Cemetery records
Introduction
Most cemetery records are managed by other organisations but we do hold some. Some Tasmanian cemetery lists are online.
What is online?
Cemetery records held by us online
- Carr Villa Memorial Park (TA1870)
- Launceston Charles Street Cemetery (NG3089)
- Launceston Scotch Cemetery (NS3481)
- 1985-2001 Orders for Cremations at Cornelian Bay Cemetery (AF76, AF70). These can be accessed by the digitised registers (AF35) and also via the ‘order’ number from the Millingtons Records Search
- Search the eHeritage database for tombstone inscriptions
Records held by other organisations
What else is available?
Other cemetery records
To see a list of other cemetery records we hold, search for agencies in the archives and put “cemetery” in the agency field.
Published resources
- Tombstone and Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania (TAMIOT) (CD Rom & microfiche)
- Gravesites of Tasmania (CD Roms)
- A guide to Hobart’s historic cemeteries and burial grounds (Print)
- Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania (Print)
- In loving memory – transcriptions of North-West cemeteries (Print)
- Other library resources on cemeteries in Tasmania
Notes
Early cemeteries were often established by religious groups. Some cemetery lists have been compiled using various sources, for example headstones.
We are unable to provide digitised access to many cemetery records as we do not own the copyright. Information about cemetery records from other organisations.
What other resources could be useful?
- Family history guide: How can I find out about a person’s birth, death or marriage
- Guide to church registers
- Undertakers of Hobart, by the Tasmanian Family History Society Hobart
- Records of Pierce Keating, Undertakers, Hobart 1895-1964 (NG1922)
- Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 (includes TAMIOT) (available from only some of our locations)