• "Indexed" = they have an alphabetical listing
• "Records copied" = they have copied what records they were given or found
• "Walked" = cemetery has been walked and information from the gravestones copied down
• "Published" = information on this cemetery has been published in the periodical listed

The list of cemeteries below also contains some links to an individual page for that cemetery. I am collecting and assembling individual cemetery pages as I acquire or take headstone photos. If you have any headstone photos please feel free to email me them so I may include them, or start a new cemetery page if there is not one.

Photo/image filename conventions:....renaming your files. If you have several image/photo files to send me, it is appreciated if your photo files are named in respect to the the content of the photo. An example is, let's say you have a headstone photo of John Doe, a filename for the photo would typically be something like doe_john_headstone.jpg (etc). If your file is "DSC1001.jpg" or "IMG3227.jpg" or "headstone.jpg", or several photos named "headstone a", headstone b", (etc), then it becomes more difficult to properly sort through the files because it would require actually looking at the photo to determine who or what the photo is of. Properly named files also make it MUCH more easier to sort or search. If I want to search my hard drive for headstone photos, or headstone photos of surname DOE, the process becomes so much easier when the filenames actually have some description or meaning AND match my search criteria. Do not be discouraged if you are not comfortable or have time to do this. I still invite your photos. Additionally, there is a good article on this page which provides additional filename information which details other reasons why your files should be named a specific way...including no_spaces_between_words in your filename, etc. Check it out.

Some Jackson Co cemetery records are listed here on Coleen Mielke's genealogy website. Click on Misc Minnesota Cemeteries. Coleen, a resident of Alaska, also has extensive listings for neighboring counties as well as others in Minnesota, and other states as well. If you find any useful information, or are just generally as impressed by her dedication as I am, let Coleen know. She has obviously put a lot of time into her online listings. Thanks, Coleen!

Paul Hanson, who was born in Jackson and has a number of family tree members connected to Jackson county, has a number of cemetery and headstone photos listed here on here on his Flickr photo website. Some surnames in Pauls' family tree are Groshens, Guritz, Rosenbrook, Lucht, Foshage, Walters, Eggimann, Gazda, Kalmbrum, Williams, Theis, Temlitz, Watland, Jacobsen, Olsen, Hansen.

Check out Valerie Lafrenz and Jen Johnsons' website The Grave Site.net. Val, Jen and other family members have visited a number of cemeteries around the midwest, with a particular interest in the small family, farm or forgotten/neglected cemeteries that exist.

Another website with connections to Jackson County can be found on Jesse Clarke's website.

Visit the online Vietnam Veterans Memorial virtual wall for Jackson County natives from Jackson and Okabena.

The cemetery is a very humbling place. Unfortunately we will all ultimately end up in one. Please respect the cemetery when you visit, and let us not forgot our loved ones who are there. Those interred for their final rest have a story which goes with them. Let us remember them and preserve their history and stories for future generations. If it were not for our ancestors, we would not be here.

Cemetery Name	Coordinates (N/W/Section/Direction)	Status of records available at the Jackson County Historical Society
Belmont Township
East Belmont or Slaabakken Cemetery	103/35/22/SWNE	indexed, map copied and cemetery walked. Sec 22.
Hauges (North Belmont) Cemetery	103/35/01/NWNW	indexed and records copied
West Belmont Lutheran Cemetery	103/35/20/SESE	indexed and records copied
Christiania Township
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery	104/35/35/NENW	indexed and records copied
Christiana Norwegian Cemetery	104/35/28/SWNW	Published article: "Christiana Norwegian Cemetery," by Gary Richter and Arthur L Finnell in Prairieland Register 4:2 (spr 1980), p 48.
Jacobson Cemetery	.	indexed and walked
Delafield Township
Delafield Township Cemetery	104/36/15/SESE	indexed and book available for sale Information was also published "Delafield Township Cemetery," by Mrs J V Herbert in Minnesota Genealogist 15:2-4 (6-12/1984), p 75-80, 137-141, 218-220.
Ringsaker Cemetery	.	indexed and walked
St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery	104/36/32/SWSW	indexed and records copied
Wilder Cemetery	104/36/07/E2SW	indexed and walked Information was also published: "Wilder Cemetery," by Dean M Pettis in Prairieland Register 5:1 (win 1981), p 9.
Des Moines Township
Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery	102/35/25/NWSW	indexed and records copied
Riverside Cemetery	102/35/25/SWNW+NWSW	indexed and records copied
Sunset Memorial Cemetery	102/35/26/NESE	indexed and records copied
Ewington Township
Ewington Township Cemetery	.	no records or indexing available yet
Grace Lutheran Cemetery	102/38/22/NWSW	indexed and copied
Heron Lake Township
Brill Family Cemetery	103/36/06/SESE	no records or indexing available yet
Catholic Memorial Gardens	103/36/32/C	indexed and copied
Heron Lake City Cemetery A-M Heron Lake City Cemetery N-Z	103/36/32/C
Heron Lake Cemetery (Malchow Cemetery)	103/36/08/SWSW	partial listing from a family history
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	103/36/32/C	partial listing - lot owners only
Lakefield Cemetery	.	indexed and copied
Memorial Gardens Cemetery	.	indexed and copied
St Joseph Catholic Cemetery	.	partial listing
Kimball Township
Bohemian Cemetery Bohemian (Slovak) Cemetery	.	partial listing
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	.	indexed and book available for sale
Middletown Township
Loon Lake Baptist Cemetery	101/35/30/NWSW	partial listing
Minneota Township
Holy Trinity Cemetery	101/36/17/NENW	indexed and copied
St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery	101/36/17/NWNE	indexed and copied Information was also published: "Church of St. John the Baptist Cemetery - Catholic," by Gary Richter and Arthur L Finnell in Prairieland Register 7:1 (spr 1983), p 22-23.
Petersburg Township
Petersburg Cemetery	101/34/28/NESE	partial listing
St John's Lutheran Cemetery	101/34/23/NENE	indexed and walked
Union State Line Cemetery	(located 1/2 mile S of MN)	indexed and copied. Located here
Rost Township
Old Rost Township Cemetery	.	walked
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery A - M St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery N - Z	.	walked
Round Lake Township
Old Norwegian Cemetery	101/38/24/SWNW	walked and partial from Church history..Old Norwegian Cemetery (Norwegian Lutheran)
Sioux Valley Township
Sioux Valley Cemetery	101/37/29/NENW	indexed and copied
Weimer Township
Lakeside Cemetery	104/37/20/NWNW	indexed and copied
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery	104/37/07/SESW	indexed and copied
West Heron Lake Township
Old Pioneer Cemetery	.	partial listing
St John's Lutheran Cemetery	103/37/18/NESE	indexed and walked
Wisconsin Township
Miller Family Cemetery	102/34/30/SWSW	no records or indexing available yet
Other
Alpha Mennonite Cemetery	unknown	no records or indexing available yet
County Poor Cemetery	unknown	only two burials -records noted at the Jackson County Historical Society
Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery	15550 Hwy115 Little Falls, MN 56345	phone:(320) 616-2527 email: davidps@fallsnet.com

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