How to Find a Person's Grave
Visit the cemetery if you know where it is.. Look online or at the visitor's center for a map.. Start at one side of the cemetery and make a pattern.
Steps
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Visit the cemetery if you know where it is.
Visit the cemetery if you know where it is.
2
Look online or at the visitor's center for a map.
Look online or at the visitor's center for a map.
3
Start at one side of the cemetery and make a pattern.
Start at one side of the cemetery and make a pattern.
4
Reach out to the sexton of the cemetery if you still can't find the grave.
Reach out to the sexton of the cemetery if you still can't find the grave.
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Contact the funeral home for help if the cemetery is privately owned.
Contact the funeral home for help if the cemetery is privately owned.
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Look for a family plot with the person's last name.
Look for a family plot with the person's last name.
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Compare the birth and death dates with the time the person lived.
Compare the birth and death dates with the time the person lived.
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Gather as much information about the person as you can.
Gather as much information about the person as you can.
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Look up the person in genealogy databases.
Look up the person in genealogy databases.
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Visit virtual cemetery websites.
Visit virtual cemetery websites.
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Browse sites for veterans if the person was a service member.
Browse sites for veterans if the person was a service member.
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