Missing tombstones module for webtrees

Contents

• Introduction
  • Installation
  • Verification
• Usage
  • Settings
• Development
  • Translation
• Links
• License

Introduction

This module for webtrees 2.2+ will create a list of persons, deceased in the past 30 years, who do not have any media of type = tombstone attached. This is useful, if you need to add data which can be found on tombstones, gravestones, headstones (like birth year, year of death, maiden name). Headstones are also a historical and cultural property, which should be preserved.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• webtrees 2.2 or higher

Installation

From Early Access Release (Recommended for webtrees 2.2+)

1. Download the latest early-access release archive (.tar.gz, .zip, or .tar.zst) from the early-access release page.
2. Extract the archive to your webtrees installation directory (it will create the modules_v4/missingtombstones folder automatically).
3. Go to the admin menu and modules, then enable the Missing Tombstones-Module.

The early-access releases include pre-compiled translation files, so no additional compilation is needed.

From Source

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Compile translations using make update (requires gettext tools)
3. Copy the module.php and src directory to webtrees/modules_v4/missingtombstones/
4. Go to the admin menu and modules, then enable the Missing Tombstones-Module.

Verification

To see if it works, open this link: module.php?mod=missingtombstones&mod_action=general

There should also be a menu link in the reports menu.

Usage

From the reports menu, select the link that says "Missing Tombstones". You should get a menu which looks like this:

Configuration

At the moment you can configure how many years the page should show. For this, go to the control panel, select Module Administration and click on the missing tombstones entry. You should now see a configuration page, where you can select the desired amount of years.

Development

Translation

If you'd like to commit translation files, please send me your .po files using a pull request. You can generate a messages.pot-file using make update from the command line.

Links

• Forum discussion: Webtrees: Missing Tombstones.
• The parent project’s website is webtrees.net.
• German Description: Webtrees-Module.

Links for finding tombstones online

• For Germany: grabsteine.genealogy.net.
• Czech Gravestones: Same link.
• Monument Project (German): Monument Project.
• Irish Gravestone Photographs: From Ireland/Gravestones.
• Canadian Headstones: Find a Grave in Canada.
• International, but mostly US-American: Find a Grave.
• International Directory: Gravestone Photographic Resource.

License

webtrees missing tombstones: online genealogy missing tombstones-module. Copyright (C) 2015-2025 Benjamin Marwell

This project is dual-licensed under:

• Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
• European Union Public License 1.2 or later (EUPL-1.2)

You may use this software under the terms of either license at your choice.

See the LICENSE.txt file for the full license texts.