{"id":11606,"date":"2026-10-24T21:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=11606"},"modified":"2026-10-24T21:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:23:52","slug":"its-time-for-cemetery-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/its-time-for-cemetery-records\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time for Cemetery Records &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Halloween is coming up in a few days, and there will be millions of tombstone decorations greeting eager trick-or-treaters &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For genealogists, cemetery records aren&#8217;t that spooky &#8211; they are actually quite useful! The Family History Guide has some great resources to help you find and use cemetery records in your research. Here&#8217;s a summary of what you can find on the website, arranged by location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United States \/ General<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statesb6.html#goal-b6\">Goal B6<\/a> in the United States page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Choice A<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/share.synthesia.io\/105ad793-9c60-46e9-af84-7f55430a8b20\">A Guided Learning<\/a> video takes you through the concepts of cemetery research, with an interactive AI avatar, tasks to complete, and questions to answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three brief Ancestry Academy videos introduce you to cemetery records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Ancestral Findings articles provide tips on working with unknown burial locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AccessGenealogy.com has a link that helps you locate cemetery records by state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Record Search Practice exercise gives you a research problem to solve using cemetery records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Several QUIKLinks to record collections are available to explore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choice B<\/strong>: Videos and articles explain how to interpret tombstone carvings and symbols.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choice C<\/strong>: Learn how to explore the Find A Grave and BillionGraves sites for cemetery records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choice D<\/strong>: Find tips for planning your nex visit to a cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get tips from Amy Johnson Crow and others on taking effective photos at cemeteries. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>U.S. States<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any United States page, click a state name (below the Statue of Liberty picture) and go to Goal 4, Choice B. Here&#8217;s an example from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-us-california04.html#b\">California<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Choice B<\/strong>: FamilySearch gives an intro to California cemetery records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access links to a wide variety of California cemetery records on various sites. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore QUIKLinks to record collections from FamilySearch and MyHeritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Countries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most countries listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/countries.html\">All Countries page<\/a> have Goals for church and cemetery records. Here&#8217;s an example for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-england06.html#b\">England, Goal 6<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Choice B<\/strong>: Articles from FamilySearch and other sites introduce you to cemetery research in England.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Record Search Practice exercise gives you a research problem to solve using cemetery records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Several QUIKLinks to record collections are available to explore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several other types of records that are closely related to cemetery records. Below are the Goals to check out in the United States page; other countries may have similar Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statesb5.html#a\">Choice A<\/a>: Death records<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statesb5.html#d\">Choice D<\/a>: Death record alternatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statesb5.html#e\">Choice E<\/a>: Obituaries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statesb5.html#f\">Choice F<\/a>: Funeral home and coroner&#8217;s records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/x-california-cem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/x-california-cem.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/x-california-cem-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/x-california-cem-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is coming up in a few days, and there will be millions of tombstone decorations greeting eager trick-or-treaters &#8230; For genealogists, cemetery records aren&#8217;t that spooky &#8211; they are actually quite useful! The Family History Guide has some great resources to help you find and use cemetery records in your research. Here&#8217;s a summary of what you can find&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":11613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,67],"tags":[426],"class_list":["post-11606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-research","category-u-s-research","tag-cemetery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11614,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606\/revisions\/11614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}