Pennsylvania Cemeteries

United States Pennsylvania  Cemeteries

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, State Library of Pennsylvania, and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania have large collections of cemetery and burial records. Copies of many of their records are also at the Family History Library.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from many Pennsylvania cemeteries. This collection is described in the "Genealogy" section. Another important collection is Cemetery Records of Pennsylvania, 9 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1946-1968; Family History Library ; on 3 Family History Library ).

A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library is found under The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), Index to United States Cemeteries (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988; Family History Library films include Pennsylvania among other states.

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

PENNSYLVANIA - CEMETERIES

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN OR TOWNSHIP] - CEMETERIES

Web Sites

 * Pennsylvania Gravestone Photo Project


 * Harry Senft York and Adams County Cemetery Pictures This site has 100s of 1000s of headstone pictures from over 200 cemeteries in York, Adams, and Cumberland Counties. Indexing of these headstone pictures is currently taking place. Map links are also included for easy finding of these cemeteries.
 * Pennsylvania Cemetery Records (at Pennsylvania Genealogy) Cemetery inscriptions found online organized by county and city