HEALTH DEPARTMENTS and VITAL RECORDS

District of Columbia Department of Health

Vital Statistics Administration

Virginia Department of Health

Office of Vital Records

Vital Chek
Certified copies of death certificates by mail

MEDICAL EXAMINERS’ OFFICES

District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

CEMETERIES

Rock Creek Cemetery
202-829-0585

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
301-871-6500

Mount Olivet Cemetery
202-399-3000

Resurrection Cemetery
301-868-5141

Glenwood Cemetery
202-667-1016

Arlington National Cemetery
877-907-8585

Quantico National Cemetery
703-221-2183

V.A. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Maryland Veterans Cemetery at Cheltenham
301-372-6398

 Woodlawn Cemetery
202-650-5618

Washington National Cemetery
301-568-5250

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
301- 965-9138

Harmony Memorial Park
301-772-0900

Fort Lincoln Cemetery
301-864-5090

George Washington Cemetery
301-434-4640

Parklawn Memorial Park
301-881-2151

Maryland National Memorial Park
301-210-6464

NEWSPAPERS

Washington Post

Washington Post Obituaries and Death Notices

Washington Times

Washington Examiner

Washington Afro American

Washington Afro American Obituaries

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS

Office of Personnel Management

Office of Personnel Management Insurance Benefits

Office of Personnel Management Retirement Death Benefits

Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration Survivor Benefits

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs Survivor Benefits

V.A. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSING BOARDS

District of Columbia Board of Funeral Directors

Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors

Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

FUNERAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

National Funeral Directors Association

National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association

Cremation Association of North America

International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards

American Board of Funeral Service Education

Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice

FORENSIC DEATH, MEDICAL AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team

Region 3 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team

National Disaster Medical System

HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Emergency Management Agency

D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

D.C. Medical Reserve Corps

D.C. Community Ermergency Response Team