Linda: The choices are only alphabetical by surname or listed by cemetery. The transcribers have already finished and so it's not possible to have a listing by order of graves in any of the cemeteries. They did not do the transcription in a 'walk-the-cemetery' order. Also we have some server space considerations and publishing both versions would be a burden (not to mention tons of extra work!) Again, there's a search feature on the page so if you were looking for Humphrey's all you have to do is type in the surname and all Humphrey's in the county would be listed. Same is true for MD Tombstone Transcription Project and also you can search by All Counties/Statewide if you aren't sure where someone might be buried. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Kathi, Look at the York Co., PA posting of cemeteries.There are many cemeteries listed with different arrangements. I agree that an alphabetical listing is very necessary. Photos are nice, as they allow you to see the other people on the same stone. Nancy Kathi Jones-Hudson wrote: >Linda: > >The choices are only alphabetical by surname or listed >by cemetery. The transcribers have already finished >and so it's not possible to have a listing by order of >graves in any of the cemeteries. They did not do the >transcription in a 'walk-the-cemetery' order. Also we >have some server space considerations and publishing >both versions would be a burden (not to mention tons >of extra work!) > >Again, there's a search feature on the page so if you >were looking for Humphrey's all you have to do is type >in the surname and all Humphrey's in the county would >be listed. Same is true for MD Tombstone Transcription >Project and also you can search by All >Counties/Statewide if you aren't sure where someone >might be buried. > >Kathi Jones-Hudson >MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Nancy: I would have loved it if these transcribers had taken photos, they have not. If there were photos then the arrangement of the 42,000 entries would absolutely be by cemetery not by surname. I don't believe there will be any indication of who shares the tombstone, but there will be some notes, like s/o, d/o, w/o, etc., age if known, etc. I don't believe there were inscriptions listed on any of the original transcriptions from these folks. Here's an example of one of the original transcriptions they did and I believe the new entries are going to be pretty much the same except for the cemetery notation. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/mcminn/cemeteries/city.txt FYI: Just for everyone's info, by surname is so far ahead of by cemetery (which is an absolute shock to me!). Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The advantage of an alpha listing is that it's easier to find the spelling variants because they tend to be closer together, i.e. Dowden and Dowdon. I am assuming that we could do a search which would pull up all the names in one cemetery, if we wanted to browse? At least the cemetery name would always be spelled the same way for a search, as opposed to our surnames. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net

Diane: To answer your question, no there would be no individual cemetery pages - searches only would show links to pages where a particular name appears and it would include that name as surname, given, middle or maiden, or if it appears in the notes or anywhere else on the page. What you would get when you enter the cemetery name in the search engine is several results showing where the cemetery name is listed, so if there are 5 people buried in a cemetery all with different surnames, you'd get 5 pages to click on. Not one with an entire cemetery listed. Our search feature is a simple one, no Boolean or advanced features. If you are searching for JACKSON and on the S page there is a SMITH, John Jackson that would be included in the search results. Or on the M page if there was a listing for MARTIN, Elizabeth and the notes area it said D/O John & Mary Jackson Smith you'd get a link to the M page as well when searching for JACKSON. I should tell you that this is a small, rural (I think farming type) county. Total population is about 50,000. Small cemeteries, some having only a couple of folks buried in them. Only 1 or 2 moderate sized cemeteries (one is a modern memorial park). Nothing like BA City with huge cemeteries, no military cemeteries, a moderate sized modern memorial park. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com