Searching for graves of relatives is a difficult but feasible task. It is greatly simplified for relatives, but if there are no family ties between you and the deceased, you will need to justify the reason for finding the grave in Moscow.

Where to begin?.

The fastest and easiest way is to contact the registry office. In the databases of the institution, the name of the deceased, date of death, place and time of burial. That is, if you know the place of registration of your relative, you can apply to the registry office, in which, most likely, the death was recorded.

The appeal is in writing, with the following documents:.

· Passport information of the applicant or a power of attorney from him;.

· Death certificate (optional);.

· Documents confirming kinship;.

If there is no relationship, the registrar may need to "justify the need to provide information from databases". This may be a court order, an appeal from relatives, common property and other information, at the discretion of the registrar;.

· Application in writing.

After a few days, if the deceased resided in the specified area, an extract from the databases is provided, indicating the place of burial, his last place of residence.

Where to go if you do not know the place of residence of the deceased?.

If you do not have a certificate of death and the exact place of residence of the deceased, the minimum information for the grave search will be:.

Full name of the deceased person;.

· Year of birth and death;.

· The last place of residence (at least the name of the locality).

In this case, the grave search will go through the administration of cemeteries, which store records of buried people. Information on the exact location of the burial will also be given only to relatives or for good reasons. As a rule, by telephone, the administration can only say whether this person is buried (by last name, date of birth and death), the exact location of the grave is indicated after the presentation of documents on kinship.

If you do not know the exact date of death, you can search for a period of time. However, such work can drag on for years, as in cities and villages it is full of namesakes, there can be a lot of coincidences.

Are there specialists in the search for graves in Moscow?.

Yes, such a service is and is most often provided by ritual agencies that have connections with all cemeteries in the region. This option will not be expensive, but the search for a grave throughout Moscow can be completed in 1-2 weeks. Experts do the same work, which is described above, but with knowledge of the specifics of this work and much faster.

The article was prepared by the company grsritual.