Interment.net

Interment.net is a United States–based website containing a free online database of transcriptions from headstones, intended to be a research tool for use by genealogists and historians.[1] As of 2006, the site was one of the top 15 free genealogy websites on the Internet.[2][third-party source needed] Its cemetery database to date includes more than 6 million cemetery records from around the world.[3][4]

The database is limited to information transcribed from grave markers at cemeteries and/or obtained from burial records from cemetery offices. The data includes surname, given name, birthdate, birthplace, death date, death place, age, inscription (including symbols), notes, and sometimes the location of the grave marker.[5] The coverage of data addresses the problem for scholars and genealogists who cite the way cemetery records tend to be incomplete while some transcripts are inaccurate.[6]

Many of the cemeteries transcribed on the site no longer exist, making the site one of the few sources for those inscriptions.[1][third-party source needed] Online cemetery databases with similar features include Findagrave.com and Billiongraves.com.

  1. ^ a b "About Interment.net". Clear Digital Media, Inc. November 25, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ^ "History of Cemetery Records Online". Clear Digital Media, Inc. March 1, 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  3. ^ Porter, Pamela; Crow, Amy (2003). Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family's History and Heritage With the Power of the Internet. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. p. 100. ISBN 1401600212.
  4. ^ "Volunteers head for cemeteries to put millions of gravestones online". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  5. ^ "Publish Your Cemetery Records". Clear Digital Media, Inc. October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  6. ^ "Irish Roots: Digging up burial records". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-08-06.