Texas, Dallas County, Oakland Cemetery Interment Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This publication consists of cemetery interment cards alphabetically arranged; cemetery lot owner cards and cemetery lot owner burials cards from the Oakland Cemetery Lot Owners Association, Dallas, Texas.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Texas.
 * Texas Guided Research
 * Texas Record Finder
 * Texas Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Texas Research, 1880-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * Oakland Cemetery interment cards, Dallas, County, Texas ca. 1891-1999
 * Rubyann Thompson Darnell, Adrienne Bird Jamieson, Helen Mason Lu, eds. Dallas County, Texas genealogical data from early cemeteries. 4 volumes.Dallas, Texas : Dallas Genealogical Society, 1982-1998. FHL 976.42811 V3d
 * Jim Forster. Cottonwood's Pioneer Cemetery : historical dedication special edition.Texas? : s.n., 2004 printing. FHL 976.4212 V3f

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
 * Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
 * Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973
 * Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
 * Texas Deaths, 1977-1986

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Cemetery records of Texas

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