CanadianHeadstones.com

An email from Steve Fulton alerted me to Canadianheadstones.com —an update to the website and data. It's a completely volunteer-staffed project operating under the umbrella of the Ontario Genealogical Society (Ontario Ancestors) capturing both digital images and transcriptions of headstones of our ancestors.

Like me, Steve finds the holiday period a good time to get some concentrated work done. Here, from his 30 December blog post, is what was achieved:

• Moved close to 800,000 images and 1.9 million persons to a new website server – 99% Completed
• Develop a Hybrid type of website, WordPress & HTML to give us options within the website – 99% Completed.
• Develop a user registration system in the new site. 100% Completed
• Resolve the Broken Links within Ancestry.ca for the CH Database. 100% Resolved.
• Update the Public and Users of the website. – This is what we are doing now.
• Create a Blog on the WordPress Site for News and Updates – Ongoing.
• Develop the Database within WordPress to better manage the Database for Errors and Repairs using the WP Data Access Plugin. – Ongoing
• Develop a submission system using WordPress.
• Develop new ideas and opportunities for users.

With over 1.9 million gravestone photos from across Canada this is a major volunteer-powered free resource, particularly for Ontario which has about two-thirds of the entries.