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13:52 1 November 2024
Post by: WBJ

Cemetery Search Tools Assist Poles in Finding Loved Ones’ Graves on All Saints' Day

Cemetery Search Tools Assist Poles in Finding Loved Ones’ Graves on All Saints' Day
Source: Wikimedia Commons

As Poles honor deceased loved ones on All Saints' Day, online cemetery search tools have become invaluable for locating graves in busy cemeteries. In Warsaw, the Municipal Cemeteries Administration offers an online tool where users can enter a loved one's name, date of death, and cemetery to find their grave site. A similar tool on Warsaw's official website covers five cemeteries, including Old Powązki and the Military Cemetery, with a database of over 230,000 graves and nearly 500,000 individuals.

Poznań provides a search tool that includes graves of local Olympians and Greater Poland Uprising veterans. Since 2006, Kraków has also maintained an online search for its municipal cemeteries.

While some timeworn graves may not appear, the database is regularly updated. According to Kraków's Municipal Cemeteries Administration, this ongoing effort aims to make grave searches easier for families during significant remembrance days.

(PAP


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