CEMETERY LINKS

Links to cemetery websites for Olde Orange County, N.C., North Carolina, United States, International and General category, in that order. If you have links that you feel are useful, please send them to us for our review and possible addition.
NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com

Olde Orange County - originally included the present day Orange, Durham, Chatham, Caswell, Person and Alamance.  There were also portions of Wake, Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph, and Lee.

CEMETERY CENSUS - Cemeteries of Some North Carolina Counties
  http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/index.htm

This is THE site for searching in Olde Orange County cemeteries. The site includes, as of this writing, cemetery listings for Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person and Wake County - Wake County was added in June 2006. From the opening screen, you can search all listed counties by surname or click on the county to go to that county page and just search surnames for that individual county.

Click on the link CEMETERY LAW to read North Carolina Laws and Statutes Regarding Cemeteries.

Allen Dew, of Granville County, actively administers this site and is in constant contact with cemetery researchers and listers. Come back often - more will be added. In addition to the listing of the burials you will find pictures of many stones and cemeteries. Contact Allen if you would like to help with research and pictures.

Interment.com - Link to the NC page
   http://www.interment.net/us/nc/

Links for many, but not all, of the NC counties. Some of the links are to GenWeb sites. This site will continue to grow - you may submit your own cemetery transcription.

 

NCGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/

Click on the COUNTIES button and scroll down to click on the county of your choice. All 100 NC counties have GenWeb sites. Not all of the NCGenWeb county sites have cemetery listings.

USGenWeb - The Tombstone Transcription Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/

Click on View The Registry and then choose State and County. No search tools.

 

Interment.com - Link to the United States page
   http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm

Browse cemeteries by State and then County. You can search by World, United States, State and County. This site will continue to grow - you may submit your own cemetery transcription.

 

World Wide Cemetery Page - Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions
 http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

All on one page but WOW! Not as well organized as some but lots of links and some that you will not find anywhere else. Keep scrolling and enjoy.

 

CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
http://www.cwgc.org/

"Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. It is a non-profit-making organisation that was founded by Sir Fabian Ware."

 

- Cyndi's List - Cemeteries & Funeral Homes
http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm

Your first place to search..........

 

Gravestone Symbolism
http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html

"This is a list of symbols I have seen on gravestones while cemetery exploring. More symbols and explanations will be added over time." Check out the rest of the site here: http://www.graveaddiction.com/. The website owner updates her site regularly and truly has a disorder as the site name indicates. (Thanks to Melanie Crain for sharing the link.)

 

Updated: 03 January 2007
 

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