California Cemetery Records

To begin, add a cemetery record or view a list of locations and resources for California cemetery records.

As can be expected, finding California cemetery records is a bit easier said than done. There are many different organizations in this state that help to regulate this industry and many citizen groups that work to help restore individual cemeteries and help to keep records straight, as well. The California Association of Public Cemeteries is an organization dedicated to helping communities govern cemeteries so that flawless, accurate records can be created and kept over the long term. The state funeral directors association is located in Sacramento and helps to train those that oversee funerals and burials across the state. The Internment Association of California is another important organization that is dedicated to ensuring that all of our loved ones that have passed get the best treatment possible. This extends not only to care before burial but also the care of burial sites afterward, and as we all know, the better kept a cemetery is, the easier it is to keep flawless records, and the easier it is to order those documents at a later time.

There are no less than 8 military burial sites in this state, including ones in Bakersfield, San Francisco and more. Finding the documents you need in California may be slightly more difficult than other states due to its size and population but there are many organizations working hard to make it a more streamlined process.

The California GenWeb project is an arm of the well-known and increasingly large US Gen Web project. Wholly maintained by supports and volunteers alike for the past several years, here you can typically find first and last names, birth and death dates, notes left on the headstone, and, often, a photo of the headstone itself. In some cases, ages at death are included in that information as well. To retrieve California burial records, follow the instructions below.

 

Listed below is address and contact information for various California organizations relevant to cemetery records research. Locations include state veterans cemeteries, cremation societies, funeral directors associations and state cemetery administrations. If we've missed a location feel free to add a cemetery record of your own.