Cemetery Databases

Billion Graves

BillionGraves is an online cemetery and gravestone database that combines user-contributed headstone photos with GPS coordinates. It aims to create a worldwide, map-based index of burial locations and inscriptions to support genealogy and local history research. The project relies heavily on volunteers using mobile apps to photograph and transcribe graves.

Find a Grave

Find a Grave is an online database and community resource that catalogs burial information worldwide. It allows users to locate cemetery records, create memorial pages, and contribute photographs of headstones. The platform has become a widely used tool for genealogical research and memorialization of the deceased.

CemeteryRegistry.US

CemeteryRegistry.US is a U.S.-wide online cemetery directory and genealogical resource. It aggregates more than 140,000 cemetery listings across all 50 states and makes them searchable for family historians, researchers, and anyone trying to locate burial grounds or cemetery information in the United States.

Interment.net

Interment.net is a long-running, United States–based cemetery transcription website that provides a free online database of burial and cemetery records for genealogists and historians. It focuses on publishing stand-alone transcriptions from specific sources (like a cemetery office or church) rather than crowd-merging records, positioning itself as a “single-source” alternative to crowd-sourced sites.

The Tombstrone Transcription Project

The Tombstone Transcription Project is a volunteer-driven online initiative that coordinates the transcription and sharing of cemetery gravestone information for genealogical and local history research. It operates as one of the special projects associated with the broader USGenWeb Project network, focusing specifically on tombstone inscriptions and burial data.