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Burial and cemetery tools
Calculators for planning a burial, budgeting a headstone, reading old gravestones and checking veterans benefits. Nothing you enter is stored.
Compare Cemeteries and Funeral Homes by State and CountyPut up to four states or counties side by side: cemeteries per resident and per square mile, 2024 deaths, funeral homes, cremation providers and notable burials, with a ranking of every state.Open the tool Funeral and Burial Cost CalculatorEstimate the total cost of a burial or cremation line by line, with low, typical and high price levels and an optional future-year estimate.Open the tool Headstone Cost CalculatorEstimate a headstone or grave marker budget by style, material, engraving extras and cemetery setting fees.Open the tool Tombstone Birth Date and Age CalculatorWork out a birth date from the age carved on a gravestone (years, months and days), or the exact age at death from two dates.Open the tool VA Burial Eligibility CheckerAnswer a few questions to see whether a person is likely eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery, and what the VA provides.Open the tool Final Expense CalculatorAdd up funeral costs, debts and other end-of-life bills, subtract savings and benefits, and see how much final expense coverage would close the gap.Open the tool Prepaid Funeral vs Saving CalculatorCompare paying for a funeral today with a pre-need contract against setting the money aside and paying later, using your own price-rise and return assumptions.Open the tool Urn Size CalculatorWork out the urn capacity you need in cubic inches from body weight, for a single, companion, keepsake or pet urn.Open the tool What to Do When Someone Dies: Interactive ChecklistA step-by-step checklist for the first hours, days, weeks and months after a death. Tick off tasks as you go; your progress stays on your device.Open the tool US cemeteries by the numbersHow many cemeteries each state has, the most common cemetery names, religious affiliations, the counties with the most burial grounds and more, counted from our directory.
Looking for background reading? Our guides explain plot prices, burial and cremation, headstones, veterans benefits and genealogy research in detail. To find a cemetery, start with your state or search near you.