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From: "Murray Pletsch" <>
Subject: [Q-R] The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery Update Newsletter - 1 May2011
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 07:12:26 -0400


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UPDATE NEWSLETTER Number Thirty Seven - 1 May 2011
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OBJECTIVES.
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1. The objective of this *Update Newsletter* is to itemize and publish
monthly additions and changes to The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery website.
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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 .
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1. Normally on 1 May we are on the road travelling to unphotographed
cemeteries. We are not looking forward to the unreasonable price of gas at
the pumps currently.
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2. PAYPAL. Some very kind visitors have expressed interest in assisting
with the costs of this website and indicated they preferred donating funds
to help offset these costs, via PAYPAL. Please note that the PAYPAL feature
has been added to the Website at: http://www.gravemarkers.ca/assist.htm
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NEED A WORTHWHILE AND ACHIEVABLE CHALLENGE..?
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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.
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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.
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COMPLETE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED THIS MONTH ON THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER
GALLERY.
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1. New Brunswick, Queens County, Hampstead Parish, St. Stephen Anglican
Cemetery.
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2. New Brunswick, Queens County, Waterborough Parish, Cox Point Cemetery.
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3. New Brunswick, Queens County, Waterborough Parish, St. Luke's Anglican
Cemetery
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4. New Brunswick, Queens County, Waterborough Parish, Thornetown Baptist
Cemetery
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5. Central Ontario, Simcoe County, Orillia, St. Andrew's-St. James'
Cemetery, Block K, with all 25 Sections updated.
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6. Eastern Ontario, Northumberland County, Alnwick-Haldeman Twp, Grafton,
St. Mary's RC (New) Cemetery.
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CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS OR EXPECTED AT THE CANADIAN GRAVEMARKER GALLERY.
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1. British Columbia, Southern Okanagan Region, several cemeteries.
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2 Central Ontario, Durham County, Various Cemeteries.
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3. Eastern Ontario, Northumberland County, Various Cemeteries.
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4. Northern Ontario, Nipissing District, North Bay, Holy Cross R.C., Being
Updated now.
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5. Northern Ontario, Thunder Bay District, Thunder Bay, Mountainview
Cemetery - Remaining Blocks.
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6. Northern Ontario, Muskoka District, Watt Township, Ufford United
Cemetery.
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7. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District, several cemeteries.
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8. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Various Cemeteries.
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9. New Brunswick, Queens County several cemeteries.
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OVERVIEW PROGRESS REPORT.
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1. Ontario, Renfrew County is completely online.
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2. Ontario, Nipissing District is completely online.
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3. Ontario, Parry Sound District is completely online.
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4. Ontario, Sudbury District. All 25 Greater Sudbury Cemeteries are online.

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5. Ontario, Timiskaming District. The Elk Lake and Gowganda cemeteries need
to be photographed.
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6. Ontario, Kenora District. Kenora, Keewatin and Sioux Falls-Nestor Twp
cemeteries are online.
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7. Ontario, Rainy River District. Volunteers are continuing work on Rainy
River cemeteries.
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8. Ontario, Muskoka District. Good headway is being made on Muskoka
District cemeteries.
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9. Ontario, Manitoulin District. Many cemeteries are online.
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10. Ontario, Cochrane District. Work continues on Timmins Memorial Cemetery
and other cemeteries.
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11. Ontario, Hastings County. Work continues on Hasting County cemeteries.
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12. British Columbia, Thompson-Okanagan Region. Additional cemeteries are
being processed.
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13. Nova Scotia, Cumberland County. Additional cemeteries are expected.
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14. Prince Edward Island. We look forward to volunteers coming forward.
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WEBSITE FOCUS.
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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.
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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
645,000 visitors to the site. Each day there are over 200 folks browsing the
site and there are over 16,000 name searches each month.
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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.
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4. If you and/or your organization are interested in your local
cemeteries going online, please contact us at: - there
are no cemeteries too big or too small...!
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5. A comprehensive "Tips and Hints" brochure will be sent to all
interested folks....to help them get started photographing entire
cemeteries.
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SUBSCRIBING TO THE WEBSITE UPDATES NEWSLETTER:
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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.
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HELPFUL HINTS:
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1. 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
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2. 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".
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3. Over the past 11 years this website has been instrumental in breaking
down many researchers' brick walls. In fact many folks have travelled to
cemeteries which are onboard, to personally and physically view the grave
markers. Please note that on some cemeteries we have included the contact
information for the township, town or village cemetery "record holders".
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4. 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....?
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FEEDBACK
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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
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If you have an old Sony Cybershot DSC P43 or DSC P41 camera sitting around
the house not being used, please consider selling it to us. These cameras
withstand the dusty conditions in the cemeteries and they have view finders
which is very important when photographing grave markers.
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Best regards.....Murray P l e t s c h
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Cdn Gravemarker Gallery - http://gravemarkers.ca
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Ont Historic Gallery - http://rootsweb.com/~cannor
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