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Prague Graves

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Prague Graves

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Prague Graves Search

Search graves in Prague cemeteries via Správa pražských hřbitovů by surname, first name, birth year, and/or death year.

Features

  • Searches the official Prague cemetery grave locator
  • Optional filters: first name, birth year, death year, cemetery
  • Automatically fills the site’s plain-text security code (no image CAPTCHA)
  • Outputs grave location: cemetery, section, department, grave number, and office

Input

FieldRequiredDescription
surnameyesSurname of the deceased (accent-insensitive)
firstNamenoFirst name
birthYearnoBirth year (4 digits; the site has no full-date fields)
deathYearnoDeath or burial year (4 digits)
cemeterynoCemetery ID; default 0 = all cemeteries

Example:

{
"surname": "Masaryk"
}

Narrow a common surname:

{
"surname": "Novák",
"deathYear": 1950,
"cemetery": "20000001"
}

If the site returns “too many records”, add more criteria.

Output

Each dataset item is one grave match:

FieldDescription
fullNameSurname and given name
cemeteryCemetery name
sectionSection (Část)
departmentDepartment (Oddělení)
graveNumberGrave number
cemeteryOfficeCemetery office (HS)
searchSurname / searchFirstName / searchBirthYear / searchDeathYearEcho of the query

How it works

  1. Loads the search form and session cookie
  2. Reads the security code from the HTML and posts the search
  3. Parses the results table into the dataset

Local run

$apify run

Put input in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json. Results land in storage/datasets/default/.

Limitations

  • Surname is required by the cemetery site
  • Only years are supported for birth/death, not full dates
  • Result rows do not include birth or death dates
  • Very broad queries may be rejected as “too many records”

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