* OBJECTIVE. ********* * The aim of this Upgrade Newsletter is to itemize and publish the changes and additions to The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery website. * SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY. ****************** * * This "free-access" website celebrates its Tenth Anniversary this year and we send our genuine thanks to all contributors, volunteers and visitors for our ongoing success. * * NEW CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. *************************************************************** * 1. Northern ON, Thunder Bay Dist, Nipigon Twp, Cliffside Cemetery. * 2. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Fort Lawrence, Public Cemetery. * 3. Ontario, Muskoka District, Huntsville, Hutcheson Memorial Cemetery. * 4. Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery, Section S. * 5. Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, Marchmont Baptist Cemetery. * 6. Ontario, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Twp, Esson Presbyterian Cemetery. * 7. Ontario, Hastings County, Bangor Twp, Purdy Cemetery. * * CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. ********************************************************** * 1. Alberta, Red Deer County, Innisfail Cemetery. * 2. Manitoba, Inwood, Haslund Cemetery * 3. Ontario, Cochrane Dist, Black River-Matheson Twp, Shillington Cemetery. * 4. Ontario, Thunder Bay Dist, Schreiber Cemetery. * 5. Ontario, Thunder Bay District. Thunder Bay (formerly Fort William). Mountainview Cemetery * 6. Ontario, Muskoka Dist, Macauley Twp, Fraserburg Cemetery. * 7. Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew, Thomsonville Cemetery. (Update) * 8. Ontario, Sudbury Dist, Killarney, Two small cemeteries. * 9. Ontario, Sudbury Dist, Greater Sudbury, Blezard Valley Cemetery. * 10. Ontario, Algoma District, Johnstone Twp, Desbarats Cemetery. * 11. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Amherst, Saint Charles (RC) Cemetery. * 12. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Maccan Cemetery * * OVERVIEW PROGRESS REPORT. ************************ * 1. Ontario, Renfrew County is now completely online. * 2. Ontario, Nipissing District is completely online. * 3. Ontario, Parry Sound District is completely online. * 4. Ontario, Timiskaming District. The Kirkland Lake and Elk Lake cemeteries may be fully online in 2009. * 5. Ontario, Kenora District. Kenora, Keewatin and Sioux Falls-Nestor Twp cemeteries are online. * 6. Ontario, Rainy River District. Volunteers are continuing work on Rainy River cemeteries. * 7. Ontario, Muskoka District. Murray and volunteers ared working on Muskoka District cemeteries. * 8. Ontario, MAnitoulin District. Many cemeteries are online. * 9. Ontario, Cochrane District. Work continues on Timmins Memorial Cemetery and other cemeteries. * 10. British Columbia, Thompson-Okanagan Region. Additional cemeteries are being processed. * 11. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County. Additional cemeteries are being processed. * * WEBSITE NEWS. ************ * 1. Over the past 9 years I have been asked by Out-Of-Province folks, "If I photographed local cemeteries, can I send the pictures to you and have them placed online?" At the time, I told these folks that I was concentrating only on Northern Ontario. However......! * 2. The National website now exists: http://gravemarkers.ca ..! On this "free-access" new site I can accommodate photographs of complete cemeteries from anywhere in Canada. The photographer is given credit on the website for all his/her hard work. The National Site is proud to announce that there are more than 400 cemeteries completely photographed with over 300,000 photographs onboard. There have been over 540,000 visitors to the site and each day there are over 200 folks browsing the site. * 3. If you have family or friends across Canada who may be interested in photographing their local cemeteries, please pass on this information to them. Their photographed cemeteries will have wide exposure on this National Cemetery website. * 4. If you and/or your organization is interested in your local cemeteries going online, please contact Murray at: mailto:[email protected] or mailto:[email protected] * 5. A comprehensive "Tips and Hints" aide memoire will be sent to all interested folks....to help them get started to photograph entire cemeteries. * 6. Links to popular Rootsweb Genealogical Mailing Lists are onboard. These lists provide an excellent vehicle for you to get your "brick walls" published and available to thousands of eyes. The Mailing Lists have searchable archives. * 7. For those interested, "The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery" is now a "Group" on Facebook. * * SUBSCRIBING TO THE WEBSITE UPDATES NEWSLETTER: ******************************************** Don't miss future updates. Subscribe to the Gravemarker Galleries Newsletter. Please go to the Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~murrayp and click on the "Join Updates Newsletter" button located just above the weather row. * ****************************************************** * NOTES: ***** 1. Cemeteries have spousal duplicated photographs. This means a photo which has the spouse's maiden name showing, is duplicated and when one searches for a surname, the spouse's surname will be a separate "search result". * 2 Should you wish to help out with this ongoing huge project, please contact Murray at mailto:[email protected] * 3. For those interested, "The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery" is now a "Group" on Facebook. * Bye for now.....Murray * Cdn Gravemarker Gallery - http://www.gravemarkers.ca *