I’ve catalogued burial ledgers from Europe, Asia, and Africa, and the only common thread is the lack of a consistent data field for the final resting place. If you’re looking to standardise, start with a simple hierarchy: 1) Primary location type—tomb, mausoleum, pit, urn, or casket; 2) Secondary descriptor—burial ground, cemetery, columbarium, or ossuary; 3) Geographic qualifier—country code, region, and exact coordinates. Add a “funeral rite” tag to capture the cultural nuance—cremation, incineration, or entombment. Once you’ve nailed that template, every archivist will have a clear filing system, and you’ll have the exact index that makes a cross‑continental ledger read like a single, coherent book.