Looking for the location of a grave for an ancestor? Found the grave while on a stroll through God’s Acre but want more information about the person? You have come to the right place! Use our Graveyard Database, embedded below, to search for information about those buried in Moravian graveyards. As a bonus, the memoir index has been cross-referenced with the graveyard index so if we have a memoir available online for the individual, you’ll see that information displayed as well. For more information on navigating the Graveyard Database, scroll below the embedded database.
The most important thing to know about using this Graveyard Database is where to click to search through the records, which is the magnifying glass in the upper righthand corner:
There are scroll bars in the upper righthand corner and in the bottom lefthand corner to scroll up and down or left and right if you want to browse through the records.
You can also use the features available at the top of the database screen to hide fields, filter records, group records, sort records, or change the row height:
For example, you can use the filter feature to limit what you’re looking at based on any of the fields, such as Church Affiliation in this example:
Finally, you can click on the three dots on the bar for the options to download a CSV of the information or print various pages:
For more information on navigating a database like this one, you can check out information on Airtable’s help page about Getting Started with Airtable.
There is a detailed description of the fields visible in this database below.
Name: The person’s name at time of death, sorted alphabetically by last name
Maiden Name: The person’s given last name prior to marriage
Digital Link (from Memoirs Index): The link to the memoir for the person, if available. This link will take you away from our website and the Graveyard Database and take you to AM Quartex, our digital repository.
Place of Burial (Graveyard Index): The place of burial given in the graveyard index.
Square: The square where the grave can be located at the place of burial.
Row: The row where the grave can be located at the place of burial.
Grave: The grave number for the grave associated with the person.
Choir: The choir the person belonged to as a member of the Moravian Church
Birthdate (Graveyard Index): The birthdate given in the graveyard index.
Other Birthdate Information (Graveyard Index): Information about the birthdate given in the graveyard index.
Birth Date (Memoirs Index): The birthdate given in the memoirs index, which may differ from the graveyard index.
Other Birth Date Information (from Memoirs Index): Information about the birthdate given in the memoirs index.
Birthplace (Graveyard Index): The birthplace given in the graveyard index.
Birthplace (Memoirs Index): The birthplace given in the memoirs index, which may differ from the graveyard index.
Death Date (Graveyard Index): The death date given in the graveyard index.
Other Death Date Information (Graveyard Index): Information about the death date given in the graveyard index.
Death Date (Memoirs Index): The death date given in the memoirs index, which may different from the graveyard index.
Other Death Date Information (Memoirs Index): Information about the death date given in the memoirs index.
Church Affiliation (Graveyard Index): The church affiliation given in the graveyard index.
Notes: Any notes that the original compilers made about the person, often referring to associated parentage (P), spouses (W, H, or S), and children (C).