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Online Resources

 * - index and images


 * BillionGraves Home Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers


 * - index and images


 * Find A Grave Home page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers


 * Cyndi's List - Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

LIST ANY OTHER WEBSITE THAT IS COUNTRY SPECIFIC.

Why Use Cemetery Records
Headstone (also known as tombstone or gravestone) inscriptions can be a useful source of family history information. Sometimes, multiple family members are buried in the same vault and the inscription will give information on all that are buried there. Gravestones may give birth, marriage, and death information. They may also give clues about military service and occupation, or family members buried in the same area. Sometimes they give more information than the parish burial register or civil certificate of death. Gravestone inscriptions are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who are not recorded in other existing records. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Northern_Ireland_Cemeteries

Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women. Information recorded on tombstones is of primary importance. Often, this information has been transcribed, indexed, and published and is found in manuscripts and books in libraries and archives. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Indonesia_Cemeteries They may also give clues to finding more information. In Australia, the first cemetery is reported to have been in Sydney in 1788. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Australia_Cemeteries

Information Recorded in the Records
Cemetery records may provide the following information:

Tombstone inscriptions provide a wealth of information in that they provide information such as date and place of birth and death, age of the deceased at death, place of origin, names of other persons related to the deceased, besides the names, maiden surname and 'pet names' of the deceased.

Finding Cemeteries
Cemeteries are often located next to a church. If you know where your ancestor attended church check that place first. If your ancestor died in another part of the country he or she may have been brought to the home parish for burial. Your ancestor may have been buried in a church or a civil (local authority) cemetery - usually near the place where he or she lived or died. You can find clues to burial places in church records, newspaper announcements, or family histories.

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
To find cemetery records for COUNTRY NAME in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: COUNTRY NAME in the Place box
 * 3) Select country from the list
 * 4) Click on: Search
 * 5) Click on: COUNTRY NAME - Cemeteries