Calling all Cemetery Enthusiasts! [closed]

Question

Do you enjoy photographing gravestones? Would you like to see WikiTree reach its goal of documenting the final resting place of as many ancestors across the world as possible and sourcing them on profiles?

We NEED you! Many of our teams around the world are in need of members!

The goal of the Global Cemeteries Project is to create and/or update profiles of our deceased ancestors using original content, and reliable sources.

In order to meet our Goals, project members partake in a variety of tasks, including (but not limited to):

• photographing tombstones and memorials;
• transcribing the data contained within these photographs to ancestor profiles;
• finding and adding reliable sources;
• grouping of these profiles through the use of relevant cemetery and regional categories; and
• documenting the history of our cemeteries through the use of free space pages.

If you are interested (and we hope you are!), please
ANSWER THIS POST with your local area(s) of interest.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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I would be happy to help transcribe. I am in Dublin, Ireland and live within 2km of Mount Jerome Cemetery where a lot of my family are buried.

Rita

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I have family members buried in Pilot Grove Cemetery #1 in Jamesport, Missouri (Daviess County), I also have images of family tombstones.

I also have some images of family headstones in the Rockport Cemetery in Miami County, KS.

How do I add these to the biographies? I followed the Youtube directions, but it didn't work.

My ID is #19282

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Hi, I've been around a while but apparently I need to post here. I'm very interested in cemeteries, especially in the areas of Morgan and Lawrence County, Alabama. Winston and Walker Counties, too, are up my alley.

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Hello Joseph,

We would be happy to have you join the Cemeterist Project. Please repost, including the areas you would like to work in, on our "Open" Post and I will get you added to the team.

We're looking forward to working with you.

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I was asked to help with the project a few years ago but due to health conditions, I was unable to help. I am slowly getting back to having the ability to help with research and pictures. I live in Colorado but I also have some availability to get help in areas of Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Washington, and Rhode Island depending on what is needed.

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Hello Mysti,

It's good to hear that you are doing better and we're happy to have you join us.

We have a new post for the Project for 2023. Please go there and click on the green "Answer this Post" button and let us know that you want to join.  I already have the information of the cemeteries you're interested in from your post above so you needn't list them again.

Thanks. We're looking forward to working with you.

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Hi there! I want to join. I live in Santiago, Chile. And (this is a one day offer!) I'm visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina and I'm open to special requests if there's any particular need of taking photographs or gathering information.

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I would like to join if I am not already a member. I will work on Scott County, Kentucky my home location and Montgomery County, Kentucky and Montgomery County, Ohio that are major areas of research for me.

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Hi Lukas, 

You are already a member but I have added the counties you are working in along with your name on the team roster in both Kentucky and Ohio.  If you would like to add any more comments, please go to the current g2g Cemeterist post.

Thanks!

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Hi Vicki,

We would love to have you join the Project. Please go to the current Cemeterist g2g post and click on the green 'Answer this post' button and repost your information. I'll get back to you very soon.

Thank you!

Answer 1

I am interested in helping out with this project. I live in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, and I can help with surrounding counties as well (maybe more . . . I enjoy making trips and prowling cemeteries).

Christine

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Oklahoma Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 2

I am willing to help with Texas.

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Hi Stuart, I show you are already on the Texas team!

Answer 3

I am interested.  I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.  I have been focusing on Veterans tombstones in Oak Hill Cemetery in Eugene

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Oregon Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 4

Glad to help.  I am in Colorado for a few months. Will work on Riverside Cemetery, unless something else is needed.

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Answer 5

I am interested. I am in Pinal county, Arizona but will travel through Springfield IL and Milwaukee WI this summer.

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Arizona Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly. You can also join more teams as needed!

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 6

Hi

I'm in Belfast, Northern Ireland and would be interested in contributing to this project.

Regards

Alison

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Antrim Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 7

GOOD MORNING, STEVE,

I HAVE QUITE A FEW  TOMBSTONES PHOTOGRAPHED    THAT I COULD CONTRIBUTE.  LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE MY PARTICIPATION IN YOUR PROJECT.  I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

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Welcome aboard! Please let me know which team (geographical area) you will be participating in, and I will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

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THE PHOTOGRAPHS I HAVE ARE MOSTLY FROM FRANKLIN, HENRY, PATRICK COUNTIES IN THE GREAT STATE OF VIRGINIA.

Answer 8

I'm interested. I'm in Adelaide, South Australia, and tbh I could probably be able to transcribe any number of images for a while if I got in the zone

Comments

Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the South Australia Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 9

I am interested in taking photos of gravestones in the three Cambridge MA cemeteries, The Cambridge City Cemetery, The Mount Auburn Cemetery and the North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery.

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Massachusetts Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 10

Hi...

I can do cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, and the surrounding suburbs of Montgomery County and Delaware County.

Loretta McGinn

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Answer 11

I am interested in helping. I can add photos for these four villages in Dorset, England: East Lulworth, Kingston, Tyneham & West Lulworth for which I have been doing one-place studies for many years

Comments

Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Dorset Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 12

I live in Southeast Missouri and would like to help document cemeteries.  Let me know what is required.  Thanks

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Missouri Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, and how to get started, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 13

I live in Eastern Wisconsin and would love to contribute!

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Wisconsin Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, and how to get started, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 14

Hi, I LOVE cemeteries! I enjoy transcribing photos and would be happy to help out in any way I can. I live in a small North Florida town with several old cemeteries. Sign me up!

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Welcome aboard! I have you on the roster for the Florida Cemeteries Team and will get the project badge applied shortly.

The last step, if you choose, is to join our Google Group (just leave your Wiki-ID in the join request).

For more information on the project, and how to get started, see Space:What_a_Cemeterist_Does.

Answer 15

Hi, I'd like to help. I live in Salisbury in the UK. I could get to cemeteries in Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and possibly further afield.

In normal times (not lockdown) my family's travels do range over quite a bit of the south-west. I'm really sure they will put up with being dragged through a few graveyards. They should be used to dad's quirks by now!

Answer 16

please add me to the Pennsylvania team but I will need guidance about how to work on this

Answer 17

Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven counties in Connecticut.  

I actually started this project on my own recently. It's been a great quarantine project. I grab my bike and my camera and head to a cemetery. I've been trying to use the FindAGrave requests as a bit of a scavenger hunt activity, but most prove too elusive.

Answer 18

I am interested in contributing to the Global Cemeteries Project. I live in Central Oklahoma (OKC), and I can verify and photograph cemetery info. in OKC, Yukon, Mustang, El Reno, Okarche, Edmond, etc.

Answer 19

I'm interested in Iowa cemeteries.Worth and Mitchell counties, mainly.

Answer 20

Yes I’m very much interested in helping out. I’m from the Saginaw, Michigan area and have an interest in categorizing and fleshing out Michigan cemeteries.