Cemetery Utilities for Node

Utilities for cemetery systems (and probably other systems too!)

Installation

npm install @cityssm/cemetery-utils

Name Utilities

isFirstName(namePiece)

• Checks whether a name string corresponds to a first name.
• Thanks human-names and wikidata-person-names for the name lists!

parseFullName(fullName)

parseFullName(fullName, { doFirstNameCheck: true })

• Parses a full name into its name parts, with optional first name verification for more reliable results.
• Thanks parse-full-name for the main parsing function!

Find a Grave Utilities

See Find a Grave, a large database of cemetery and memorial records.

getFindAGraveCemeteryUrl(cemeteryId)

• Builds a URL corresponding to a cemetery's page on the Find a Grave website from a Find a Grave cemetery ID.

getFindAGraveMemorialUrl(memorialId)

• Builds a URL corresponding to a memorial's page from a Find a Grave memorial ID.

getFindAGraveMemorialSearchUrl(cemeteryId, fullName, {
  birthYear: 1956,
  deathYear: 2026
})

getFindAGraveMemorialSearchUrl(
  cemeteryId,
  {
    first: 'John',
    last: 'Doe'
  },
  {
    deathYear: 2026
  }
)

• Builds a URL corresponding to a cemetery search results page for a given person.
• Find a Grave requires separate first and last name pieces for search, so when the name is given as a single string, it will be parsed.

Related Projects

Sunrise CMS
A completely free, open source, web-based application to assist cemetery managers with managing their cemetery records.