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Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington

Includes the District of Columbia & the Maryland counties of Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince Georges & St. Mary's.

DC Cemeteries

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Find a Grave - Browse by State: District of Columbia

Find a Grave - Browse Cemeteries by US County - District of Columbia

Information for over 300,000 cemeteries in over 170 different countries. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave. You can also try the Find A Grave Search Form.

FSN Funeral Homes - District of Columbia

FuneralHomes.com - District of Columbia Funeral Homes

Historic Congressional Cemetery

Contains pages of obituaries, death certificates, cemetery history, photographs, famous people interred there, and more.

Historic Congressional Cemetery

In 1807 the first burial ground in the new federal city was founded. Because of its close proximity to the seat of government members of Congress, military and government officials were interred, along with a number of ordinary citizens. The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery maintains and operates the 35+ acres, 14,000 headstones, and burial place of over 55,000 people whose stories are part of our American History.

I Dream of Genealogy - District of Columbia Cemeteries

iMortuary.com - Cemetery Directory - Washington DC Cemeteries

iMortuary.com - Funeral Home Directory - Washington D.C. Funeral Homes

Interment.net: District of Columbia Cemeteries

Online archive of cemetery transcriptions, with dates and names of people interred in local cemeteries. Also links to related materials online.

Online District of Columbia Death Records Indexes & Obituaries

A Genealogy Guide for DC Cemeteries & Obituaries by Joe Beine.

St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery

Cemetery serving the Washington, DC area since 1719. Operated by the St. Paul's Episcopal Church but opened to general interment since the early 1800s. See the links to a map of the cemetery & a planned online searchable database.

The Oak Hill Cemetery

An historic Washington DC cemetery founded in 1849.

The Political Graveyard - Cemeteries in District of Columbia

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - List of District of Columbia Veterans Cemeteries

The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries in 42 states and Puerto Rico as well as 34 soldier's lots and monument sites.

US Funerals Online - Washington, D.C.

US Funeral Guide & Comprehensive Funeral Homes Directory.

USA Funeral Homes Online Directory - Washington, D.C.