OpenHeritage

Discover memorial records, preserve photo archives, and organize sources in one place. OpenHeritage helps communities document cemeteries and make family history searchable for everyone.

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Search the Heritage Archive

Explore memorials, historical documents, source records, photo archives, cemeteries, and people across the platform

What You Can Do Today

All tools below are active now and designed to move you from first upload to discoverable records.

Upload Memorial Photos

Help preserve memorials by uploading photos and basic information — searchable and accessible to family researchers.

Upload Memorial

Cemetery Map Explorer

Discover memorials on an interactive map, browse cemeteries, and locate graves with ease.

Explore Map

Search Memorials

Search across memorial records to find photos, inscriptions, and related family information.

Search Memorials

Collections, Sources, and Repositories

Use archival structure to keep uploads organized and verifiable.

Upload Photo Assets

Add scans and field photos to your personal queue for processing and publication.

Upload Photo Assets

Browse Photo Archive

Review published photo-assets, open details, and reuse references in your own records.

Browse Archive

Manage Sources

Create and maintain source entries to support memorial facts and inscriptions.

Open Sources

Browse Repositories

Track the archive, cemetery office, or institution behind each source collection.

Open Repositories

Live Platform Activity

726+

Active Users

187.0K+

Memorial Photos

172.2K+

Memorials Created

556.8 GB

Image Storage Used

172.1K+

Transcribed Memorials

Getting Started is Easy

Start contributing in minutes and publish records that families can discover.

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Visit Cemetery

Visit a cemetery or review existing images and collect clear memorial photos.

Upload Photos

Upload photos, add location, link sources, and attach repository context.

Help Preserve

Publish searchable records so families and researchers can find memorial evidence quickly.

Ready to publish memorial records and preserve local history?

Build Better Context with Sources and Repositories

Turn photos into reliable records by connecting each memorial to documented sources and archival repositories.

Open Repositories