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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(Est. 1840, records prior to 1908 destroyed in an office fire)
This is a very old, large cemetery. When I start looking for the gavesite of a west-side Detroiter, I always start here.
8850 Dix Avenue
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 841-0545
Interment.net
Local History Listings
Downriver Genealogical Society Publications of Holy Cross Cemetery Graves
SECTION D - $10.00.$11.00 - The first book of a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Sixty-four pages of data representing 975 burials.
SECTION R - $8.00/$9.00 - The second book of a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Forty-three pages of data representing 475 burials.
SECTION C - $21.00/$23.00 - The third book of a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Two hundred eighteen pages of data representing 3,140 burials + index
SECTION J - $20.00/$22.00 - The fourth book in a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Two hundred pages of data representing about 3,000 burials + index.
SECTION Y - $10.00.$11.00 - The fifth book in a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Eighty three pages of data representing about 1,060 burials + index.
SECTION E&F - $10.00.$11.00 - The sixth book in a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Eighty three pages of data representing about 1,060 burials + index.
SECTION M- $21.00/$23.00– The seventh book in a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates if available, relationship and comments. Two hundred and eighteen pages representing about 2,831 burials + index.
SECTION W - $10.00/$11.00 – This is the eighth book in a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates, if available, relationships and comments. Sixty pages representing about 791 burials + index.
SECTION T - $16.00/$17.00– The ninth book of a series of burials at Holy Cross Cemetery. Information includes name, birth and death dates, if available, relationship and comments. One hundred twenty six pages of data.
Woodmere Cemetery
(Est. 1868)
This is a very large cemetery as well.
9400 W. Fort St.
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 841-0188
Local History Listings
FindAGrave
Interment.net
Postcard
Downriver Genealogical Society Publications of Woodmere Cemetery Graves
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS - BOOK I - AUG. 1868 TO JUL. 1879 -
$30.00 /$32.00 - Includes name, birthplace, residence, age at death, death or burial date, lot and section number and undertaker. Transcriptions made from original log book. Contains 340 pages of data with approximately 3,700 names in alphabetic order.
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS - BOOK 2 - JUL. 1879 TO DEC. 1884 -
$30.00 /$32.00 - Includes name, birthplace, residence, age at death, death or burial date, lot and section number and undertaker. Transcriptions made from original log book. Contains 334 pages of data with approximately 3,700 names in alphabetic order.
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS - BOOK 3- DEC. 1884 TO SEPT. 1888
- $30.00 /$32.00 - Includes name, birthplace, residence, age at death, death or burial date, lot and section number and undertaker. Transcriptions made from original log book. Contains 340 pages of data with approximately 3,700 names in alphabetic order.
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS - BOOK 4 – Sep 1888 to Sep 1891 --$13.00/$15.00 - Includes name, residence, age, death date burial date, section & lot, undertaker. Approximately 100 of the burials are name changes/corrections/more than one person in the grave. Transcriptions made from original log books. Contains 121 pages of data with approximately 3,923 names in alphabetic order.
~ SUBURBAN PARISH CEMETERIES ~
Eloise Cemetery
(Over 7,000 people said to be buried in this cemetery which served the Eloise Complex of buildings which at various different times referred to the Wayne County Poor House, the Wayne County Sanatorium (serving tuberculosis patients), the Wayne County Asylum (serving the mentally ill indigent population), and Eloise Hospital.)
Michigan Ave at Henry Ruff Rd.
Westland, (734) 727-7377
Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
(Est. 1928)
25800 West Ten Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48037
(248) 350-1900
FindAGrave
USGenWeb
Local History Listings
Interment.net
Cemetery Map
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
976 Superior
Wyandotte, MI 48192
(734) 284-9135
USGenWeb
Local History Listings
St. Patrick Catholic Church
135 Superior Blvd.
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-285-9470
Sacred Heart (AKA Mount Kelley Cemetery) (Parish cemetery located on Cherry Hill just west of Outer Drive in Dearborn)
(Est. 1858)
This is a small cemetery.
22430 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn, MI 48124
313-278-4654
Local History Listings
twestfall@shparish.org
St. Alphonsus Parish Cemetery
(Est. 1850) 250 graves
7455 Calhoun
Dearborn, MI 48126
313-581-5218
Local History Listings (Complete transcription)
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
(Est. 1897)
4250 W. Jefferson Ave.
Ecorse, MI 48229
734-383-5514
Downriver Genealogical Society Publications of Ecorse Cemetery Graves
ECORSE CEMETERY. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ECORSE. MI - $7.00/$8.00 - Earliest date of burial is 1848. Approximately 2,500 burials, but in 1979 only 600 stones remained. These were transcribed. 35 pages with an index.St. Hedwig Catholic Cemetery
(Est. 1920)
This is a very large cemetery and many Poles are buried here. This is the second cemetery I check when looking for the gravesite of a west-side Detroiter.
23755 Military
Dearborn Hts. MI 48127
313-562-1900 shcrad@sthedwigcemetery.com USGenWeb Local History Listings Interment.net