Massachusetts Cemeteries

United States   Massachusetts    Cemeteries

The Corbin collection and the Daughters of the American Revolution collection contain tombstone inscriptions from many Massachusetts cemeteries. These collections are described in Massachusetts Genealogy. Many inscriptions are also in published town vital records. See Massachusetts Vital Records for more information about these sources.

A collection of index cards listing the burial place of Revolutionary veterans is in:

Daughters of the American Revolution.Grave Locations of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of Maine and Massachusetts. Lists birth, death, and burial information as well as the unit in which they served. Sometimes it will list the spouse and marriage date and place.

A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts is:

{{FHL|613269|title-id|disp=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library. Index to United States Cemeteries. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|613269|item|disp=FHL film 1206468–94}} and {{FHL|613269|item|disp=FHL film 1206475}} includes Massachusetts among other states.

The Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more of these records under:

MASSACHUSETTS - CEMETERIES MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CEMETERIES

Online Resources


 * Massachusetts Cemetery Directory Locations of cemeteries


 * Massachusetts Cemetery Records A large collection of Massachusetts cemetery records, organized by location.


 * IntermentMany cemetery inscriptions


 * Massachusetts Genealogy Cemetery Records Organizes cemetery inscriptions on many sites by county and town


 * Cemetery Junction


 * Massachusetts Tombstone Transcription Project Cemetery inscriptions for various localities


 * Ancestor Hunt


 * http://www.gravematter.com/ {{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}}