The Saint Joseph County Graves Registration Project

The Graves Registration Project gives the locations of all Saint Joseph County males known to have served in the military and died in the county before 1938. This page of our website contains an index to these graves (taken from the SBAGS publication “Index to Graves Registration Project Form GR5: Record of Deceased Male Adults to 1939 in St. Joseph County, Indiana Cemeteries,” available at the St. Joseph County Public Library). Clicking on one of the highlighted letters below will take you to an alphabetical list of veterans, showing their date of birth, date of death, and a numerical code. The code specifies the cemetery where the veteran is buried. (see code and key below).

The St. Joseph County Public Library has a book, “Instructions for the Organization and Operation of the Graves Registration Project” (call number 977.289 V641i), which includes more information about these veterans. This book may include such additional information as: home address, next of kin, full birth and death dates and places, cause of death, and military service information. To obtain a copy of this record, please contact St. Joseph County Public Library’s Local & Family history services at: local.history@sjcpl.org, or visit their “Obituary and Local History Search” form.