Use this index as a finding aid linking a name with a cemetery.
- There are 99 cemeteries included in our indices. Most are readings of the existing tombstones; others are compiled from records and/or research. You may also search across all indexes by using the site search index in the upper left.
- If you find the name you are seeking, make a note of the cemetery.
- Additional information will be found in the cemetery reading. The published cemetery readings are located in the South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society Library. You may conduct your own research at the Library or you may request a volunteer do the research for you.
- For further information on how to obtain research help, visit our Research Assistance page.
NOTE: All of the cemeteries are located outside of the Chicago city limits.
Cook County, Illinois
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| Bloom Township |
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| Bloom Presbyterian Bloomvale St. James St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Smith Burying Ground |
| Bremen Township |
| Bachelor GroveCook County Cemetery at Oak Forest Hospital Ebenezer Lutheran (Vol. 1, 1921 – 1935) (Vol. 2, 1935 – 1963) Funk’s Cemetery Jacob Funk’s Register of Funerals (1889-1906 and 1914-1915) St. John the Baptist Episcopal Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Vogt Vogt End Zion Lutheran Names Exteacted from Illinois Death Records, 1916 |
| Lemont Township |
| St. James of the Sag (partial reading) |
| Orland Township |
| Christ LutheranOld German Methodist Orland Memorial Park Tinley Memorial Tinley Park Mental Health Hospital |
| Palos Township |
| Bell/Kelsy Family a.k.a. Lemont Methodist Munch Family Palos Oak Hill Sacred Heart Wagner Family |
| Rich Township |
| Elliott Immanuel Evangelical St. Anne St. John’s Lutheran – Coopers Grove St. Paul-Seiden Prairie St. Paul’s Evangelical – Seiden Prarie |
| Thornton Township (A–E) |
| Thornton Township (F–K) |
| Thornton Township (L–R) |
| Thornton Township (S–Z) |
| BergerDoepp Estate First Reformed Lansing Fremont Holbrook/Oak Ridge Mount Forest Mount Holland Oak Glen Lutheran Oakland Memory Lane Oak Ridge-Lansing Thornton Township Cemetery Washington Memory Gardens (partial reading) |
| Worth Township (A-H) |
| Worth Township (I-Q) |
| Worth Township (R-Z) |
| First Lutheran Hazelgreen Old Blue Island Sauerbier Family St. Benedict’s |
Will County, Illinois
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| Crete Township |
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| Adams Crete Hewesburg Kile/Seehausen/ Hub St. John Evangelical Lutheran -Eagle Lake North Trinity (Beebe Grove) Trinity (Black Walnut) Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Zion Lutheran |
| Florence Township |
| Starr Grove |
| Frankfort Township |
| Frankfort Township Cemetery Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Pioneer Memorial Pleasant Hill St. John’s United Church of Christ St. Mary’s Stellwagen Union Burial Society Cemetery |
| Green Garden Township |
| Greenview Cemetery Rose Hill St. Peter’s German Evangelical Twining Union |
| Homer Township |
| Barnet/Barnett Brooks Hadley St. Michael Catholic Unknown |
| Manhattan Township |
| Klingler Manhattan Center St. Joseph’s Unknown Cemetery |
| Monee Township |
| St. Paul’s United Church of Christ |
| New Lenox Township |
| Maple Wood Marshall |
| Peotone Township |
| St. John’s United Church of Christ West Peotone Presbyterian |
| Washington Township |
| Beecher Mausoleum St. John-Eagle Lake St. John’s United Church of Christ St. Luke’s United Church of Christ St. Paul Lutheran |
| Will Township |
| Peotone Will Presbyterian |
| Wilton Township |
| Huyck’s Grove St. Patrick’s Wilton Center |
DuPage County, IL and Lake County, IN
| DuPage County, Illinois |
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| St. Patrick’s Cemetery |
| Lake County, Indiana |
| Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond (A-K) Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond (L-Z) |