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

ONGOING WEBSITE NEWS

In accordance with Scott Naylor's wishes, his website and 10 years of hard work is being kept alive, through merging with the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery. Effective 1 November 2011, we have merged over 200 complete cemeteries including approximately 150,000 grave marker photos. These converted cemeteries to date, represent 66% of Scott's website. Thanks to our dedicated, considerate and thoughtful volunteers, the merge continues.

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 kind folks who wish to give us a hand, please note that the "PayPal Feature" has recently been added to the Website

COMPLETE CEMETERIES ADDED/UPDATED LAST MONTH

1. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Diamond Methodist Cemetery

2. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Epworth Cemetery

3. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Hunt Cemetery

4. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Landon Cemetery

5. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Lowry Cemetery

6. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, St. George's Anglican Cemetery

7. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, St. Michaels's RC Cemetery

8. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery

9. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Fitzroy Twp, Whyte United Cemetery

10. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Huntley Twp, St. James (Carp) Anglican Cemetery

11. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Huntley Twp, St. Michael's RC Cemetery

12. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Kanata, Hazeldean Methodist Cemetery

13. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Kanata, Hazeldean Union Cemetery

14. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, Dunrobin United Cemetery

15. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery

16. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, Old St. Mary's Cemetery

17. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, Old St. Mary's Cemetery

18. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, St. Isidore RC Cemetery

19. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, March Twp, St. John's Anglican Cemetery

20. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Nepean Twp, Capital Memorial Gardens Cemetery

21. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, North Gower Twp, Elmview (Kars) Cemetery

22. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, North Gower Twp, Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery

23. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, North Gower Twp, North Gower Union Cemetery

24. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, North Gower Twp, Rideau Vale Cemetery

25. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, Christ Church Anglican Cemetery

26. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, Malakoff United Church Cemetery

27. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, North Rideau Methodist Cemetery

28. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, Pioneer RC Cemetery

29. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, St. John Anglican Cemetery

30. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Rideau/Marlborough Twp, St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery

31. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Torbolton Twp, Grierson Private Cemetery

32. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Torbolton Twp, St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery

33. Ontario, Ottawa West Region, Torbolton Twp, Torbolton Cemetery

34. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Cumberland Twp, Dales Cemetery

35. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Cumberland Twp, St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery

36. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Cumberland Twp, Trinity Anglican (Bearbrook)

37. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Cumberland Twp, Wilson Memorial (Navan)

38. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Cumberland Twp, St. Guillaume RC (Kars)

39. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Bethany United Cemetery

40. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Hope Cemetery

41. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, St. Josephs's Cemetery (Orleans)

42. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Our Lady of The Visitation Cemetery

43. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Johnston's Corners Cemetery

44. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Old Presbyterian Cemetery

45. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, St. Bernard Cemetery

46. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, St. George's Hawthorne Cemetery

47. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, St. Laurent Cemetery

48. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, St. Mary The Virgin Anglican Cemetery

49. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Long Island Locks Methodist Cemetery

50. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Long Island Locks Union Cemetery

51. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Gloucester Twp, Woods Cemetery

52. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, All Saints Anglican Cemetery

53. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, Reid's Mills Cemetery

54. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, St. Brigid's Cemetery

55. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, St. Catherine's RC Cemetery

56. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, St. John The Evangelist RC Cemetery

57. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, Jewish Memorial Gardens Cemetery

58. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Osgoode Twp, Union Cemetery - Metcalfe

59. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Ottawa City, Billings Heritage Cemetery

60. Ontario, Ottawa East Region, Ottawa City, Notre Dame - Vanier - In Progress

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., Being Updated now.

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

6. Northern Ontario, Muskoka District, Morrison Township, Mickle Cemetery Re-photographed. Awaiting processing.

7. Northern Ontario, Rainy River District, some cemeteries from Fort Frances.

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

9. New Brunswick, Queens County several cemeteries.

10. Prince Edward Island, Queen's County, various cemeteries.

11. Newfoundland and Labrador, Straight Shore, Lumsden area 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.

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 almost 1,400 cemeteries completely photographed and onboard, amounting to over 500,000 searchable photographs. There have been over 670,000 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

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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.