* OBJECTIVE. ********* * The objective of this Update Newsletter is to itemize and publish recent changes and additions to The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery website. The Main Objective of the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery is to photograph grave markers of entire cemeteries across Canada and place the photos online as a valuable research resource for Genealogists and Descendants of those buried in the cemeteries. * 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 ENTIRE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. ********************************************************************** * 1. Ontario, Sudbury District, Greater Sudbury, LaSalle Cemetery, Sects 1a and 1b. * 2. Ontario, Renfrew County, Horton Twp, Renfrew, Thompsonville Cemetery.(Updt) * 3. Ontario, Renfrew County, North Algona-Wilberforce Twp, Stewart Cemetery. * 4. Ontario, Nipissing District, Chisholm Twp, Jehova Witness's Cemetery. (Updt) * 5. Ontario, Manitoulin District, Cockburn Island Cemetery. * 6. Ontario, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Twp, Rugby Methodist Cemetery. * 7. Ontario, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Twp, West Oro Baptist Church Cemetery. * 8. Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St Michael's R.C. Cemetery. * 9. Ontario, Simcoe County, Severn Twp, Hamlet, St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery. * 10. Ontario, Simcoe County, Severn Twp, Matchedash, St. John's Anglican Cemetery. * 11. Omtario, Simcoe County, Ramara Twp, Ramona, Ramona United Church Cemetery. * 12. Ontario, Simcoe County, Ramara Twp, Fairvalley Methodist Cemetery * 13. Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Yearley, Yearley Union Cemetery. * 14 Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Aspdin, United Church Cemetery. * 15. Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Aspdin, St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery. * 16. Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Ifracombe, Union Cemetery. * 17. Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Yearley, Union Cemetery. * 18. Ontario, Muskoka District, Stisted Twp, Etwell Methodist Cemetery. * 19. Ontario, Muskoka District, Chaffey Twp, Ravenscliffe, St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery. (Updt) * 20 Ontario, Muskoka District, Chaffey Twp, Huntsville, All Saints' Anglican Cemetery. * 21. Ontario, Muskoka District, Chaffey Twp, Williamsport, Dyer Memorial. * 22. Ontario, Muskoka District, Chaffey Twp, Williamsport, Williamsport Cemetery. * 23. Ontario, Muskoka District, Franklin Twp, Dwight, Cooper Lake Cemetery. * 24. Ontario, Muskoka District, Franklin Twp, Dwight, Union Cemetery. * 25. Ontario, Muskoka District, Port Cunnington, St. Jame's Anglican Church Cemetery. * 26. Ontario, Muskoka District, Ryde Twp, Ryde Pioneer Cemetery. * 27. Ontario, Muskoka District, McLean Twp, Baysville, St. Ambrose's Anglican Cemetery. * 28. Ontario, Muskoka District, McLean Twp, Baysville, St. George's Roman Catholic Cemetery. * 29. Ontario, Hastings County, Carlow, Carlow Twp, Carlow United Cemetery. * 30. Ontario, Hastings County, Dungannon Twp, Umphraville Cemetery. * 31. Ontario, Hastings County, McClure Twp, Oram Family Cemetery. * 32. Ontario, Hastings County, McClure Twp, Maynooth, St. Ignatius R.C. Cemetery. * 33. Ontario, Hastings County, McClure Twp, Lake St. Peter, St. Paul's United Cemetery. * 34. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Musclow, Musclow Cemetery. * 35. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Hybla, Zion United Church Cemetery. * 36. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Monteagle Valley, Hawley Family Cemetery. * 37. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Hybla, Bartlett Family Cemetery. * 38. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Maynooth, Lutheran Cemetery. * 39. Ontario, Hastings County, Monteagle Twp, Emmanuel United Church Cemetery. * 40. Ontario, Hastings County, Huntingdon Twp, White Lake, White Lake cemetery. * CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY. ********************************************************** * 1. British Columbia, Southern Okanagan, 3 or 4 Cemeteries. * 2. Manitoba, Inwood, Haslund Cemetery * 3. Ontario, Cochrane District, Black River-Matheson Twp, Shillington Cemetery. * 4. Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins Memorial Cemetery, Blocks A & N. 5. Ontario, Thunder Bay District. Thunder Bay (formerly Fort William). Mountainview Cemetery * 6. Ontario, Renfrew County, Haley Station, Haley Cemetery. (Update). * 7. Ontario, Renfrew County, Goshen Cemetery. (Update). * 8. Ontario, Sudbury Dist, Killarney, Two small cemeteries. * 9 Ontario, Kenora District, Dryden Cemetery. * 10. Ontario, Muskoka District, McLean Twp, Baysville Cemetery. * 11. Ontario, Timiskaming District, Kirkland Lake Cemetery, Block D, 3 Sections. * 12. Ontario, Hastings County, Cashel Twp, Gunter Cemetery. * 13. Ontario, Hastings County, Cashel Twp, Hinchcliffe Cemetery. * 14. Ontario, Hastings County, Cashel Twp, Weslemkoon Cemetery. * 15. Ontario, Hastings County, Elzevir Twp, Actinolite Cemetery. * 16. Ontario, Hastings County, Elzevir Twp, Greenwood Cemetery. * 17. Ontario, Hastings County, Elzevir Twp, St. Joseph's Cemetery. * 18. Ontario, Hastings County, Limerick Twp, St. Ola Cemetery. * 19. Ontario, Hastings County, Tudor Twp, Glanmire Cemetery. * 20. Ontario, Hastings County, Tudor Twp, Millbridge Cemetery. * 21. Ontario, Hastings County, Tudor Twp, Stoney Settlement Cemetery * 22. Ontario, Hastings County, Huntingdon Twp, Roslin United Cemetery. * 23. Ontario, Hastings County, Madoc Twp, O'Hara 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 are 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. Ontario, Hastings County. Work continues on Hasting County cemeteries. * 11. British Columbia, Thompson-Okanagan Region. Additional cemeteries are being processed. * 12. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County. Additional cemeteries are being processed. * 13. Alberta, Grande Prairie Region. Work has started on photographing cemeteries. * WEBSITE NEWS. ************ * 1. The National website now exists: http://gravemarkers.ca ..! On this "free-access" new site we can accommodate photographs of complete cemeteries from anywhere in Canada. The photographer and/or organization are given credit on the website for their interest and hard work. * 2. This National Site is proud to announce that there are more than 500 cemeteries completely photographed and onboard, amounting to over 350,000 searchable photographs. There have been over 550,000 visitors to the site. Each day there are over 200 folks browsing the site and there are over 10,000 name searches each month. * 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 Pletsch at: mailto:[email protected] or mailto:[email protected] * 5. A comprehensive "Tips and Hints" brochure will be sent to all interested folks....to help them get started to photograph entire cemeteries. * 6. For those interested, "The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery" is now a "Group" on Facebook. * * 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 NOTES: ************* 1. Cemeteries have spousal duplicated photographs. This means a photo 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. If your "search engine" keyword is the same as a city, town, village, township then here is a valuable tip. *CONCERN:* If your "search engine" keyword you are using is say: pembrok* then your search will pick up all the pembroke surnames....*BUT* ...it will also pick up all the website pages where pembroke is used as a meta name. *SOLUTION:* Change your keyword to pembrok1 and the search engine will only pick up the gravemarkers with the pembroke surname. * 3. Should you wish to help out with this ongoing huge project financially or in other ways, please contact Murray Pletsch at mailto:[email protected] * Bye for now.....Murray * Cdn Gravemarker Gallery - http://www.gravemarkers.ca * Facebook Group: [The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery]