It's also worth commenting that the Victorian Museum has a mechanism by which anyone can upload photos of "collections" and catalogue them: http://collectish.com/ This is the portal for the public at large (you don't even have to live in Victoria it seems), but I think they also have another portal http://www.victoriancollections.net.au/ which is specifically for community organisations to present their collections on-line. That site doesn't seem to be "ready to go" (unlike Collectish, which is able to be used) but I know the Museum has been running training programs with a number of community organisations (presumably as a pilot) so I imagine the site will come on-line shortly. And they do say: If you would like to get involved in the Victorian Collections project, or have further questions about it, please contact Georgia Melville or Peta Knott from Museums Australia (Victoria) on (03) 8341 7344 or info@victoriancollections.net I *think* the Victorian Collections site will be restricted to Victorian organisations (but check with them if you are interested) but a number of other State libraries and museums either are doing (or at least talking about doing similar things) so ask and you may be surprised what's possible. So, in a nutshell, if you personally or your local family history group want to photograph a cemetery and upload the photos somewhere, it would seem that Collectish and/or Victorian Collections may provide a software platform for doing it. Obviously, read the Terms and Conditions, but the main issue is that you aren't uploading other people's copyright material, which would not be an issue with photos of headstones that you took yourselves. Kerry

I would like to point out that our own website has the ability to house and store all collections of photos, it's not necessary to use the Victorian Museum site. After many years of hard work by Raymond Henderson and Peter Applebee the Australian Cemeteries website http://www.australiancemeteries.com is a very hand and free tool for family historians all over the world. I'd hate to see this information being split and stored somewhere else. If you need help with your collection of photos please contact either myself, Raymond or Peter and we'd be very happy to help you out. Cheers, Robynne White -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Raymond Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:36 AM To: australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] Local History Grants Program It's also worth commenting that the Victorian Museum has a mechanism by which anyone can upload photos of "collections" and catalogue them: http://collectish.com/ This is the portal for the public at large (you don't even have to live in Victoria it seems), but I think they also have another portal http://www.victoriancollections.net.au/ which is specifically for community organisations to present their collections on-line. That site doesn't seem to be "ready to go" (unlike Collectish, which is able to be used) but I know the Museum has been running training programs with a number of community organisations (presumably as a pilot) so I imagine the site will come on-line shortly. And they do say: If you would like to get involved in the Victorian Collections project, or have further questions about it, please contact Georgia Melville or Peta Knott from Museums Australia (Victoria) on (03) 8341 7344 or info@victoriancollections.net I *think* the Victorian Collections site will be restricted to Victorian organisations (but check with them if you are interested) but a number of other State libraries and museums either are doing (or at least talking about doing similar things) so ask and you may be surprised what's possible. So, in a nutshell, if you personally or your local family history group want to photograph a cemetery and upload the photos somewhere, it would seem that Collectish and/or Victorian Collections may provide a software platform for doing it. Obviously, read the Terms and Conditions, but the main issue is that you aren't uploading other people's copyright material, which would not be an issue with photos of headstones that you took yourselves. Kerry ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message