Kentucky Cemetery Records

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

The Bluegrass State of Kentucky is like no other place. Residents there love basketball, they love barbeque and they love to have a good time. If you are in search of Kentucky cemetery records, the best thing you can do is to contact the burial site personally to see what documents they have on file. The trouble that many people run into is that they aren't aware of the exact location, so the following organizations may help you in your search.

You can begin with the Kentucky Cemetery Association. They exist to help promote the highest standards of record keeping and of care to burial sites all over the state. The Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky in Frankfort is dedicated to helping provide the highest quality in funeral services throughout the state. Although they have little to do with cemeteries themselves, they work hand in hand with creating accurate records for all of us to order.

There are eight major military cemeteries in this state, including Camp Nelson, Cave Hill, Danville, Evergreen and more. If you need top flight records and you need them delivered to your door fast, the best thing you can do is to place your order online and bypass phone or snail mail ordering options.

The Kentucky Historical Society maintains a cemetery database. The Society itself was founded to preserve the state's history and its people's heritage. The cemetery search offers the names, birth and death dates, and tombstone notes for a number of different locations around the state. In most cases, you can also retrieve detailed information about the cemetery itself and directions to its physical location. To retrieve Kentucky burial records, follow the instructions below.

 

Listed below is address and contact information for various Kentucky 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.