Cemeteries

  • National Burial Index
    Search more than 12 million burial records from England and Wales.
  • Deceased Online
    Burial records, cremation records and grave maps for genealogy and family history. Search registers by Country, Region, County, Burial Authority or Crematorium free of charge. Register as a user and gain access to:
    • Computerised cremation and burial records
    • Digital scans of cremation and burial registers
    • Digital scans of books of remembrance
    • Photographs of graves and memorials
    • Cemetery maps showing grave locations
    • Other occupants in the same grave
  • Find a Grave
    One of our favourites where I’ve found a few gravestone images of my ancestors. The site has over 190 million records from all over the world.
  • Billion Graves
    Billion Graves has a searchable database of graves and headstones from around the world. The majority of the records are from the U.S., but there are plenty from the UK, Australia and many other countries. An iPhone or Android app is available if users would like to contribute by uploading their own headstone photos.
  • Gravestone Photographic Resource
    An international grave monument directory searchable by surname, country, county and cemetery.
  • Interment
    A free online library of cemetery records from thousands of cemeteries across the world, for historical and genealogy research. Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
  • Historic Graves
    Historic Graves is a searchable resource with graves from Ireland and a few other places. There is also a list of transcribed graveyards and their records. A community based heritage project which digitally records and publishes historic graveyard surveys and stories.
  • World War One Cemeteries
    This site contains photographs of all 940 cemeteries in France and Belgium of 40 or more burials visited by Sidney C. Hurst whilst compiling his 1929 book “The Silent Cities”, All of these cemeteries have been personally visited and photographed by themselves, the site also contains many other military cemeteries and memorials from all around the world. They are continually updating and improving their images.
  • Scottish Monumental Inscriptions
    This site is now archived, but most records are still available. There are PDF files for most of the listed burial grounds.