**************************************************** UPDATE NEWSLETTER Number Thirty Six - 1 April 2011 **************************************************** * OBJECTIVES. ********* * 1. The objective of this *Update Newsletter* is to itemize and publish monthly additions and changes to The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery website. * 2. The Main Objective of the *Canadian Gravemarker Gallery* is to collect and process *completely photographed* cemeteries from across Canada and place the photos online as valuable free-access resources for Genealogists; and Descendants of those buried in marked graves in the cemeteries . * * .............................. *********BREAKING NEWS******** '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' * 1. Cost of Gas. The rising gas price is not "breaking news". However, please note, if the unreasonably high price of gas continues, it will quickly deplete our gas budget and will effectively force us off the roads. * 2. PAYPAL. Some very kind visitors have expressed interest in assisting with the costs of this website and indicated they preferred donating funds via PAYPAL. Please note that the PAYPAL feature has been added to the Website at: http://www.gravemarkers.ca/assist.htm * 3. Regional Search Engines. If you know what region in Canada your ancestors are buried, have you checked out the "Regional Search Engines"...? This is a new feature available on the front page at: http://www.gravemarkers.ca/index.htm * NEED A WORTHWHILE AND ACHIEVABLE CHALLENGE..? ****************************************** * 1. If you "have camera and will travel" to photograph your local Canadian cemeteries, then we, at the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery would welcome your assistance and publish your name giving you full credit for your work. Family Researchers from around the world will be eternally grateful to you. * 2. FYI, Spring is the best time to photograph cemeteries. There are no blackflies, no mosquitoes, no flowers blocking the stones and no 30 degree humid weather. * * COMPLETE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED THIS MONTH ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. **************************************************************************** * * 1. New Brunswick, Queens County, Cambridge Parish, 1st Cambridge Baptist Cemetery. * 2. New Brunswick, Queens County, Gagetown Parish, St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery. * 3. New Brunswick, Queens County, Johnston Parish, St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery. * 4. New Brunswick, Queens County, Hampstead Parish, Upper Hampstead Baptist Cemetery. 5. New Brunswick, Queens County, Hampstead Parish, Queenstown, St. Stephen Anglican Cemetery. * NOTE: Many Blocks of St. Andrew's-St. James' are larger than an average town cemetery so, we have listed the actual updated Blocks in March. * 6. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 1 - Updated * 7. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 3 - Updated * 8. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 4 - Updated * 9. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 6 - Updated * 10. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 7 - Updated * 11. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Columbarium Wall 10 - Updated * 12. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block A - Updated * 13. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block B - Updated * 14. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block C - Updated * 15. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block D - Updated * 16. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block F - Updated * 17. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block G - Updated * 18. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block H - Updated * 19. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block I - Updated * 20. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block J - Updated * 21. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block L - Updated * 22. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block M - Updated * 23. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block N - Updated * 24. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block O - Updated * 25. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block P - Updated * 26. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block Q - Updated * 27. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block R - Updated * 28. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block S - Updated * 29. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block T - Updated * 30. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block T (Cremations)- New * 31. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block U - Updated * 32. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James' Cemetery, Block X - Updated * 33. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Monkman's Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery. * 34. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Mt. Pleasant Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery. * 35. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Mount Wolfe Primitive Methodist Cemetery. * 36. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Palgrave, United Church Cemetery. * 37. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Palgrave, St. Albans Anglican Cemetery. * 38. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Plummer Family Cemetery. * 39. