Salt Lake City. Grave opening orders, 1934-1975
 * Salt Lake City cemetery, 1991, compiled from tombstone markers and sexton records of inventory taken, 1981.
 * Salt Lake City cemetery records, 1847-1888
 * Transcript of record of the dead, book A, G.S.L. City Cemetery Burials 1848-1864.
 * Wasatch Lawn Cemetery records, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
 * Cemetery listings of Salt Lake City Cemetery and Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 * Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Cemetery records, 1839-1990
 * Mount Olivet and Masonic Cemetery records, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
 * Mt. Olivet Cemetery Records
 * List of GAR members buried in City Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery
 * Holliday memorial Park. Cemetery records, 1860-1969
 * Utah Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service programs, Work Projects Administration, Historical sketch of Salt Lake County Ogden, Utah : Historical Records Survey (Utah), 1941 979.FHL 225 H2hs

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Sexton's Office. Salt Lake City Cemetery location report. 9 volumes.

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