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    1. Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] eGGSA [!!!]
    2. Richard Ball
    3. Hello Bart, BS> The Primrose Cemetery right now, is good to be photographed I know Alta Griffiths, who manages the eGGSA gravestone photographs collection has contacted you about the Primrose Cemetery because I told her of your offer of the photographs you had. You can reach her on [email protected] Alta does organise group photography at cemeteries but any such session really needs to be organised by someone on the ground who can communicate with all the photographers so that as much as possible is photographed with as little duplication as possible. This is really not possible to do from an email address unless there is only going to be one person doing all the work. If you have a free for all - then Alta and her team - all of whom are volunteers with lives of their own - will not only need to read and caption all the pictures - a lengthy and tedious business which they do a great amount of - but sort out duplication which is bound to happen - and that can only be done once the photos are captioned - wasting photographer time and captioner time. A good idea perhaps to publish lists of cemeteries that need photographing but this, again, really needs local people - how can one person know what cemeteries there are in the country - if given the name and location, Alta can tell you if they have been done, completely, partly or not at all. I think it might be an idea for you to offer your services to Alta who can certainly give you good advice on both organising and the photography. Zimbabwe has also been done to some extent and photographs are very welcome: http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=391207 All the best, Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk [email protected]

    02/14/2014 02:36:32