Families wanting to know where ancestors are buried in Oamaru's cemeteries can now search for plots online.
The database has been put online by the North Otago Museum through the Waitaki District Council's website, under online services.
Museum curator Eva Garbutt said the database allowed website users to search for people buried in the Oamaru Old and Lawn Cemeteries by surname and/or first name, and showed information such as the age of the deceased, and what block and plot they were buried in.
''In the past year, the demand for putting our cemetery database online has increased as more and more people are getting into doing their family history.
Volunteers spent ''many hours over a number of years'' creating the database.
