Hey, all, didn't want to barge in here, but wanted to let that I think this is a great idea and let you know that the Kent County Michigan GenWeb Project has been working to put cemetery pictures online for all of the Kent County MI cemeteries. It's not a comprehensive project � we're not taking pictures of every gravestone in every graveyard � but we are trying to get pictures of all these important genealogical sites. We've fallen into a pattern of photographing the CEMETERY SIGN, and a couple of broad 'VIEWS' just to show the look of the place, and then often a snapshot or two of REPRESENTATIVE GRAVESTONES, any NOTABLE MONUMENTS, and any particularly flashy MASOLEUMS, etc. You can see what we've done at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/ The Master Cemetery List also has addresses for all of the county's cemeteries, if you're looking for a particular graveyard. In any case, I made a list of the ones that we don't have any pictures of yet. If you have a digital camera and time, we'd absolutely love to add a few pictures of each of these to our collection. Contact me or Evelyn Sawyer about where to sent images that are already digitized (out of a digital camera, or scanned in). If you have an old-fashioned film camera, contact me when the film is developed, and I'll give you my home address. I got my scanner working again, and I'd be happy to scan them for you. Thank you! Jennifer Godwin Algoma Cemetery, Algoma Township Briggs Cemetery, Algoma Township Courtland Township Cemetery, Courtland Township Old Rockford Cemetery, Courtland Township Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township Fairplains Cemetery, Grand Rapids Jewish Section, Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids Veterans' Cemetery, Grand Rapids Ashley Cemetery, Grattan Township Grattan Cemetery, Grattan Township Mason Cemetery, Grattan Township St. Patrick's Cemetery, Grattan Township McBride Cemetery, Lowell Township Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell Township Roth-Coons Cemetery, Lowell Township Wright Cemetery, Lowell Township East Nelson Cemetery, Nelson Township Punches Cemetery, Nelson Township St. Mary's Cemetery, Nelson Township Sand Lake Cemetery, Nelson Township Horton Cemetery, Oakfield Township Oakfield Cemetery, Oakfield Township White Swan Cemetery, Oakfield Township Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Kentwood Rockford Cemetery, Rockford Solon Cemetery, Solon Township Lisbon Cemetery, Sparta Township DeGraw Cemetery, Spencer Township Harvard St. Margaret's Cemetery, Spencer Township Spencer Cemetery, Spencer Township Idlewild Cemetery, Tyrone Township Alton Cemetery, Vergennes Township Krum Cemetery, Vergennes Township Fallasburg Cemetery, Vergennes Township Fox's Corners Cemetery, Vergennes Township St. Mary's Cemetery, Vergennes Township Bailey Cemetery, Vergennes Township White Cemetery, Walker --- Kristie Aldrup <Kristie_Aldrup@msn.com> wrote: > Dear List, Thought this worthwhile to share. I do > not have a website set up yet... it seems just a > little overwhelming to me... perhaps by the end of > the year. But, we could email pics directly to each > other until then. Have a Safe and Blessed Memorial > Day Weekend. > > Kristina/Kristie Aldrup SATX > BRIGHAM-List Administrator > > > Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 From: CWRDAR@aol.com To: > SOIL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SOIL] Holiday Cemetery visits -- Hi All, > The following message was posted on another mailing > list that I subscribe to and I thought it > might be a good idea to pass along. A lot of you > will be going there to make those pics > anyway so why not add a few more as a kindness to > those not able to be there to make their own. Some > may not be able to > travel and some may just live too far away. Do > other genealogy researchers a big favor and > include those extras. Then if you will email them > to the Local List Administrator and specify the > cemetery, maybe they will post them > online for other researchers to see. Delores > Greetings, all! With this weekend being Memorial > Day, and several of you > will be traveling to cemeteries, I would like to > suggest that you take a digital > camera with you, and take some photos of the > tombstones in the cemeteries that you visit. > Small cemeteries can easily be covered by one > person, but larger cemeteries would need > several people to take photos. This is just an idea > I'm floating/proposing, > since cemeteries usually look their best at Memorial > Day, and it usually isn't > too hot yet to be out. so there is somewhere to put > all these photos once we gather them. > ______________________________ > Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 From: "Vickie" > <vickie@mojaveweb.com> To: SOIL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOIL] Holiday Cemetery visits > What a wonderful idea. We will be the color guards > with a Veterans Org. that visit different > cemeteries this coming Monday. We will be visiting a > very old cemetery that is not being > used anymore. I didn't even think to take pictures > of the different sites there. There are > beautiful huge and tall monuments. Thank you for > bringing this to my attention. > GOD BLESS THE > USA...................................... > Vicki in CA ===== Jennifer Godwin http://www.jengod.com mail@jengod.com "Horror is reactionary. I'm liberal. But we get along." (Joss Whedon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com