Man Overboard!!

This article has absolutely nothing to do with Canadian genealogy but I thought it was very interesting!

Jim

 

Thank You Note

Our ever-producing submitter, Cliff, just received this note...........

Thank you so much for your efforts in photographing these Headstones. I was to happy to find a photograph after so many years. I will be passing this along to my many cousins. They will be most appreciative to finally see the HS[headstone] of our Great Grandparents
Cheers
K.. A.. B..

It is always nice to know that your efforts are being appreciated.
Jim

Thank You Note

Our stalwart volunteer, Eric, just received this note........

Hello:  I just found this wonderful site and found some of my family.  I would like to inquire as to where you received the information that is written at the bottom of the page that shows the picture of the headstone for N..... A..... 
Also the information at the bottom of the page for Ida A..... E.... R.....
I look forward to your reply.  
Thank you for your assistance N.... S.....

Eric replied with the info and received another accolade!

GREAT work, Eric!!

Thank You Note

Evelyn, one of our many stalwart volunteers, received this note recently..........

Hello,
I was linked to a photo taken by you of a headstone in Friends+/Quaker, Mill St., Ajax (prev. Pickering) (now Durham Co.) Cemetery while working on my family tree at ancestry.com. It is for George Valentine.

It gave me goose bumps to see a photograph of a distant relative's headstone appear suddenly on my screen.

My great grandmother Elizabeth Valentine was born in 1849 in Reach Township, married John Hayes and moved with their family to Michigan in the 1870's. She came from a large family, most of whom were Quakers. You can probably imagine how interesting it is to find a Quaker Cemetery!

 

May I have your permission to use this photo in my online tree at ancestry.com? I would credit you for the photo if you like but would need your name. Thank you for taking the photo and your consideration. That's the wonder of the internet and all the good people like you taking time to take photos, make notes and post online.

Linda
Michigan

It is really uplifting to learn how much help we are being to our fellow genealogists from far away.

Notes such as this make it all worthwhile and help keep our noses to the grindstone!!

  

Happy New Year 2012 !

CanadianHeadstones.com wishes 

Everyone a 

Belated Merry Christmas 

and Happy Hanakuh 

as well as a 

Very Happy, Healthy and 

Prosperous New Year 

for 2012 !

CanadianHeadstones.com has had an extremely successful year. Without all of YOU, our volunteers, none of this would have been possible. As of today, we have reached 336,000 records!

We extend a BIG thank you for your hard work, diligence and support.

Again, all the Best for 2012,

Jim McKane

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Thank You Note

Another comment of gratitude  - 

thank you for posting the picture he is a distant relative of mine there 

will be more  headstones for the the other ramsdales that are in the 

plot and thanks again for posting the picture

Received from Tim E. 

Merry Christmas to Everyone

Christmas / Hanukkah Gifts

Please add CanadianHeadstones.com to your gift list!

We could really use more volunteers both as Submitters and as Coordinators. Maybe you could recruit at least one new volunteer from your genealogy or family history contact list.

Also, your Board of Directors is working very hard to find ways to improve our project; however, many innovations are hindered by our clunky, out-dated software. The only method of overcoming this situation is to totally rewrite the software package. This will require a large expenditure of monies which we don't have.

Please consider a small donation to help us grow.

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2012 !!

Jim McKane
President / Administrator
CanadianHeadstones.com