Florida Cemeteries

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Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. It is important to look at surrounding tombstones because family members may also be buried nearby.

Internet Tombstone Transcripts and Indexes

 * Find a Grave is searchable by name of deceased.


 * USGenWeb Archives, Florida Tombstone Transcription Project, lists cemeteries by county with tombstone transcriptions.


 * Interment.net, lists cemeteries by county with tombstone transcriptions.


 * D'Addezio, Florida Cemeteries, lists cemeteries by name of cemetery with address. Many have a link to tombstone or survey trascriptions.


 * I Dream of Genealogy, Florida Cemeteries, lists cemeteries by county with tombstone transcriptions.

Published Tombstone Transcripts and Indexes

 * The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Florida cemeteries. This collection is described in the Florida Genealogy article.


 * E. H. Hayes, Cemetery Records of Florida, Nine Volumes, is an important collection of cemetery inscriptions. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1946-66)..


 * Cemetery Records in Florida and Georgia is an index arranged by county and gives information about births, deaths, parents, and spouses..


 * Florida Cemetery Records Directory lists the names and locations of cemeteries in Florida..


 * The Family History Library also has 35 microfilms of records from several Tampa funeral homes. These are listed in the catalog under FLORIDA, HILLSBOROUGH, TAMPA - VITAL RECORDS.