Buddist Ban Naloa, Wapipathum Village temple destroyed walls process labeled bone ashes of villagers
How can I find the records from the Buddhist temple destroyed about 10 years ago? This temple was in the village of Ban Nalao. In its walls are the bone ashes of people of the village. I believe its a type of death and a great source if someone took to record the names on the walls before its destruction.
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@นิภาวรรณ (Nipawan) ปานะสุโต (Panasuto)
I searched for a long time about the specific Buddhist Temple, but was unable to find it.
When I searched for Wapipathum, I got this information: Wapi Pathum District, Maha Sarakham Province, NE Thailand
When I searched Ban Naloa, I got: Pannanikom District, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
I did find information about Buddhist records kept in the temples that shows the records might not have been located anywhere else except with the families of those buried there:
Buddhist Records
Buddhist temples keep records of death and cremations performed by and for the temple, and names of pilgrims visiting the temple. These records are kept at each temple. Death and cremation records may contain additional information on the deceased's family members. In connection with a cremation many families prepare a book about the deceased, giving vital statistical details along with personal accomplishments and honors they may have received. If the person was a scholar, a copy of one or two significant papers they authored may be included. If the deceased had family members living outside the country a reminiscence about the deceased may also be included. These are often in the language spoken in that country. These books are kept by the family and a copy is donated to the temple where the cremation was performed.
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@ นิภาวรรณ (Nipawan) ปานะสุโต (Panasuto)
I have been spearheading an effort to document the inscriptions, memorial plaques, or "headstones", if you will, to capture this information in Buddhist temples and various cemeteries throughout Thailand for a couple of years now using BillionGraves. I believe we are approaching 200,000 images and perhaps 30,000 names indexed with hundreds of thousand more that will result from those images. You do a person search on surnames of interest on the BillionGraves web site to potentially help your genealogy efforts today.
However, since the destruction you inquired about took place so many years ago, you will obviously not be able to find any information that may have been at that particular temple before. Moreover, unfortunately, based on my personal experience at literally several hundred Buddhist temples in Thailand, contrary to the article above, the temples typically do NOT retain any other records of deaths, persons cremated there, and/or whose cremains are kept there. Death records are considered vital records and are handled by the local government offices.
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