Portsmouth Public Library Cemetery Index

If you already have plot numbers for a grave site, see the maps and plot plans below.

This information is also available on our digital collections archive.

Otherwise, to locate an individual’s plot location, you can either:

  • Visit, email, or call, the Special Collections Room to check the printed name indexes and plot maps.
    • Indexes are available for North Cemetery, Point of Graves, South Cemetery (which includes 5 smaller cemeteries: Cotton, Elmwood, Harmony Grove, Proprietors, and Sagamore), Temple Israel Cemetery, Union, and miscellaneous small family gravesites.
  • Search in the city's CEMETERY DATABASE - See below for more information.
  • Search in FIND A GRAVE – Several of the larger Portsmouth cemeteries have been entered into FIND A GRAVE. This is an ongoing project with more to come! FIND A GRAVE records are also searchable within Ancestry.com. Plot numbers have been entered. [Letter + number in most cases.] 

To locate and visit the desired plot, check the corresponding pdfs of maps and plot plans on this page.

Many thanks for all the hard work of volunteers like Louise Tallman, Cynthia Pridham Thomas, June Spezzano, and Ginny Jakoubek!

Cemetery Database

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Cemetery Database

The Portsmouth Public Library and the Portsmouth Cemetery Committee are pleased to offer this searchable database of historic cemetery records. These records were created by volunteers and input by library staff, volunteers, and Cemetery Committee members. Many thanks for all the hard work of volunteers like Louise Tallman, Cynthia Pridham Thomas, June Spezzano, Ginny Jakoubek, Sue Sterry, Tylene Jousse, and Barbara Pamboukes!

The following cemeteries are represented in this database, though not every gravestone has been recorded: Cotton Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Harmony Grove Cemetery, North Burial Ground, Pleasant Street Cemetery, Point of Graves Burial Ground, Proprietors Cemetery, Sagamore Cemetery, St. John’s Churchyard Cemetery, Union Cemetery, and the following family gravesites: Balch Burial Ground, Beck Burial Ground, Fieldstone Burial Ground, Hall Burial Ground, Huntress Cemetery, Lang Graveyard, Langdon Family Cemetery, Marden Graveyard, Marston Graveyard, Moses Graveyard, Norton Graveyard, Otis Cemetery, Perkins Graveyard, Rand Graveyard, Sherburne Graveyard, Whidden Graveyard, and White Graveside.

Database tips:

  • Search by first and/or last name
  • Use the filters on the left side to narrow your search
  • For accurate locations, record the Section and Plot number
  • Visit our Cemetery Index page to view maps of the larger cemeteries (Cotton & Elmwood, Harmony Grove, North, Proprietors, Sagamore, and Union) or visit Find A Grave for more information

Cemetery Maps and Information

South Street Cemetery

  Cotton Cemetery

  Harmony Grove Cemetery

  Proprietor's Cemetery

  Sagamore Cemetery

Union Cemetery

North Cemetery

 

Portsmouth South Street Cemetery map