Thailand Cemeteries
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List of Cemeteries
Collections of Funeral Memorials
Funeral memorials are unique publications in Thailand. They commonly focus on content covering a wide range of topics published on behalf of or to honor the deceased person being recognized, but most of these publications also frequently contain some biographical information. Some libraries, old book stores, and other organizations have collected and digitized thousands of these.
- Digital Information Archive System, Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture
- Thammasat University Library
- Chiang Mai University Library
- Chulalongkorn University Library
- Legislative Institutional Repository of Thailand
- Mahidol University Library
- Silapakorn University Library
- Mae Jo University Archives
- E-library
- Internet Archive
- Ratcamangkhalapisek National Library of Chiang Mai หอสมุดแห่งชาติรัชมังคลาภิเษก เชียงใหม่
- Kasetsart University Library
- Bangkok University Library
- Ramkhamhaeng University Library
- Prince of Songkla University Library
- ฺBurapha University Library
- Mae Fah Luang University Library
- Sukhothai Open University Library
- National Assembly Library of Thailand
Cemetery, Funeral and Cremation Records
These records are used to provide and/or verify information about the deceased and may identify surviving family members. While cremation is the primary means of handling the remains of the deceased in Thailand, there are cemeteries in Thailand. Chinese cemeteries tend to be the most common, but Christian and non-Christian cemeteries also exist. Some Thai Buddhist temples include areas where cremated remains are buried and/or recognized by headstones or memorials. These sources of information can be particularly valuable due to a general dearth of other records or difficulty accessing them in Thailand.
Among this record type can be found:
- Gravestones or monuments
- Burial records
- Exhumation records
- Cremation records
- Sextons records
- Obituaries
- Funeral memorials or cremation volumes
The earliest records date from 800 AD and generally contain the deceased's name, age, death and burial date and place, birth date and place. They sometimes identify immediate family, relatives, and previous generations. In some cases, they also may include dates and other biographical information.
Records can be found in district and municipal archives, church archives, libraries, Chinese community associations, cemetery offices and Buddhist temple archives.