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Online Resources

• BillionGraves Index - index and images
• BillionGraves Wales page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
• Find A Grave Index - index and images
• Find A Grave Wales Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
• Interment Wales Cemetery Records.
• GenUKI Wales counties
• Genuki: Wales Graveyard Welsh help with Gravestone words.
• Wrexham Cemetery on-line search
• Clwyd Family History Society Reading Monumental Inscriptions Welsh.
• FamilySearch Places

Jewish Cemeteries

• JewishGen has a database to check for Jewish Cemeteries.

• JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Townhill & Oystermouth Cemeteries.
• Jewishgen Jewish Communities and Congregations in Wales
• Cemetery Scribes Swansea Jewish Cemetery (Mayhill), Glamorgan, Wales, UK
• Cemetery Scribes Newport Old Jewish Cemetery, Gwent, Wales, UK
• Walesonline The forgotten stories of the Jews leaving Wales after a century.

Military Cemeteries

• Wikipedia Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery
• Wikipedia Welsh Memorial Park, Ypres, near Boezinge, Belgium.
• CWGC Commonweath War Graves Commission, Welsh Cemetery, Ceasar's Nose.

Individual Cemeteries

• Wrexham gov Wrexham Cemetery. A computerized record of all interments from 1876 to the present day is maintained in the cemetery office.
• Cathays Cemetery
• Genealogy Cardiff's bereavement services includes an extensive Genealogy area.
• Oystermouth Cemetery Oystermouth cemetery covers approximately 28 acres in the Mumbles area of the city and was opened for burials in 1883.
• Danygraig Cemetery Danygraig cemetery covers around 20 acres in the east of Swansea and was opened for burials in 1856.
• Cwmgelli Cemetery Cwmgelli cemetery covers around 8 acres in the Treboeth area of Swansea and it was opened for burials in 1896.
• Coedgwilym Cemetery Coedgwilym cemetery is located in Clydach. Burial records for the cemetery are available from 8th April 1920.
• Rhydgoch Cemetery Rhydgoch cemetery is located south of Pontarddulais in a semi rural area. Burial records are available for the cemetery from 1907.
• Kingsbridge Cemetery Kingsbridge cemetery is located on the edge of Gorseinon. Burial records for the cemetery are available from 2nd April 1935.
• Cardiff Natural Burials Cardiff and the Vale.
• Newport Gov Newport City Council is responsible for three public cemeteries situated at: Caerleon, Christchurch, and St Woolos.
• Bridgend Gov Bridgend County Borough Council is the burial authority for eleven cemeteries and three churchyards. They are listed on the website.

Additional Resources at the Family History Library

To find cemetery records for Northern Ireland in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Wales in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Places within Wales
5. Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within Wales a second time.

Additional Resources

• Worldcat.org- Do a search for Wales Cemetery.