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Grave Mappers
http://gravemappers.blogspot.com
Grave Mappers is a blog designed to help people create their own interactive cemetery maps at a new website called NAMES IN STONE. At Grave Mappers, we give mapping tips and techniques, and share the stories of people who have mapped cemeteries. We also reach out for help in mapping cemeteries throughout the US and Canada. We support and encourage mapping small obscure cemeteries whose records are not readily available and are deteriorating due to weather and time. Mapping these cemeteries will preserve their records and make them available for research to anyone on the internet.
- Added on: Dec 5th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: JoLyn Day
- Listed in: History Technology
- Tags: genealogy family history research cemeteries mapping cemeteries eagle scout service projects
Recent Posts
Oxford, Alabama - An Indian Mound or a Sam's Club?
Terry Thornton of Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi writes in to tell Grave Mappers of a big problem in Oxford, Alabama. It seems that a 1500-year-old Indian mound is being destroyed so the city can use the dirt as landfill for a Sam's Club....
New York Marble Cemetery Open Gate Day
If you live anywhere near the New York City area - or have relatives buried in the New York Marble Cemetery - you'll be interested in this information from Lydia Potter, a trustee of the Cemetery.The New York Marble Cemetery, which was founded in 183...
Spotlight: Preserving Ohio Cemeteries, One Headstone at a Time
Linda Ellis of northeastern Ohio has been making a difference for Ohio cemeteries for over thirteen years.It all started back in 1995 when Linda became a member of the Ohio Genealogical Society. At the OGS Annual Conference in April of 1996, Linda wa...
"Wife Swap" is Looking for Families Who Love Cemeteries!
The ABC hit reality TV show 'Wife Swap' is currently casting for its fifth season....They are looking for families who love visiting cemeteries, plan cemetery crawls together and talk about interesting cemeteries! Perhaps you or someone you know woul...
Where Is My Unfinished Cemetery?
A great question came up today - and the answer will probably help all of the Grave Mappers working on the Test Mapping Project for Names In Stone...I wasn't able to finish mapping my cemetery in one sitting. When I went back to Names in Stone, I cou...
Vandals Destroy Small Cemetery in Kansas
There were only about 15 stones in the turn-of-the-century cemetery in Trego County, Kansas. Just a small quiet country cemetery that most of us didn't even know existed. But today this little cemetery is in the news -- because vandals have completel...
