Indonesia Cemeteries

Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women.

Information recorded on tombstones is of primary importance. Often, this information has been transcribed, indexed, and published and is found in manuscripts and books in libraries and archives.

Online Records

 * National Archives of the Netherlands
 * Roosje Roos
 * Indische Genealogische Vereniging Indies Genealogical Society
 * Arsip National Republik Indonesia

Cemetery records (Kuburan)
Death information in other records is often meager. Used to distinguish adults and surviving children in parish registers, other family relationships. Chinese and other non-Christian cemeteries are particularly valuable due to a dearth of other records. This record type can be found in records such as lists of gravestone burial records, exhumations, sextons records, obituaries. These date from the Dutch colonial period to present. Records can be found in district and municipal archives, church archives, Chinese community associations, cemetery offices.

List of Cemeteries
Sumatera


 * Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam)
 * North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara)
 * West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat)
 * Riau
 * Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau)
 * Jambi
 * South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan)
 * Bangka-Belitung Islands (Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung)
 * Bengkulu
 * Lampung

Java


 * Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta)
 * Banten
 * West Java (Jawa Barat)
 * Central Java (Jawa Tengah)
 * Yogyakarta Special Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)
 * East Java (Jawa Timur)

Lesser Sunda Islands


 * Bali
 * West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat)
 * East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur)

Kalimantan


 * West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat)
 * Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah)
 * South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan)
 * East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur)
 * North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara)

Sulawesi


 * North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara)
 * Gorontalo
 * Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah)
 * West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat)
 * South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan)
 * Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara)

Maluku Islands


 * Maluku (province)
 * North Maluku (Maluku Utara)

West Papua (region)|Western New Guinea


 * West Papua (province) (Papua Barat)
 * Papua

Burial Traditions
Batak societies in Indonesia are patriarchal, and are organized along clans known as Marga. The Toba Batak believe that they originate from one ancestor "Si Raja Batak," with all Margas, descended from him. A family tree that defines the father-son relationship among Batak people is called tarombo. Toba Batak are known traditionally for their weaving, wood carving and especially ornate stone tombs. Their burial and marriage traditions are very rich and complex. The burial tradition includes a ceremony in which the bones of one's ancestors are re-interred several years after death. This secondary burial is known among the Toba Batak as (mangongkal holi).

Research Tools

 * Cemeteries in Indonesia (Wikipedia)
 * Toraja graves
 * Find a Grave
 * Netherlands War Cemeteries Indonesia

FamilySearch Library Collection
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