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
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
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
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Lake County, Indiana
Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond (A-K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond (L-Z)