Like many historic cemeteries, the Herrin City Cemetery in Herrin, Illinois, is trying to document all of the persons buried in the cemetery.
So far their efforts have uncovered “89 previously unknown burial sites.” Good work!
Are you working on a cemetery project this summer?
If you are, here’s a cemetery research tip.
Genealogy Tip: Use GenealogyBank to help you find all burials in America’s cemeteries. The example above shows a search using “Herrin Cemetery” in the “Include Keywords” search box. Since the cemetery name is not a common word, you could also expand the range of accurate results by searching on just “Herrin.”
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Also see more of our previous articles about cemetery research: https://blog.genealogybank.com/tag/cemetery-research.
Armed with more information on people who have been buried there, it will be easier to document each gravesite.
Tell us what cemeteries you are working on this summer in the comments.
Related Cemetery Articles:
- How to Find Ancestors’ Graves: Cemetery Research with Newspapers
- Digging Up Your Ancestors: Cemetery Research with Newspapers
- Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 3: Burial & Cemetery Records
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