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The Value of U.S. Cemetery Records |
| Cemeteries are valuable to a genealogist because they can provide
a more exact date of birth or death, as well as a place of birth in
the old country. If they don’t provide the actual information,
they can guide the researcher to other sources of information by symbols
on tombstones that represent military service or fraternal membership.
Read Chapter 15 for specific information on types of cemeteries and how to find them. If you know a relative who has been to a relative’s grave you want to record, try to take them with you or ask for complete information on locating the grave. This could save you valuable time. Be prepared before you search cemetery records, that you have the proper surnames to search. Watch for the surname of daughter’s buried under the name of their spouse, as well as the surname of the family itself. It would be wise to bring a copy of the family group record with you so you can refer to the names and the married names of individuals as you search the records. One good reference book is shown below, but it doesn’t include all cemeteries.
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