Worcester County burial records
Cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photographs, and burial information preserved as part of Worcester County MDGenWeb.
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Locate burial sites, understand the historic election districts used in the listings, protect fragile markers, or contribute records.
Historic map + cemetery locations
See Worcester cemetery locations on the 1877 Lower Shore map aligned with modern roads and satellite imagery. The map shows the historic election districts referenced in Worcester cemetery descriptions and helps connect old place names with the landscape today.
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Cemetery transcription guidelinesIn memory
Jim Trader documented hundreds of Lower Shore burial sites and was a determined advocate for cemetery preservation. Much of his cemetery fieldwork was concentrated in Wicomico and Worcester counties.
Read the memorial pageThis is the county index for cemetery material hosted on Worcester County MDGenWeb. The five newest pages combine historic cemetery listings, site notes, and the photograph collections supplied for this project.
Near Milbourne Landing and the Pocomoke River. A small early Bevans family burial ground documented by Philip L. Goldsborough in 2007, with surviving-stone photographs and location images.
The historic Dennis family burial ground at Beverly on the Pocomoke River, with a transcription contributed by H. Byrd and photographs of the cemetery, family markers, and the Beverly property.
A small private cemetery east of Fleming Mill Road containing Dryden, Ross, and Ewell burials, recorded in 1990 with genealogical notes.
Snow Hill. A substantial transcription recorded and photographed by Chip White in 1997 and 1998.
Payne Road near Pocomoke. A transcription of gravestones in this Worcester County church cemetery.
Meadow Bridge Road near the Somerset-Worcester county line. An extensive photographic index of the church cemetery, the 1886 cornerstone, and identifiable gravestones.
Atkinson's Election District. A combined 1978, 1979, and 1991 cemetery listing, retyped in 2013, with a large collection of later gravestone photographs.
A family cemetery transcription recorded by Melanie Ayres Merryweather, a lineal descendant of Captain Peter Whaley.