Digital Memorial & Genealogy
Provides digital memorial experiences — QR code memorials, virtual cemetery tours, online memorial programs, genealogical search, burial records, veterans records, historical preservation, and AI-powered cemetery analytics and capacity forecasting.
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Genealogy Search
Virtual Tour Load
AODA Compliance
Purpose-Built for Canadian Municipalities
Purpose & Scope
What this module owns
Clear ownership boundaries prevent duplication and ensure every capability has exactly one authoritative home.
Owns
8Delegated to
5Burial records, interment data
Public portal rendering
Map navigation, plot location
Memorial program subscriptions, fees
Capacity forecasting, demand modeling
These capabilities are handled by dedicated modules and consumed via stable API contracts — keeping boundaries clean and ownership unambiguous.
Core Capabilities
What it does
3 capability groups comprising 8 discrete capabilities — each with API surface, business rules, and data ownership.
QR codes on headstones/niches linking to family-managed digital memorial pages with guestbooks and privacy controls.
Content
QR codes on headstones/niches → digital memorial page. Content: name, dates, family biography, photos, family tree connections, military service, community contributions, visitor guestbook.
Management
Family-managed via self-service portal. WCAG 2.1 AA. Privacy controls (public/family-only). Revenue: premium service with annual/perpetual subscription.
3D panoramic photography with clickable hotspots, plot search integration, and historical narratives.
Experience
3D panoramic photography with clickable hotspots. Plot search integrated with database → navigate to exact location.
Content
Historical section tours with narrative context. Accessibility for remote visitors. Seasonal captures. Heritage/tourism integration.
Virtual memorial wall, tree planting, bench dedication, and garden memorials with online enrollment and revenue tracking.
Programs
Virtual memorial wall (digital memorial space with photo/biography/tributes). Memorial tree planting (GPS marker, digital certificate). Bench dedication (physical bench + digital recognition). Garden memorial (seasonal plantings).
Operations
Online enrollment/payment. Livestream annual events. Revenue tracking/inventory management.
Every module owns a single bounded context, exposes stable APIs, and can be composed into any Civic product — that's the architecture that scales.
Krutik Parikh
Creator of Civic
Data Model
Entity Architecture
6 entities with 6 relationships — the authoritative schema for this bounded context.
Entities
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API Surface
Integration Endpoints
9 RESTful endpoints across 6 resource groups — plus 4 domain events for async integration.
/api/v1/cemetery/memorials/{qr_code}
QR code memorial page
/api/v1/cemetery/memorials/{id}/guestbook
Post guestbook entry
Ecosystem
Products that depend on this module
1 Civic products consume Digital Memorial & Genealogy — making it one of the most critical platform services in the ecosystem.
Technical Specifications
Performance, Compliance & Configuration
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Genealogical Search
Virtual Tour Load
Public Portal AODA
Historical Record Preservation
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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