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Salem United Church Cemetery. * 40. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Albion Twp, Shiloh Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery. * 41. Southern Ontario, Niagara Regional Municipality, City of Thorold, Port Robinson, Carl-Misener-Bald Cemetery. * * CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS OR EXPECTED AT THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. ********************************************************************** * 1. British Columbia, Southern Okanagan, several cemeteries. * 2 Central Ontario, Durham County, Various Cemeteries. * 3. Eastern Ontario, Northumberland County, Various Cemeteries. * 4. Northern Ontario, Kenora District, Dryden Public Cemetery. * 5. Northern Ontario, Thunder Bay District, Thunder Bay, Mountainview Cemetery - Remaining Blocks. * 6. Northern Ontario, Muskoka District, Watt Township, Ufford United Cemetery. * 7. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District, several cemeteries. * 8. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Various Cemeteries. * 9. New Brunswick, Queens County several cemeteries. * * OVERVIEW PROGRESS REPORT. ************************ * 1. Ontario, Renfrew County is completely online. * 2. Ontario, Nipissing District is completely online. * 3. Ontario, Parry Sound District is completely online. * 4. Ontario, Sudbury District. All 25 Greater Sudbury Cemeteries are online. * 5. Ontario, Timiskaming District. The Elk Lake and Gowganda cemeteries need to be photographed. * 6. Ontario, Kenora District. Kenora, Keewatin and Sioux Falls-Nestor Twp cemeteries are online. * 7. Ontario, Rainy River District. Volunteers are continuing work on Rainy River cemeteries. * 8. Ontario, Muskoka District. Good headway is being made on Muskoka District cemeteries. * 9. Ontario, Manitoulin District. Many cemeteries are online. * 10. Ontario, Cochrane District. Work continues on Timmins Memorial Cemetery and other cemeteries. * 11. Ontario, Hastings County. Work continues on Hasting County cemeteries. * 12. British Columbia, Thompson-Okanagan Region. Additional cemeteries are being processed. * 13. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County. Additional cemeteries are expected. * 14. Prince Edward Island. We look forward to volunteers coming forward. * * WEBSITE FOCUS. ************ * 1. At the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery, which is online at: http://gravemarkers.ca ..we can accommodate unlimited numbers of photographs of complete cemeteries from anywhere in Canada. The photographers and/or organizations are given credit on the website for their interest and hard work. * 2. This long established, free-access National Site is proud to announce that there are more than 900 cemeteries completely photographed and onboard, amounting to over 375,000 searchable photographs. There have been over 640,000 visitors to the site. Each day there are over 200 folks browsing the site and there are over 15,000 name searches each month. * 3. If you have family or friends ANYWHERE in Canada, who may be interested in photographing their local cemeteries, please inform them of the availability of The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery. Their completely photographed cemeteries will have world wide exposure on this free-access National Cemetery Photograph website. * 4. If you and/or your organization are interested in your local cemeteries going online, please contact us at: info@gravemarkers.ca - there are no cemeteries too big or too small...! * 5. A comprehensive "Tips and Hints" brochure will be sent to all interested folks....to help them get started photographing entire cemeteries. * * SUBSCRIBING TO THE WEBSITE UPDATES NEWSLETTER: ******************************************** * Don't miss future monthly updates. Subscribe to the automatic Gravemarker Galleries Newsletter. Please go to the Website at: http://www.gravemarkers.ca and click on the "Join Updates Newsletter" button located just above the weather row. * * HELPFUL HINTS: ************* * 1. Are you tracing a female ancestor....? Cemeteries online have spousal duplicated photographs. This means a photo of a stone which also has the spouse's maiden name showing, is duplicated and when one searches using the onboard search engine, for a surname, the spouse's surname will be reported as a separate "search result". * 2. Over the years it has been apparent that this website was instrumental in breaking down many researchers' brick walls. In fact many folks have travelled to cemeteries which are onboard, to physically observe the grave markers. Please note that on some cemeteries we have included the contact information for the township, town or village cemetery "record holders". * 3. If you don't see a Community and its' cemeteries online...it means a volunteer has not photographed and sent us the cemetery photographs. Can you or some of your family or friends help out by photographing your local cemeteries....? * * FEEDBACK ******* * We are always interested in feedback from Visitors to the website. If you have any questions or suggestions to improve the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery please do not hesitate to send your concerns or suggestions to us at : info@gravemarkers.ca * * ********************************************* Best regards.....Murray P l e t s c h * Cdn Gravemarker Gallery - http://gravemarkers.ca * Ont Historic Gallery - http://rootsweb.com/~cannor * *********************************************