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Record Type	Cemetery
Collection years	1949-1969
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What is in This Collection?

This collection includes abstracts from cemeteries in the United States, compiled by various missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The collection also includes records from Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, New South Wales, and New Zealand.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Name of the decedent
• Birth date
• Death date
• Name of the cemetery
• Location of the cemetery
• Notes regarding insignias on the tombstone
• Relationships

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1900-55 Paincourt, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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  1886-1959 Moses Cemeter, Bearden, Ouachita, Arkansas

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  1865-1916 Leola Township, Adams, Wisconsin

Coverage Table

Volume	Film	Item	States
1	599834	1	Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia
2	599834	2	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
3	599834	3	Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming
4	599835	1	Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia
5	599835	2	Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada
6	599836	1	New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah
7	599836	2	Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington
8	599836	3	Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Oregon
9	599837	1	Alabama, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming
10	599837	2	Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Washington
11	599837	3	Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina
12	599838	1	Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia
13	599838	2	Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
14	599838	3	Alabama, California, Connecticut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah
15	599839	1	Arkansas, Kansas, North Carolina, Utah
16	599839	2	Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Utah, Washington
17	599839	3	Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, Wyoming
18	599840	1	Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah
19	599840	2	Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Washington, Utah
20	599840	3	Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Washington, (North) Wales, Canada
21	599840	4	California, Indiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah
22	599841	1	Arkansas
23	599841	2	Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma
24	599841	3	Alabama, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire
25	599842	1	North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont
26	599842	2	New Jersey, New York, North Carolina
27	599842	3	Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennesse, Texas, Canada
28	599843	1	California, Idaho, Illinois
29	599843	2	Florida, Oregon, Utah
30	599843	3	Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma
31	599844	1	Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho
32	599844	2	Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Canada
33	599844	3	Texas, Washington, Wales, Australia
34	599844	4	Arizona, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming
35	599845	1	Florida, Virginia, West Virginia
36	599845	2	Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio
37	599845	3	Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, Wyoming, Bermuda, Canada, New Zealand
38	599846	1	Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
39	599846	2	Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Canada
40	599846	3	Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington
41	599847	1	Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, New Hampshire
42	599847	2	Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Canada, Bahamas
43	599847	3	South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
44	599848	1	Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas
45	599848	2	Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
46	599848	3	Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, South Caorlina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington
47	599849	1	Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah
48	599849	2	Montana, Wyoming
49	599850	3	Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Wyoming
50	599850	4	California, Georgia, Idaho, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wyoming
51	599851	1	Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Texas
52	599851	2	Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming
53	599851	3	Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah
54	599852	1	Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
55	599852	2	Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia
56	599852	3	Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Washington
57	599853	1	California, Idaho, Washington
58	599853	2	Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee
59	599854	1	Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin
60	599854	2	Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
61	599854	3	Alaska, Maine, New York, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin
62	599855	1	California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas,
63	599855	2	Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia
64	599855	3	Indiana, New Mexico, New York
65	599855	4	Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
66	599856	1	Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin
67	599856	2	California, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia
68	599856	3	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
69	599857	1	Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
70	599857	2	Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio
71	599857	3	Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, Wyoming
72	599858	1	Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, Canada
73	599858	2	Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida
74	599858	3	Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
75	599859	1	Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah
76	599859	2	Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

How Do I Search This Collection?

To begin your search it is helpful to know:

• The name of your ancestor.
• The approximate year of death.
• The place were the death occurred.
• The possible cemetery of burial.

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What Do I Do Next?

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I Found Who I'm Looking For, What Now?

• Add any new information to your records
• Use the burial information to locate a birth record
• Use the burial information to locate a death record
• Use the burial information to search other records about your ancestor in the same locality
• Continue to search the cemetery abstracts identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have been buried in the same cemetery, or surrounding cemeteries
• If your ancestor used multiple names throughout their life, look for all their names

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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• You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor

Research Helps

The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the United States.

• United States Guided Research
• United States Record Finder
• Research Tips and Strategies

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