Pennsylvania Cemetery Records

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

Pennsylvania has so many interesting cultures, so many interesting communities and so many things to do, a person would have to live here for several lifetimes to see and do it all. It is a great place to grow up and a great place to grow old, as well.

If you are currently hunting for accurate and up to date Pennsylvania cemetery records, you will want to order yours online and have them shipped directly to your door. There are other options, however. If you want to contact the administration that runs the cemetery your loved one is interred at, you can, although if you don't have this information or if you have lost it, you can contact one of the following organizations on your own.

First, the Pennsylvania Cemetery Funeral Association may be able to find the documents you are looking for. They help burial sites across the state keep meticulous records so that each and every person, even folks from a century ago, are accounted for. There are also a whole host of military burial sites in this state, as well. There are 9 different locations throughout the state that may be home to your loved one. The only way to know for sure is to order online today.

The Pennsylvania Tombstone Transcription Project is a branch of the larger US project by the same name. Working under the umbrella of the ambitious US Gen Web project, the goal is to have volunteers transcribe every tombstone in the state, and they're getting there slowly but surely. In most cases, you can find the individual's name, birth and death date, and comments that were on the headstone. To retrieve Pennsylvania burial records, follow the instructions below.

 

Listed below is address and contact information for various Pennsylvania 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.