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    1. [BRITISH-JEWRY] Cemetery Project - Update
    2. Dear Listers, In time for the Holiday Weekend! We have just completed* The Western Synagogue (Brompton) Cemetery at Queens Elm Fulham. Over 500 stones have been photographed and transliterated. Many of those buried in this ground were prominent persons, both within the Jewish community and in the wider society beyond. Where possible, we have added details of spouses and children, using corroborative sources such as census returns, wills and Jewish Chronicle announcements. We have also been able to make links with family members interred in Brady Street and Edmonton Western. *We are still working on a few, remaining very worn, stones. We will do our best but, in some cases, time and the elements have taken their toll, leaving little, if any, trace of the original inscription: a stark reminder, if it were needed, of the importance of recording these memorials before even more are lost for all time. Two more cemeteries have been photographed and are currently being prepared for uploading onto the site _www.genpals.com_ (http://www.genpals.com/) and we have plans for two or three more, at least one of which we hope to complete this year. We will also be going back over some of the earlier stones from Brady Street and, where possible, adding additional data from the Hebrew inscriptions. Our thanks to the many people who have contacted us via the on-site link: your comments have been much appreciated. Regards Angela Shire & Gaby Laws

    05/22/2008 09:35:57