District of Columbia Cemeteries

United States   District of Columbia    Cemeteries

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library has the original Registers of Burials in District of Columbia Cemeteries, 1847 to 1938 in six volumes. These are also at the Family History Library (FHL ).

The DAR collection, described in District of Columbia Genealogy, has many tombstone inscriptions. In some cases, you will need to write to the cemetery sexton's office for information. The oldest existing cemeteries are:

Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Church Road and Webster Street N.W. Washington, DC 20010 Telephone: 202-829-0585 Fax: 202-829-6505 Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/dc/tsimages/rockcreek/rock.html The Daughters of the American Colonists have transcribed the tombstones of this cemetery (FHL ; ).

Congressional Cemetery
1801 "E" Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-543-0539 Internet: http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/ They have a "Famous People" card file. This one is occasionally referred to as the 'Arsenal Monument'. BillionGraves has some headstone photos and transcriptions.

Mount Olivet Cemetery (Roman Catholic)
1300 Bladensburg Road, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: 202-399-3000 Internet: http://www.ccaw.org/cemeteries/mtolivet.htm

Glenwood Cemetery
2219 Lincoln Road, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: 202-667-1016 Internet: http://www.geocities.com/araxnoullis/DC_Cemeteries/glenwood.htm The stones were transcribed by the DAR (FHL ).

Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA 22211 Telephone: 703-697-2131 Internet: http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/8105

The Oak Hill Cemetery Company
3001 "R" Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007-2923 Telephone: 202-337-2835 Internet: http://files.usgwarchives.net/dc/cemeteries/payneoak.txt

Prospect Hill Cemetery
2201 N. Capitol Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: 202-667-0676 Internet: http://www.geocities.com/araxnoullis/DC_Cemeteries/prospect.htm

Historical Cemeteries (remains already relocated if known)

 * Beall Burying Ground
 * Eastern Methodist Cemetery
 * Female Union Band Society Burying Ground
 * Graceland Cemetery
 * Holmeads Cemetery
 * Methodist Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * Old Methodist Burying Ground
 * Presbyterian Graveyard
 * Rosemont Cemetery
 * St. Francis DeSales Cemetery
 * St. Matthew's Catholic Cemetery
 * St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
 * St. Peter's Catholic Burial Ground
 * St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
 * Young Mens Baptist Cemetery

Websites

 * Early Churches and Synagogues (Some of the older houses of worship in District of Columbia)