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, descendants of those buried in marked graves, Monument Companies, Funeral Homes and Government Agencies also show a keen interest.

ONGOING WEBSITE NEWS

1. The transfer of 294 cemeteries from Scott Naylor's Website has been completed, thanks mainly to our dedicated and thoughtful volunteers. Namely, Karen Lawrence, Diane Dillon, Marty Neva, Edith Benoit, Penny Aris, Heather Brennan, Angie Garant, Helen Kempers, Ed Lambert and Susan Schultz.

2. A current statistics summary for The Canadian Gravemarker Gallery shows 1,100 completely photographed cemeteries and over 500,000 photographs from across Canada are onboard.

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

FRIENDLY REMINDERS

1. If you know the Region in Canada where your ancestors are buried, please click the new "REGIONAL SEARCH ENGINES" button located on the Main Page and then choose the Search Engine which will search a specific Canadian region for your ancestor.

2. Please note the "MAIN Search Engine" continues to search the entire website....!!!!!!

3. 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.

COMPLETE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED LAST MONTH

1. British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Tofino, Morpheus Island Cemetery

2. Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastcoast, Lumsden, United Church Cemetery

3. Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastcoast, Lumsden, Jehova's Witnesses Cemetery

4. Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastcoast, Lumsden, Lumsden North Beach Cemetery

5. Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastcoast, Lumsden, Butt Family Plot

6. Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastcoast, Lumsden, Goodyear Family Plot

7. Eastern Ontario, Leeds and Grenville County, North Grenville Twp, Oxford Mills, Union Cemetery

8. Northern Ontario, Algoma District, Blind River, Hillside Cemetery - East Side

9. Northern Ontario, Temiskaming District, Kirkland Lake, Kirkland Lake Cemetery - Block L

10. Northern Ontario, Temiskaming District, Kirkland Lake, Kirkland Lake Cemetery - Section 15

11. Northern Ontario, Muskoka District, Gravenhurst, Mickle Memorial Cemetery

12. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District, Fort Frances, Municipal - St. Mary's Cemetery

13. Northern Ontario, Thunder Bay District, Thunder Bay, Mountainview Cemetery - South Expansion

14. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section B

15. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section New B

16. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section CB

17. Northern Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins, Memorial Cemetery - Section E

18. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Huron Twp, Pine River United Cemetery

19. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Greenock Twp, Riversdale Baptist Cemetery

20. South Western Ontario, Bruce County, Culross Twp, Smith's Cemetery

21 Quebec, Pontiac County. 75 Complete Cemeteries

22. Quebec, Papineau County, Fassett Twp, Fassett Cemetery

23. Quebec, Papineau County, Namur Twp, Namur Cemetery

24. Quebec, Papineau County, Mulgrave and Derry Twp, Our Lady of Light RC Cemetery

CEMETERIES IN PROGRESS OR EXPECTED

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

2. Central Ontario, Durham County, Various Cemeteries.

3. Eastern Ontario, Northumberland County, Various Cemeteries.

4. Northern Ontario, Nipissing District, North Bay, St. Mary's R.C., Cemetery Being Updated now.

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

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

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

8. New Brunswick, Queens County Several Cemeteries.

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

10. Newfoundland and Labrador, Straight Shore, Lumsden area, more cemeteries being processed.

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. Work continues on Timmins Memorial and other 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 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 500,000 searchable photographs. There have been over 680,000 visitors to the site. Each day there are over 200 folks browsing the site and there are over 16,000 name searches each month.

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.

SUBSCRIBING TO THE WEBSITE UPDATES NEWSLETTER (Now Ad-Free)

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HELPFUL HINTS - SUMMARY

1. Regional Search Engines. If you know what region of Canada your ancestors are buried, have you checked out the "Regional Search Engines"...? This is a New Feature available on the front page.

2. Searching large cemeteries. All cemeteries with over 5,000 burials now have an exclusive search engine which will search only that cemetery...! Scroll down the individual cemetery page watching for the "search box" and supporting narrative. Example.

3. 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".

4. 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".

5. 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.