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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: GWBP on Friday 06 December 13 18:24 GMT (UK)
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Hello
I am fairly new to the Rootschat forum.
I am involved in a project to create a photographic archive of the headstones for all World War One and World War Two fatalities that are recorded on Commonwealth War Graves Commission as being buried in Ulster (nine counties). This archive may, subject to funding, become a book but will be an online facility at the very least - the information accompanying the headstone will be that which is recorded on the CWGC database. We would also be interested in photographs of family headstones memorialising WW1/WW2 fatalities buried or commemorated elsewhere.
As there are 2851 graves in 481 cemeteries or graveyards in Ulster (excluding Foreign Nationals [e.g. Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, etc.], "unknown" sailors/airmen and family memorial to those buried/commemorated elsewhere), it is a fairly ambitious project and is reliant on local people taking photographs of headstones in local gravestones.
To this end, I am hoping that members of this online community would be willing to assist in the project - each person will be acknowledged by name and/or group. Each participant will be supplied with the relevant fatality records for the cemeteries/graveyards that they volunteer to cover.
Anyone interested in helping can contact me through the RootChat personal message facility.
Thanks
Nigel Henderson
www.greatwarbelfastclippings.com (lists of newspaper clippings/pictures)
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One volunteer has offered to cover cemeteries/graveyards in Roe Valley ... any more volunteers?
Nigel