Sheila; It baffles me why anyone would take on the job that you and other volunteers are doing when it is already being done. It certainly would make more sense to help in the existing project rather than start anew. Goodness knows there is lots of info out there that needs to be made available online without duplicating what is already there. I agree with what has already been said on the matter. You and your hard working volunteers should not quit now....all that had work gone down the drain? And those who are waiting for new info to come online would be disappointed. A question.....is this new Canada wide site also hosted by rootsweb? If so, then they should take the responsibility to co-ordinate activities to avoid such duplication. It certainly makes more sense to have this info listed province by province" and would likely end up that way so it would make more sense for volunteers to join the existing effort rather than repeat the work If their intent is to eventually charge for info then they will lose in the end and free info will survive and you, Janet and the others will have the satisfaction of providing valuable info many genealogists who can't always afford to pay for it. Keep it going......now would not be the time to stop! You are doing a great service to all. Gordon Harris Midhurst, Ontario, Canada Researching: HARRIS, GREEN, BOWLBY, COOMBER, BIRCH, SWAYZE, SMITH, BOUGHNER, MORRIS, CALDWELL, CASELEY, MCRAE in Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, United States, & Wales. -------Original Message------- From: GEN Date: 01/24/05 09:58:42 To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Your list Mom is cranky...Please read Dear Listers: I want your opinion of this important item. As most of you already know, this mailing list started a website entitled" Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries" in late March or early April of 2004. With the cooperation of many we have started a website that covers every county and district in Ontario. I would be telling a lie if I stated we had every Cemetery in Ontario covered........we don't but that is our goal. Janet and I made a point of seeking out other cemetery sites and ask the owners if we could link their sites to theirs. They were agreeable. Some sites not only had databases on a cemetery, but also had photos. About two months ago I got wind of a project that I thought was great, a Canada wide cemetery database providing location, transcripts etc. For some unknown reason they have never heard of our site, which I made the project managers aware of. Did I mention this project was launched late October of last year? I cannot understand why this project would want to duplicate work that is already done. Am I wrong for being annoyed? Should Janet and I just pull the plug on our Ontario Cemeteries Resources website when we were here first? I am not against the project, but I am against the duplication of something that is already up and running. The ladies who are in charge of the Ontario section of Canada GenWeb cemetery Project have been nice and have placed a link to our site. I am more than willing to carry the GenWeb banner on our site, but I feel we have been overlooked and snubbed, when{ in my opinion} we should be the official site for Ontario. Sheila List Mom and co-owner of Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries. ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== READ the taglines! Before you ask for a lookup ...check http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians In search of site: http://ocml0.tripod.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx