California, Sacramento Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains cemetery records from various Sacramento, California cemeteries. The years covered include 1900 to 1959. The original records can be found at the Center for Sacramento History located in Sacramento, California.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Cemetery records may contain:
 * The name of the deceased
 * The date of death
 * The date of birth
 * The names of parents or other relatives
 * The cemetery name
 * Name of clergy involved in burial
 * Plot number
 * The amount paid for the plot

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The approximate date of death

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?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Search for the death record or certificate
 * Search for an obituary in a local newspaper
 * Use the information found to search for the family in census records
 * Look for church records
 * Search the county and state for other vital records such as birth and marriage

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

 * Consult the California Research Tips and Strategies and its Record Finder to find other records

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

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002 FS Library 973 V37c
 * Sacramento City. Cemetery burial card index,1849-2001
 * Sacramento County. Sacramento, funeral records, 1935-1966
 * Sacramento. Cemetery records, 1850-1944 and miscellaneous indexes, 1850-2001
 * Sacramento. Cemetery stone index. 1850-2001
 * New Helvetia. Cemetery card index, ca. 1850-1915
 * Index to New Helvetia Cemetery removal records, 1857-1956
 * New Helvetia Cemetery index,1850-1900
 * New Helvetia Cemetery removal and correspondence, 1903-1917, 1955-1956
 * Masonic Lawn Cemetery. Grave record, 1876-1985
 * I. O. O. F. Cemetery. Sacramento. California. Interment records, (August) 1905-(January) 1988
 * St. Mary's Cemetery. Sacramento. Record of burials of indigents, 1931-1961
 * St. Mary's Cemetery. Sacramento. Register of interments, ca. 1929-1974
 * St. Joseph's Cemetery. Sacramento. Register of interments, ca. 1864-1989

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.