California Cemetery and Graveyard Records

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Printed secondary sources of transcribed cemeteries exist for most California counties. The California State Society of the DAR has collected hundreds of such records. Transcripts are housed both at the national DAR and with some local chapters and libraries. They are also available on microfilm through the FHL and the Sutro Library in San Francisco (see Archives, Libraries, and Societies). A complete set of the DAR records (over 180 volumes) is also in the California Room of the California State Library. Included in this collection are census, newspaper, cemetery, court, Bible, and family records.

Several cemeteries previously located in San Francisco were “moved” out of the city in the 1930s to South San Francisco and Coloa, for example.

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California Cemetery Records by County

Alameda Co., California Cemetery Records
Alpine Co., California Cemetery Records
Amador Co., California Cemetery Records
Butte Co., California Cemetery Records
Calaveras Co., California Cemetery Records
Colusa Co., California Cemetery Records
Contra Costa Co., California Cemetery Records
Del Norte Co., California Cemetery Records
El Dorado Co., California Cemetery Records
Fresno Co., California Cemetery Records
Glenn Co., California Cemetery Records
Humboldt Co., California Cemetery Records
Imperial Co., California Cemetery Records
Inyo Co., California Cemetery Records
Kern Co., California Cemetery Records
Kings Co., California Cemetery Records
Lake Co., California Cemetery Records
Lassen Co., California Cemetery Records
Los Angeles Co., California Cemetery Records
Madera Co., California Cemetery Records
Marin Co., California Cemetery Records
Mariposa Co., California Cemetery Records
Mendocino Co., California Cemetery Records
Modoc Co., California Cemetery Records
Mono Co., California Cemetery Records
Monterey Co., California Cemetery Records
Merced Co., California Cemetery Records
Napa Co., California Cemetery Records
Nevada Co., California Cemetery Records		 Orange Co., California Cemetery Records
Placer Co., California Cemetery Records
Plumas Co., California Cemetery Records
Riverside Co., California Cemetery Records
Sacramento Co., California Cemetery Records
San Benito Co., California Cemetery Records
San Bernardino Co., California Cemetery Records
San Diego Co., California Cemetery Records
San Francisco Co., California Cemetery Records
San Joaquin Co., California Cemetery Records
San Luis Obispo Co., California Cemetery Records
San Mateo Co., California Cemetery Records
Santa Barbara Co., California Cemetery Records
Santa Clara Co., California Cemetery Records
Santa Cruz Co., California Cemetery Records
Shasta Co., California Cemetery Records
Sierra Co., California Cemetery Records
Siskiyou Co., California Cemetery Records
Solano Co., California Cemetery Records
Sonoma Co., California Cemetery Records
Stanislaus Co., California Cemetery Records
Sutter Co., California Cemetery Records
Tehama Co., California Cemetery Records
Trinity Co., California Cemetery Records
Tulare Co., California Cemetery Records
Tuolumne Co., California Cemetery Records
Ventura Co., California Cemetery Records
Yolo Co., California Cemetery Records
Yuba Co., California Cemetery Records
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California Cemetery records and gravestone inscriptions are a rich source of information for family historians. Cemetery and other sources of information associated with death include:

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  • Biographical works
  • Burial permits
  • Church burial registers
  • Cemetery records (often several different kinds are kept)
  • Cemetery indexes (often compiled by genealogical societies)
  • Cemetery sextons’ records
  • Cemetery deed and plot registers
  • Death certificates
  • Death indexes
  • Family bibles
  • Family burial plots
  • Funeral director’s records
  • Grave opening orders
  • Gravestone (monument) inscriptions
  • Military records
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Necrologies
  • Newspaper death notices
  • Obituaries
  • Probate records
  • Published death records
  • Religious records
  • Transcriptions of cemetery inscriptions
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