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Mississippi Cemetery Records Search | Find Graves, Burial Records & Locations

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State archive snapshot

6,571

Mississippi Cemeteries

617

Burial Records Indexed

82

Counties with Coverage

617

Veterans Buried in MS

Quick answer

How do I search Mississippi cemetery and burial records?

Start with the statewide search bar, then use county cards to narrow by place. Once the likely county is clear, move into cemetery pages for map and source context, then into burial pages for person-level research.

Mississippi research focus

Top signal: 6,571 mapped cemeteries across 82 counties.

Best next step: open a county card with strong cemetery depth or a notable cemetery page below.

Browse network

Mississippi County Clusters & Top Research Paths

Use these cluster cards when you want the fastest route into stronger county-level cemetery pages. Each group emphasizes a different search intent: broad cemetery browsing, deeper burial discovery, or long-tail local archive coverage.

Cluster lane

Most searched Mississippi cemetery counties

Highest cemetery inventory and broadest place-intent coverage for statewide browse traffic.

Amite

338 cemeteries - 14 burial records - Notable: Memorial Cemetery

338

Attala

138 cemeteries - 9 burial records - Notable: Parkway Cemetery

138

Benton

131 cemeteries - 0 burial records - Notable: Ashland Cemetery

131

Carroll

101 cemeteries - 9 burial records - Notable: New Bethel Cemetery

101

Cluster lane

Emerging Mississippi archive counties

Smaller county archives that still surface useful cemetery pages and long-tail local search opportunities.

Adams

48 cemeteries - 11 burial records - Notable: Greenlawn Memorial Park

48

Alcorn

44 cemeteries - 3 burial records - Notable: Magnolia Gardens Cemetery

44

Bolivar

63 cemeteries - 6 burial records - Notable: Delta Heights Memorial Gardens

63

Calhoun

89 cemeteries - 3 burial records - Notable: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery

89

How to search this state

How to Find Mississippi Burial Records & Cemetery Information

Mississippi has a large cemetery footprint, and the fastest research path is to move from state overview to county directory and then into specific cemetery or burial searches. Use this sequence to reduce broad, low-context searching.

Method 01

Start with place-based search intent

  1. 1. Search a cemetery name, county name, or city hint tied to Mississippi.
  2. 2. Use county cards below when the search needs better local context.
  3. 3. Move into cemetery or burial pages only after the place looks right.

Method 02

Use county pages to avoid dead-end searching

  1. 1. Compare county cemetery totals, burial depth, and notable cemetery names.
  2. 2. Pick the strongest county page first instead of searching statewide again.
  3. 3. Return to this page only when you need a new county or cemetery lane.

State footprint

82

County archive paths currently organized for Mississippi research.

Largest archive layer

338

Cemeteries in the top county currently surfaced for this state archive.

Veteran-linked records

617

Person-level burial rows in this state currently carrying military branch context.

County archive index

Mississippi County Cemetery Directory

Each county card now includes cemetery totals, burial depth, a notable cemetery hint, and record-range context so the index works as real search content instead of a thin link wall.

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Most searched cemeteries

High-Depth Cemetery Pages in Mississippi

Cedar Hill Cemetery

12 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

VA

Lakewood Memorial Park

12 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

USGS / Public

Autumn Woods Cemetery

10 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

VA

Garden Memorial Park

10 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

USGS / Public

Garden Of Memories

10 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

VA

Memorial Gardens of Columbus

9 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

USGS / Public

Carter Sunset Memorial Gardens

8 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

USGS / Public

Forest Lawn Memory Gardens

8 burial records currently linked, making this one of the strongest individual cemetery pages in Mississippi.

USGS / Public

Era search

Search Mississippi Records by Era

Pre-1860 Civil War Era 1900-1950 WWII Veterans Post-1970

Genealogy guide

Mississippi Genealogy Research Guide

Mississippi genealogy research works best when cemetery pages, burial records, and county archive pages are used together instead of as separate searches. This state hub helps users move from a broad geographic starting point into the right county and then into the strongest cemetery page for that place.

When you are researching family history in Mississippi, start with a cemetery name, county, or city whenever possible. That reduces false matches and makes burial dates, military details, and related cemetery links much easier to validate. Statewide search is useful, but county-level narrowing is usually where the archive becomes more trustworthy.

For older family-history searches, use the county directory, the historic cemetery cards, and the era filters on this page together. Those sections support common searches like Mississippi death records online, older cemetery records, Civil War-era burials, and veterans buried in Mississippi.

Frequently asked

Mississippi Cemetery FAQs

These answers are written to help users move from broad state-level browsing into county, cemetery, and burial-record pages without losing archive context.

How do I search Mississippi cemetery and burial records?

Start with this Mississippi archive page, use the main search bar for cemetery names or surnames, and then narrow into a county page before choosing a cemetery or burial record result.

How many cemeteries are listed in Mississippi?

6,571 cemetery records are currently mapped in Mississippi across 82 counties.

What should I do after choosing a county in Mississippi?

Open the county page to compare cemetery totals, burial depth, notable cemetery pages, and location-specific search paths before you drill into a single cemetery.

Can I search Mississippi burial records by surname?

Yes. The fastest approach is to search a full surname together with a cemetery name, county, or city hint so the archive can separate similar names across different parts of Mississippi.

Are veteran burial locations included in Mississippi?

Veteran-linked burial rows are surfaced when the current archive carries military branch context, and those records can be compared with county and cemetery pages for stronger place validation.

Why do some Mississippi county pages show more detail than others?

Coverage depends on source depth. Some counties currently surface richer cemetery totals, older record ranges, and more person-level burial rows, while others are still partial archive areas.

What are the oldest cemetery record areas in Mississippi?

The best indicator is the county card year range and the notable cemetery listings on this page. Those signals help highlight counties where older cemetery coverage is more likely to appear.

Is this the best page for Mississippi genealogy and cemetery research?

This state page is the best starting hub for statewide cemetery and burial browsing, but the strongest results usually come from moving into county and cemetery detail pages as soon as location context becomes clear.

What is the oldest cemetery in Mississippi?

The oldest cemetery in Mississippi depends on source depth, but the historic cemetery section on this page highlights the earliest established sites currently surfaced in the archive.

Are Mississippi burial records free to access?

Yes. All records on Cemetery Finders are free to browse, including state, county, cemetery, and burial pages built from public archive sources.

How many veterans are buried in Mississippi?

617 veteran-linked burial records are currently surfaced in the Mississippi archive where military branch data is available.