New Jersey Cemeteries

Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, have value in that they 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.

Indexes

 * County File of Miscellaneous New Jersey Information. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (Family History Library .) This is a card index to tombstone inscriptions and church records at Rutgers University. It is arranged alphabetically by county and name of cemetery.
 * Source Index of New Jersey Families. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (Family History Library .) This is primarily a surname card index at Rutgers University to families buried in New Jersey cemeteries.

The Family History Library also has microfilm copies of card indexes to the large metropolitan Roman Catholic cemeteries of Mount Olivet Cemetery in Newark, Holy Sepulchre in East Orange, Holy Cross in North Arlington, Madonna in Fort Lee, and Holy Name in Jersey City.

Records
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from many New Jersey cemeteries. See New Jersey Genealogy

Many New Jersey cemetery records have been published in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jerseyand other periodicals mentioned in New Jersey Periodicals

For a county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts available at the Family History Library, see:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library. Index to United States Cemeteries. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library .) Film 1206480 includes New Jersey.

Web Sites
Interment (New Jersey)

New Jersey Cemeteries (at New Jersey Genealogy) Cemetery inscriptions online organized by county and city

http://www.metrojersey.com/funeral.htm