Whats New?
A new countries index is now available.
Details about how many requests have been recieved is now gradually being displayed on the area pages as well as on individual cemetery pages.
More tips have been added to the photographing grave monuments tips page.
Each country page now displays a list of areas covered by that country and how many cemeteries, graves and names are held within the GPR online database for each of these areas.
A new Partners section has been added the site.
There is a link to it on both the top and bottom menus on each page.
Each cemetery page now displays now many graves and names are stored for that cemetery.
Each area page now displays now many graves and names are stored for each cemetery.
The Resource is now working with a number of other websites so that information is shared.
An example of this is Old-Timers Municipal Cemetery (Waskatenau, Alberta, Canada).
If you look at any particular grave in this cemetery you will be shown a link to another website where the photograph of the monument is stored.
A list of cemeteries to be added to the Resource is now available.
All the area pages now show details of cemeteries in that area that are going to be added.
A new volunteers section has been added to the site.
This section not only tells you how to become a volunteer but also tells you a bit about some of the volunteers themselves.
The resource has now started to index cemeteries in
Spain and
Isle of Man.
Since 1 January 2010 more than 150 new cemeteries (or parts of very large cemeteries) have been added to the resource.
This means that on average two new cemeteries have been added every three days.
All the area pages that display lists of cemeteries now show photos of each cemetery if one is available.
The home page now displays details of the latest cemetery added to the site, a "quote of the week" and a "latest news" section.
The UK National Archives February edition the their Ancestors magazine has a two page article about the Gravestone Photographic Resource.
A new comments / feedback / help request system has been added to the website.
The Gravestone Photographic Resource has now added a new online database of genealogical links.
The following graveyards have been added to the Gravestone Photographic Resource since 1st January 2010: