Cemetery records can be useful for finding the location of a burial, or for finding the date of death. Key resources for this topic include the Tombstone and memorial inscriptions of Tasmania (TAMIOT) database for the main northern and southern Tasmanian cemeteries, and church burial registers.
TAMIOT consists of indexes and a single alphabetical list of burials in many cemeteries across Tasmania. A list of all cemeteries covered, arranged by municipality, can be found on the first microfiche, or on the Tasmanian Family History Society Inc website. Carr Villa (Launceston), Cornelian Bay (Hobart), and Kingston Lawn Cemetery are not included in the index.
The Tasmanian Family History Society uploaded the records in TAMIOT to the eHeritage website. Some of the Family History Society branches added images of the headstones to the records. You can access the records and images online through eHeritage.
A project being undertaken by Gravesites of Tasmania to make a photographic record of headstones in Tasmanian municipalities, provides another useful resource for family historians. A list of the cemeteries documented to date and an alphabetical list of the headstone names, at each cemetery is available. Copies of the CDs are held by the State Library. The Gravesites of Tasmania website also includes many special elements such as transcriptions from Dr R C Drought's record of burials performed at Brighton Plains Cemetery 1834-1840.
Resources that complement cemetery records include the Tasmanian Pioneers Index. This database, available on CD-ROM, indexes civil registrations of births, deaths and marriages from 1838 to 1839. Some pre-1838 church records are also included. Newspapers can also be a useful source of death rates: there are indexes, with varying coverage, for the Mercury (Hobart), Examiner (Launceston), and Advocate (Burnie).
For further information see: A guide to Hobart's historic cemeteries and burial grounds by Kathleen Bennett and Marion Sargent's Cemeteries [a guide to cemeteries in Launceston], 2004.
Related links: Deaths - Tasmania | Deaths - Outside Tasmania | Recommended websites
Listed here is a selection of further resources.
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| 1804-1872 | First Fleeters: burials at St. Davids Cemetery 1804-1872 / [compiled by Irene Schaffer] |
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| 1804-1872 | Inscriptions in stone: St. David's Burial Ground, 1804-1872: a record of some early history of Hobart Town from the head stones of Van Diemen's Land's first cemetery / compiled by Richard Lord |
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| 1827-1990s | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 7, Clarence Plains (Rokeby) Anglican Congregational / compiled by Tasmanian Family History Society |
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| 1840-1872 | The Hill Street burial ground: being a list of those buried in the Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery 1840-1872 and an account of the burial ground / compiled by Rosemary Davidson |
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| 1872-1994 | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 5: Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania |
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| 1872-1983 | Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart / Genealogical Society of Tasmania |
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| 1872-1994 | Burials and cremations from 01/10/1872 to 31/12/1994 / Southern Regional Cemetery Trust |
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| 1873 - 1944 | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 3: Queenborough Cemetery, Hobart A-Z / compiled by Genealogical Society of Tasmania, Hobart Branch |
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| 1873-1923 | Queenborough Cemetery Index (Genealogical Society of Tasmania) |
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| 19th C - 20th C | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 6, Hobart's early churchyards and other monuments: Part 1, Congregational cemeteries / compiled by Tasmanian Family History Society |
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| 19th C - 20th C | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 6, Hobart's early churchyards and other monuments: Part 2, Presbyterian cemeteries / compiled by the Tasmanian Family History Society |
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| 1901-1963 | [Carr Villa Memorial Park: burial and cremation records] |
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| 1905-Jan 2001 | Carr Villa Memorial Park burial and cremation records / [Tasmanian Family History Society. Launceston Branch] |
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| 1905- | Launceston City Council - Cemetery & Crematorium |
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| Pre 1900 | Fingal Anglican Cemetery (New section) headstone up to 1900 |
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| 1830s-1870s | Epitaphs: St. Mary's Old Cemetery |
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| Late 19th C - 1992 | Lilydale General Cemetery Memorials / Genealogical Society of Tasmania. Launceston Branch |
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| Late 19th C - 1992 | Lilydale General Cemetery without memorials / Genealogical Society of Tasmania. Launceston Branch |
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| 20th C | Nabowla General Cemetery / Genealogical Society of Tasmania, Launceston Branch |
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| 1845 -19th C | A transcription of the Forth cemeteries, Tasmania |
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| 1849-1983 | A cemetery guide: St. Mark's Church, Deloraine, Tasmania / [K. Bonney] |
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| 1860s-1990s | A transcription of the Deloraine Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania |
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| 1864-2000 | A transcription of the Chudleigh and Mole Creek cemeteries, Tasmania |
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| 1870-1998 | In loving memory: a transcription of the cemeteries of Sassafras, Tasmania |
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| 19th C-early 20th C | Devonport Mersey Bluff Pioneer Cemetery Tasmania / researched and compiled by Elaine Garwood for Tasmanian Family History Society Inc |
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| 20th C | In loving memory: a transcription of the Public Cemetery, Ulverstone, Tasmania |
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| 1922-1999 | In loving memory: the General Cemetery, Devonport, Tasmania |
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| - | St. George's Anglican Cemetery New Ground, Moriarty north-west Tasmania: memorial transcriptions and photographs |
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| 1830-1877 | The Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur: inscriptions on the headstones and historical background of the cemetery at the Port Arthur penal establishment, 1830-1877 / written by Richard Lord; photography by J.C.S. Bowler |
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| 19th C-early 20th C | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 2: Congregational cemeteries of Bagdad, Brighton/Pontville, Broadmarsh, Green Ponds/Kempton, Hunting Ground and Wattle Hill, Melton Mowbray / compiled by Rosemary Davidson |
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| 19th C-20th C | All known burials in the Kentish Municipality |
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| 19th C-20th C | All known burials in the Kentish Municipality |
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| 1883-1990 | Historic New Norfolk: North Circle Public Cemetery burial records, 1883-1990 / by Stanley Cordwell, Joe Cowburn, Rita Cox |
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| 19th C-1958 | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 4: Parts 1-3, Richmond / compiled by Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc. Hobart Branch |
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| 1959-1980s | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania: Vol. 1: Woodbridge / compiled by Thelma McKay |
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| - | Millingtons Southern Cemeteries |
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| - | Gravesites of Tasmania - Images |
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