Many municipal cemeteries have decades or even centuries of burial records stored in paper ledgers, card files, filing cabinets, and aging binders. Transitioning this data into a digital system is essential for meeting public records requirements and ensuring long-term preservation. CemSites offers data migration support as part of its municipal cemetery software, converting historical records into a searchable digital format that staff can query instantly.
The migration process accounts for the varied formats that municipal records tend to accumulate over time. Handwritten entries, typed cards, scanned documents, and spreadsheet exports can all feed into the CemSites platform, where records are standardized and linked to mapped plot locations. Once digitized, these records become easier to maintain, update, share, and produce in response to public records requests or genealogical inquiries.
