General Resource Sites

• AHGP Cemetery Transcription and Photo Project 
  Cemetery transcriptions by state and county.
• Ancestors at Rest - Find Free Death Records 
  Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
  • Cemetery Records 
  • Cenotaph Records 
  • Coffin Plates 
• Ancestor Search - Cemetery Genealogy and Family Tree Surname Search Engines 
• Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage, & Death Records 
  Includes burial records in this collection. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Cemeteries & Tombstones 
• Ancestry.com - Where Have All the Tombstones Gone? 
  Is a traditional source of genealogical information disappearing? An article by Mark Howells.
• Cemetery & Tombstone Transcriptions & Burial Registers Online 
  Online cemetery plot plans, tombstone transcriptions and/or photos, burial and/or death registers, etc. all are free, although registration may be required or you must allow cookies to be set -- primarily Canada and the United States.
• Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet 
• Cemetery Junction - The Internet Directory of Active and Retired Cemeteries 
• Cemetery Photographs 
  Various locations.
• Cemetery Records 
  Online cemetery transcriptions, related message boards, links and offsite databases.
• Cemetery search - ePodunk 
  ePodunk lists more than 120,000 cemeteries nationwide, with links to nearby communities, museums, historic sites and other places.
• City of the Silent 
• Family Tree Connection - Cemetery Records 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Find A Grave 
  Searchable by surname, state, county, etc. Search for a missing family member, add your loved ones, create meaningful, media-rich memorials, etc. Also a listing of celebrity gravesites. Completely free for everyone to use.
  • Cemetery Search 
    More than 300,000 cemeteries in more than 170 different countries.
  • Famous Graves.
    • Famous Grave Search 
    • Search by Location 
  • Find A Grave Forums 
  • Find A Grave Search Form 
    Search more than 51 million grave records.
• FuneralAssistant.com 
  Provides locations of current funeral homes and cemeteries.
• FuneralNet 
  Funeral home directory for the U.S.
• Funeral Services Providers 
  A directory of funeral service providers including funeral homes and cemeteries.
• Geographic Directory of Funeral Homes 
  Geographic directory of funeral homes that have web sites, with links to each.
• Grave Addiction 
  Photos from cemeteries, haunted places, and historical sites. Most of these are in Ohio. The site also contains great information on grave marker symbolism and other information most genealogists would find interesting, if not helpful.
  • Cemeteries by City/State 
  • Cemeteries by County/State 
    Lots of photographs of cemeteries from around the US, focusing on Ohio's counties.
  • Haunted Cemeteries 
• A Guide to Cemetery Resources -- Including Databases 
  Links to cemeteries information on the internet.
• I Dream of Genealogy Databases - Cemetery Records 
• iMortuary Funeral Home Directory 
  Comprehensive cemetery and funeral home directory.
• Names in Stone 
  A growing collection of interactive cemetery maps that allows visitors to search a listing of multiple cemeteries, view actual grave locations on a map, and see the record for a deceased person by clicking on the grave. With unique on-line mapping tools, anyone can create an interactive cemetery map and add it to the Names In Stone database. Membership is free and members can contribute by inviting local cemeteries to participate, by using the on-line mapping tools to add smaller cemeteries, and by sharing photos and other information with the online community.
• Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries - A Genealogy Guide 
  a directory of online death indexes listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records. Also included is information about searching the Social Security Death Index online.
• The Political Graveyard 
  "The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried".
• Records Room: Cemetery Records Online 
• Roots Television 
  Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
  • Program Guide 
    • Dearly Departed 
• Saving Graves - Cemetery Preservation Alliance 
  Formed to educate and assist in the worldwide networking of people interested in protecting, restoring and preserving our historic cemeteries.
• USA Funeral Homes Online Directory 
• US Funerals Online 
  US Funeral Guide & Comprehensive Funeral Homes Directory.
• The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project 
• World Genealogy Records 
  A place to search for wedding, birth, death and cemetery records and also to post your own family records.
• Worldwide Cemetery Page - Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions 
  Transcripts and photos of cemeteries, graveyards and war memorials worldwide.
• The Wright Graveyard Stew 
  List of sites relating to research and preservation of cemeteries, burying grounds, and graveyards. This blog is a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.
• Yahoo!...Cemeteries 
• Yahoo!...Funeral Homes