Peter, will you allow me to use your text (modified) to sent to other groups re Find a Grave participation? (Leaving on cruise tomorrow, but will do it when I return.) Indeed, FaG is quickly becoming a research tool of importance, but only because of volunteers. Of course, since Ancestry now references it in their hints, it will continue its growth. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Peter Trainer <ptrainer@optonline.net>wrote: > Sharon, you might make this contact to get direct info: > diocesanoffice@clogherdiocese.ie. I'd guess that every church would have > a cemetery. Searching for cemeteries and Catholic churches with Google > Maps in the area didn't produce much. > > Peter > On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Sharon Connor wrote: > > > Brilliant, Peter. I'm a huge fan and user of Find A Grave, and in fact I > > volunteer grave-photography here in San Diego. It's very rewarding. But > I > > never thought to advise/suggest others to do likewise! I think Find A > > Grave is quickly becoming a major research tool for us. > > > > I would like to know the main RC cemeteries in Donaghmoyne. Would you > know? > > > > I think I will take your lead and suggest to folks in Kingston, Ontario, > to > > do post their ancestors. Almost all of my ancestors from Counties Cork, > > Monaghan and Donegal first settled in Kingston area. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Peter Trainer <ptrainer@optonline.net > >wrote: > > > >> Many of us know of the Find A Grave website: > >> http://www.findagrave.com/index.html. For those on this list who are > not > >> yet familiar with it, it's a site that allows anyone to post detailed > >> gravesite info with photos. It's hugely successful, with 150,000 > users/day > >> accessing a database of 97,000,000 graves, mostly in the US. In IE, > >> particularly in Monaghan, not so much. > >> > >> If volunteers in Ireland started posting more graves, it would be a > >> tremendous help to family researchers with Irish ancestry everywhere. > >> Posting your family members' graves could start a wave of postings to > this > >> very helpful resource. It's really pretty easy. > >> > >> For Ireland research, click on "Search 97 million grave records" in the > >> above link, then enter at least a last name and select Ireland from the > >> country list, along with birth and death year parameters if desired. > While > >> counties Dublin & Louth seem to have a lot of postings, Monaghan does > not. > >> Here are a few of the Monaghan cemeteries represented-- > >> > >> St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (only 34 graves): > >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2305599 > >> > >> Broomfield Old Cemetery (only 9 graves): > >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2226961 > >> > >> Tedavnet Cemetery (only 5 graves): > >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2483415 > >> > >> St. McCartin's Cathedral Cemetery (only 6 graves): > >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2467361 > >> > >> So take a look, Monaghan list members who are not yet familiar with the > >> site--try posting a handful of graves with photos of the markers. Many > are > >> drawn into the process, knowing all the good it does and end up posting > >> hundreds or thousands. These death records that are carved in stone are > >> the most reliable! > >> > >> > >> Peter Trainer > >> ================================= > >> > >> Message Boards: > >> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > ================================= > > > > Message Boards: > > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ================================= > > Message Boards: > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Certainly, Sharon. Thanks for asking. Hope it produces some results for you. Peter On Apr 12, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Sharon Connor wrote: > Peter, will you allow me to use your text (modified) to sent to other > groups re Find a Grave participation? (Leaving on cruise tomorrow, but will > do it when I return.) Indeed, FaG is quickly becoming a research tool of > importance, but only because of volunteers. Of course, since Ancestry now > references it in their hints, it will continue its growth. > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Peter Trainer <ptrainer@optonline.net>wrote: > >> Sharon, you might make this contact to get direct info: >> diocesanoffice@clogherdiocese.ie. I'd guess that every church would have >> a cemetery. Searching for cemeteries and Catholic churches with Google >> Maps in the area didn't produce much. >> >> Peter >> On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Sharon Connor wrote: >> >>> Brilliant, Peter. I'm a huge fan and user of Find A Grave, and in fact I >>> volunteer grave-photography here in San Diego. It's very rewarding. But >> I >>> never thought to advise/suggest others to do likewise! I think Find A >>> Grave is quickly becoming a major research tool for us. >>> >>> I would like to know the main RC cemeteries in Donaghmoyne. Would you >> know? >>> >>> I think I will take your lead and suggest to folks in Kingston, Ontario, >> to >>> do post their ancestors. Almost all of my ancestors from Counties Cork, >>> Monaghan and Donegal first settled in Kingston area. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Peter Trainer <ptrainer@optonline.net >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Many of us know of the Find A Grave website: >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/index.html. For those on this list who are >> not >>>> yet familiar with it, it's a site that allows anyone to post detailed >>>> gravesite info with photos. It's hugely successful, with 150,000 >> users/day >>>> accessing a database of 97,000,000 graves, mostly in the US. In IE, >>>> particularly in Monaghan, not so much. >>>> >>>> If volunteers in Ireland started posting more graves, it would be a >>>> tremendous help to family researchers with Irish ancestry everywhere. >>>> Posting your family members' graves could start a wave of postings to >> this >>>> very helpful resource. It's really pretty easy. >>>> >>>> For Ireland research, click on "Search 97 million grave records" in the >>>> above link, then enter at least a last name and select Ireland from the >>>> country list, along with birth and death year parameters if desired. >> While >>>> counties Dublin & Louth seem to have a lot of postings, Monaghan does >> not. >>>> Here are a few of the Monaghan cemeteries represented-- >>>> >>>> St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (only 34 graves): >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2305599 >>>> >>>> Broomfield Old Cemetery (only 9 graves): >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2226961 >>>> >>>> Tedavnet Cemetery (only 5 graves): >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2483415 >>>> >>>> St. McCartin's Cathedral Cemetery (only 6 graves): >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2467361 >>>> >>>> So take a look, Monaghan list members who are not yet familiar with the >>>> site--try posting a handful of graves with photos of the markers. Many >> are >>>> drawn into the process, knowing all the good it does and end up posting >>>> hundreds or thousands. These death records that are carved in stone are >>>> the most reliable! >>>> >>>> >>>> Peter Trainer >>>> ================================= >>>> >>>> Message Boards: >>>> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> ================================= >>> >>> Message Boards: >>> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ================================= >> >> Message Boards: >> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ================================= > > Message Boards: > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message