California Cemeteries

Online Resources

 * 1801-1932: California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-1932 at Ancestry - Index and images
 * 1838-1985: at FamilySearch - index
 * 1850-1990: at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1857-1973: at FamilySearch - index
 * 1877-1989: at FamilySearch - index
 * 1895-1985: California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 at Ancestry - Index and images ($)
 * 1899-2011: at FamilySearch - Images only.
 * 1900-1959: at FamilySearch - index
 * 1949-1969: at FamilySearch
 * Billion Graves - Photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * at FamilySearch - index
 * California Cemeteries at D'Addezio
 * California Cemetery Records at AccessGenealogy - photos and index
 * California Cemetery records at Interment.net
 * California Cemetery Records at LDSGenealogy
 * California Linkpendium at Linkpendium
 * California Tombstone Transcription Project at USGenWeb
 * Find A Grave California Cemeteries - locations
 * Find A Grave people search - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * Online California Death Records & Indexes at DeathIndexes - obituaries, burials and death records
 * U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current at Ancestry.com ($)

Jewish Cemeteries

 * Jewish Cemeteries in California at Find A Grave
 * California Jewish Cemetery Project at International Jewish Cemetery Project
 * JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry at Ancestry - grave search
 * JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry Cemetery List by JewishGen
 * To locate cemetery: Click the USA file folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name

Military Cemeteries
National Cemeteries State Cemeteries
 * California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery
 * Northern California Veterans Cemetery
 * Yountville Veterans Home Cemetery

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


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: California in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: California in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries
 * 5) Click on: Places within California
 * 6) Click on the county you want to search
 * 7) Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: California in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries
 * 5) Click on: Places within California
 * 6) Click on the county you want to search
 * 7) Click on Places within United States, California, county name
 * 8) Click on the town you want to search
 * 9) Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources

 * DAR Library Catalog has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for California cemetery.
 * Worldcat.org- Do a search for California Cemetery.