Online Memorial Book

On Screen Memorials (Digital Book of Remembrance)

Introduction: Inscriptions in The Book of Remembrance

For many years, the Book of Remembrance has offered a traditional and permanent means of commemorating the lives of loved ones at Stafford Crematorium.

However until recently, as entries in the book are arranged on an anniversary basis, unless you sought the assistance of staff inscriptions were only available for viewing on one day each year. Now, using a personal access card, any inscription in the Book at Stafford can be viewed on any day during the normal opening hours of the Crematorium grounds on our Online Book.

But this can still cause problems for family and friends who do not live in the Stafford area, or even the country, and may find it difficult to view the online book in person at Stafford Crematorium. This is why we have now provided access to the online book on the Internet.

For the first time, it will be possible for those unable to visit the Crematorium, for reasons of distance or infirmity, to have access to the Book of Remembrance.

Please click here to be directed to the Online Book of Remembrance webpage.

More about the Online Book of Remembrance

Greater Access plus a Completely New Form of Memorial

Improved access to the Book of Remembrance was the primary reason for the onscreen memorial, but it is far from the sole benefit. For each entry, as well as the inscription in the Book, it is possible to include up to four additional screens of text and/or photographs to produce a truly memory of your loved ones.

The kind of information, which might form a basis of traditional screens, includes photographs to the person(s) commemorated, a brief biography, a favourite verse or piece of prose, or photographs or significant places or occasions.

How Does it Work?

The basis of the memorial is the inscription in the Book of Remembrance. This is a tangible and permanent memorial, and indeed, offers the only form of memorial that is available 'In perpetuity'.

All inscriptions in the book will be available for on screen viewing, via a viewing card. Further cards can be purchased for other family members on request.

The first screen accessed by a viewing card will show the individual inscription, together with some surrounding entries, as they appear in the Book. Up to a maximum of four additional screens can then be added to each card. These screens are complied from material (text and/or photographs) supplied by the applicant.

For further information on the Book of Remembrance please speak to Bereavement Service staff. Click here to see their contact details.