Good afternoon,
We are looking at potentially acquiring new cemetery management software. For context, we are a very small municipality with a small cemetery that includes only columbariums and a scattering garden. Currently, we are using Asyst. Any help would be appreciated!
Maryann
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I saw these guys at the MFOA…
I saw these guys at the MFOA at the tradeshow - seemed like a reasonable cost for it. I have no experience with it but thought I would pass along what I found. It's called Managed cemeteries
https://www.themanagedmunicipality.com/services.html
I think it all depends on…
I think it all depends on what your auditors would want to see for the cemetery record keeping.
I've used two different systems.
When I was with the Township of Gillies (pop 410, small cemetery), we just used an Excel workbook created by a summer student. Very easy to use - receipts were created using Asyst and kept for proof of purchases/etc.
At the Township of Conmee, we have Stone Orchard - which is a computer program that looks and feels like it was created in the 1980s. It takes some getting used but it is more secure in terms of record keeping since you just can't edit any plot or sale to your liking. Plus it can easily create reports such as annual interments or plot sales.
We have had great success…
We have had great success with WebCemeteries, very user friendly, secure, web based should you wish to allow for public search for genealogy. Excellent report generating.
I used to manage several…
I used to manage several cemeteries. Most cemetery software out there lacked several features we needed, since a couple of our cemeteries were larger. So, a few other cemetery folks and I started our own company since my background was in technology development prior to getting into cemetery management.
It's called Everspot (https://everspot.io/). It's free for single-location cemeteries (including municipal cemeteries) that don't need pre-need trusts, payment plans, or automated commissions -- those were features we built for our PRO plan for larger cemeteries.
Has anyone used a contracted…
Has anyone used a contracted service to run their cemetery? For the selling of plots and burials?
Cash Kalina on Sun, 01/19…
Cash Kalina on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 12:55 why is the software free?
Jana Bea Nethercott, AOMC on…
Jana Bea Nethercott, AOMC on Thu, 03/06/2025
Wellington North contracted out our burials this year. There was some hesitation on our part in the beginning but it has worked very well. We use Owen Sound Vault
Karren Wallace Wellington North