Not every cemetery will have extensive records available. If you are researching a specific person, you may want to start with death or burial records found via government sources or genealogical resources such as Ancestry. As discussed on the Home page, the boundaries of Princeton have also changed over time, so you may also need to research cemeteries in surrounding areas.
Some general sites for accessing grave information are:
Here are some additional general resources that may be helpful to you:
John F. Hageman's History of Princeton and Its Institutions, Vol. 2 has a "The Cemetery" section. While it is mostly about Princeton Cemetery, it does include brief information about other early burial spots. Available to read or download (free) from Google Books. Print versions of Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are located in the library's Princeton Room.
"Immortality in Plaster", an article by Wes Tooke from the December 16, 1998 issue of Princeton Alumni Weekly about Laurence Hutton's collection of life and death masks, now at Princeton University Library. Digital images of the collection are also available through Princeton University Library's Digital Collections.
The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ) offers an inventory of New Jersey Cemeteries. This 3-page PDF document lists Mercer County cemeteries with citations to published data.
To use the map: Toggle the navigation pane in the upper left corner of the map frame to filter locations.
Information on Charles Browne from History, Art & Archives: United States House of Representatives
"See some of the smallest, loneliest cemeteries in N.J", an article from NJ.com that mentions Drakes Corner.
Nassau Presbyterian Church Cemetery guides, history and information
Nassau Presbyterian Church - interactive map and interment records
"'Colored' Cemetery Gate" from the Albert E. Hinds Memorial Walking Tour from The Historical Society of Princeton
The Gate to the 'Colored' Cemetery from Princeton's Municipal website
Articles and other resources:
"The Princeton Cemetery: If Tombstones Could Talk" by Pricilla E. Hayes for Princeton Patron Magazine, 1996.
The Princeton Cemetery Gravemarker Transcription Project. (This website is no longer active but is accessible through the Internet Archives' Wayback Machine).
Princeton Cemetery: A Photographic Journey. (This website is no longer active but is accessible through the Internet Archives' Wayback Machine).
"In Princeton Cemetery", a sonnet by George Lansing Raymond found in Dante and Collected Verse, 1909.
"The Graveyard at Princeton" from Continental Monthly, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1862.
"From Sturdy Old Survivor, a Hardier Elm Grows" by Anthony DePalma for The New York Times.
A section of The University of Virginia: Memoirs of Her Student-Life and Professors by David M. R. Culbreth describes the grave of Catherine Bullock and Princeton Cemetery as seen on a 1902 visit to Princeton.
Old Princeton's Neighbors (available in print)
Stony Brook Friends Cemetery List, a transcription of seven handwritten pages of burials in the cemetery, transcribed by India van Voorhees Penney in 2003.