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* website, is to collect and process *completely photographed* cemeteries from across Canada and place the photos online as valuable free-access resources for Genealogists. Additionally, curious descendants of those buried in marked graves, Monument Companies, Funeral Homes, Consulates and Government Agencies also show a keen interest.

ONGOING WEBSITE NEWS

1. A brief statistics summary for The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery shows over 1,100 completely photographed cemeteries and over 580,000 photographs from across Canada are online.

2. We are now on Facebook at: The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery

FRIENDLY REMINDERS

1. Please note the "MAIN Search Engine" continues to search through almost 585,000 photographs in 2 seconds. Instructions for using the search engine have been updated.

2. For those appreciative and kind visitors who wish to participate in the continuing success of this free and non-sponsored project, please note that the "PayPal Feature" has recently been added to the site.

COMPLETE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED LAST MONTH

1. British Columbia, Okanagan Valley South, Penticton, Kaleden Cemetery

2. British Columbia, Okanagan Valley South, Penticton, Lakeview Cemetery - Old Section

3. Northern Ontario, Algoma District, Galbraith Twp, Dunns Valley Cemetery

4. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section New A

5. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section D

6. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section New D

7. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Columbarium

8. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Unnamed Area

9. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Greenock Twp, Greenock United Cemetery

10. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kinloss Twp, Langside/Tiffin's Cemetery

11. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kinloss Twp, St. Patrick's RC Cemetery

12. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kinloss Twp, Kinlough Methodist Cemetery

13. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine Twp, Bervie Anglican Cemetery

14. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine Twp, Bervie Methodist Cemetery

15. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine Twp, Bervie Presbyterian Cemetery

16. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine Twp, Armow Methodist Cemetery

17. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Bruce Twp, Glammis Pioneer Cemetery

18. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Bruce Twp, McLean Family Plot

19. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Huron Twp, Olivet/Verdun Methodist Cemetery

20. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Huron Twp, St/ Luke's Anglican Cemetery

21. Quebec, Gatineau County, Maniwaki Region, Maniwaki 1 - 1882 Cemetery

22. Quebec, Gatineau County, Maniwaki Region, Maniwaki 2 - 1942 Cemetery

23. Quebec, Gatineau County, Maniwaki Region. Maniwaki 3 - 1960 Cemetery

24. Quebec, Gatineau County, Deleage Twp, Maniwaki Protestant Cemetery

25. Quebec, Gatineau County. Grand-Remous Cemetery

26. Quebec, Gatineau County, Blue Lake, St. Eugene Cemetery

27. Quebec, Pontiac County, Mansfield Twp, Old RC Mission and Cemetery - Updated.

CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS OR EXPECTED

1. British Columbia, Southern Okanagan Region , Several Cemeteries.

2. Northern Ontario, Parry Sound District, Parry Sound, Hillcrest Cemetery Being Updated now.

3. Northern Ontario, Thunder Bay District, Thunder Bay, Mountainview Cemetery Remaining Blocks.

4. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District, More Cemeteries from Fort Frances.

5. Southern Ontario, Peel Regional Municipality, Various Cemeteries.

6. New Brunswick, Queens County Several Cemeteries.

7. Prince Edward Island, Queen's County, Various Cemeteries.

OVERVIEW PROGRESS REPORT

1. Eastern Ontario, Renfrew County is completely online.

2. Northern Ontario, Nipissing District is completely online.

3. Northern Ontario, Parry Sound District is completely online.

4. Northern Ontario, Muskoka District is 95% online.

5. Northern Ontario, Sudbury District is 95% online.

6. Northern Ontario, Temiskaming District is 95% online.

7. Northern Ontario, Manitoulin District is 95% online.

8. Northern Ontario, Kenora District. Waiting for more cemeteries.

9. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District Volunteers are continuing work on Fort Frances cemeteries.

10. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District. Waiting for the Town of Cochrane cemeteries.

11. Central Ontario, Hastings County. Work continues on Hasting County cemeteries.

12. British Columbia, Thompson-Okanagan Region. Additional cemeteries are being processed.

13. Prince Edward Island. Waiting for volunteers to come forward.

14. Nova Scotia. Waiting for volunteers to come forward.

WEBSITE FOCUS

1. At the *Canadian Gravemarker Gallery*, we can accommodate unlimited numbers of photographs of complete cemeteries from anywhere in Canada. The largest cemetery on our site has over 50,000 photographs and our smallest has 3 photos. The photographers and/or organizations are given credit on the website for their interest and hard work.

2. The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery is the oldest and largest website displaying grave marker photographs in Canada. This non-sponsored and free-access National Site is proud to announce that there are over 1,100 cemeteries completely photographed and onboard, amounting to over 580,000 searchable photographs. There have been almost 690,000 visitors to the site. Each day there are over 200 folks browsing the site and there are over 20,000 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 popular National Cemetery Photograph website.

4. If you and/or your organization have photographed your local cemeteries and are interested in them going online, please contact us at our email address. There are no cemeteries too big or too small. They will be placed online at absolutely no cost to you...!

5. A comprehensive "Tips and Hints" aide memoire in English or French is available online. To help everyone get started photographing entire Canadian cemeteries, a copy of the Aide Memoire can also be emailed to all interested folks.

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HELPFUL HINTS - SUMMARY

1. Tracing female ancestors. 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. Cemetery records. Over the past 11 years this website has been instrumental in breaking down many researchers' brick walls. In addition, 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".

3. Missing cemeteries. If you don't see a Community and its' cemeteries online...it means we have not photographed the cemeteries in that area. Would you or some of your family or friends be interested in helping 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 comments, concerns or suggestions to our Contact email address.