Company creates portal where you can find out who died and write in the book of condolence

visitaA company of Viana do Castelo ( Portugal ) this week launched a service Obituaries for participating in the death of family members, to announce the seventh day of masses or write messages of condolence through an online "virtual graveyard."

The project, told Lusa the prosecutor, appeared for the "awareness of the difficulties sometimes associated with disclosure of a death 'for which' everyone is gone."

"We want to provide an innovative service in Portugal," said Paul Gigante, a businessman in the area of ​​Information Management and Viana do Castelo.

"My area has actually nothing to do, but it appears to try to help those who are for example only realized that he lost a childhood friend on the day of the funeral. And today everything can be done from the internet, "says the site's founder www.janeladasaudade.pt.

Through this portal, which took two years to go from idea to practice, you can participate in the death of relatives or advertise the usual masses of the seventh and thirtieth day online. Even sign the condolence book for the internet.

"It is a service to the community think of emigrants and immigrants. A lot of people relocated from their homeland, both within and outside the country and this is a difficult day to day, "notes Paul Gigante.

Anywhere in the world is now possible to write a farewell message, even if the distance is a reason hampering the physical presence at funerals.

"Nowadays people do not have time for anything so this tool is intended to be an easy, convenient and fast to get information. Of the slightly less positive news from our land ", also focuses on the mentor of the project.

This true "virtual cemetery" is available by parish, county and district covers the whole country, while still allowing the location of the wakes, time, identification of the churches and GPS coordinates of the locations.

The management of the service, which started in early September, will be made in conjunction with the funeral to avoid "pranks" and will cost 50 euros to the families, to include the account of the funeral service.

"Society is going to dictate the success and need this service or not.For our part we are pursuing our goal is because deep down all of those things that we will need, sooner or later ", concluded Paul Gigante.

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