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<DIV><SPAN class=842202813-28062005>I have been following this thread and have a
question for David: will this information be added to the GenWeb Tombstone
project? It seems to me this would be a good place to put this information
to make sure there is no duplication. Some cemeteries already have project
managers looking for volunteers. I think a good first step would
be to work in conjunction with this project. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=842202813-28062005>I will be contacting the project manager for
Yamhill County and work with them to add in the IOOF cemetery in Dayton and the
Brookside cemetery in Dayton. This is our family summer project. If
anyone else has any additional information about these 2 cemeteries, I would
appreciate any and all....</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=842202813-28062005>suzanne in Newberg</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=842202813-28062005>suz_es@verizon.net</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>CKlooster@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 27, 2005 11:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[or-roots] Oregon Gravestones Photo Project<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV>I think this is a GREAT project. The first time I found a link to
Oregon cemetery projects online I was really excited...until I clicked the
links and found that there were very few cemetery inventories (not to mention
photos) actually online. If Rootsweb actually has thousands of Oregon
graves, I haven't found them.</DIV>
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<DIV>But what a good idea to create a searchable database of photos. Now
that digital cameras are so inexpensive, it costs no more to snap a hundred
photos than it does to snap one. Much faster than the old way of copying
gravestone data on the back of an envelope found in the glove
compartment! Although the cropping and editing of the photos takes a few
minutes, I do believe that a bit of practice will produce good photos that
don't need editing.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the other positive aspect of an organized effort like this is
that it may draw attention to the neglect of some of the smaller/family
cemeteries. The outcome could be some brush cutting and grave
marking. It would be a good family project; a way to interest children
and teens in local history. I have always enjoyed walking through old
cemeteries and reading the inscriptions, so stopping to snap a picture takes
only a few seconds more. In high school a friend and I noticed that
there were old graves in the Canyonville cemetery that were no longer being
tended. So, we "adopted" several of them. We weeded them and used
a toothbrush to remove moss from the lettering. It began as a somewhat
of a lark, but we soon developed an interest in the lives of the people whose
graves we were tending.</DIV>
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<DIV>Carla</DIV>
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