Make Grave (and other) Photographs searchable.

To give you an idea what we mean:



Pte Archibald Frederick Ferrell, 7th Bn Hampshire Regiment, KIA 31st July 1944. Buried St Charles de Percy War Cemetery. Son of George and Jane Ferrell, of Hampstead, London.

It doesn't have to be exactly in this format - this is to give you an idea. The more info you put down, the more will be accessible via Google.

 

Adam/Paul,

Really good advice to all. I have searched lately for some elusive items and this forum site is often picked up, so the Google search engine really does work.

Should help lots of searches.

Regards
Tom

 

Is it reasonable to have some repository on this site for grave photos, or is this redundant given what CWGC is trying to do? I appreciated the shots you did for me, Tom, and hope to return the favour to others as I am able. I really resist paying for the CWGC shots. I am trying to collect the 653 from our cenotaph, and that would be prohibitive to do. I see that others are on the same mission. How can we serve each other in a way that will then be of most benefit to others.

This is a very good start. Great idea
phil

 

I had one other thought and that is whether or not you gents think that anyone might be interested in the panels of the Halifax Memorial. I can post them some time if you think it might be of interest to the wider e-world.

 

I will do a little editing of the shots and then post them. It may not be until the new year when I can get at it, but it is on my list to get done.

 

Evening chaps,
Just a note that if inserting a Grave photograph could I ask that people also remember to enter the Name recorded as Text alongside the photo (and any other details if you have time, but at least the name).

The reason being that a photograph isn't really searchable on Google, but a name may make the picture findable for a family member, researcher, or old comrade Googling that individual's name. We've got quite a few that are a picture with no additional text.

The same goes to some extent for any other photograph or document that may have relevant text written on it. Well worth transcription so the search engines can pick up on it. Hopefully it greatly increases the chance of someone pottering along one day that can add more.

Cheers,
Adam.
Adam,

I am encountering problems loading headstone images into Private Messages, I am prompted for the image URL (stored on my laptop) do I have to create my own web page or is there a central depository on this site as mentioned by Phil (Military Cross) I have created a few albums agains my CP on this site and posted links via PM to the interested members but I am not sure if the albums are searchable (I have created them as public). My immediate problem is I have a bunch of headstone pics I now wish to send to a Forum member but I don't know how to achieve this now my albums are close to maximum images. Grateful for you advice.

Kind regards
Barry

 

Bit of advice please.. Im spending quite a little time in graveyards lately which is worrying the mrs...but thats another matter..Im sending pics to individuals by email and hope your getting em. Question?? Ispent 2 hours yesterday in a large one searching for an RMP. I eventually was given a lift by the cemetary manager and with help of 2 other grave staff we found it. The problem being cwg info was totally incorrect and sraff scratched heads when I showed them . Ive found this info wrong a few times. Doesnt help if not a cwg stone. But question is..should I inform cwg or will they take umbridge and think Im checking up on their hard work??

 

Urgh

Don't hesitate to send them an e-mail if there is a mistake.

Regarding the non CWGC headstones, it was not until I queried the state of a grave in my local cemetery and found out that as the family elected not to have a CWGC headstone, sadly they cannot do anything to help tidy it up.

Cheers - Robert

 

Hi

If any person would like a copy of any photo's for free that I have taken help your selves thay are at the link [Photobucket] I still have the original on disc.
Pictures by Hystfield - Photobucket
and Pictures by gdha - Photobucket
I am attempting to do all of Staffordshire and Gloucestershire [Staffs is where I live and Glos in my birth county [Berkeley is my home town]
I must give Photobucket a plug. It is one of the best sites to hold photographs. They never get deleted if you do not use the site and you can have more than one account. The other place I post my war graves in on the site called "Find a grave" Once you get the hang of it, it another source to hold your photo's

 

GM, I am sure that the guys at British Wargraves would love to hear from you

BRITISH WAR GRAVES - WAR GRAVE PHOTOGRAPHS

 

..should I inform cwg or will they take umbridge and think Im checking up on their hard work??

I had a great response from the folks at the Canadian Virtual Memorial when Dave couldn't find a chap in either cemetery of the Belgian town he was supposedly buried in. Dave found him 30 km away in the graveyard the CWGC said he was in.

However, I have heard others experience a line attributed to Pontius Pilate: "What is written stays written."

I would be interested to hear of others experiences in this area.

cheers,
phil

 

I absolutely agree, Diane, that errors when you have evidence to back it up, are worth pointing out.

Simple mathematics makes errors a foregone conclusion to an effort of such magnitude. Even in our little town, with only 563 on the cenotaph, there are errors. What is interesting in our little church is that we have 37 commemorated on the walls from the last century of fighting. Five guys names are wrong and one guy did not die, but his cousin did. And it is just the usual sloppiness of a Mc becoming a Mac, a Livingston becoming a Livingston, etc. Who but some of us who care know and at what price, as you point out, do corrections be made, or simply lived with.

I guess if it were my family member, and the name was wrong, I would be at least grateful that the effort was made to honour the sacrifice.

Blessings in the new year ahead -- may all your research be fruitful.

phil

 

another question.
have almost done the maesteg cemetery. 32 in all.
what about the CWGC Grave web site, do they look on here and take copys of the graves, or do we need to send them to them too.

 

another question.
have almost done the maesteg cemetery. 32 in all.
what about the CWGC Grave web site, do they look on here and take copys of the graves, or do we need to send them to them too.

The British War Graves collect all British Graves but only if you complete the whole cemetery. However I contacted them the other week after starting to photograph all of the cemeteries in Leeds. I got a reply from them that was pleasant enough but the email contained a guide on how they wanted you to take the photographs which said don't go on a sunny day (In Leeds it either raining or sunny and I ain't going in the rain) and another one was to get down level with the headstone with would mean unless you was vertically challenged you would need to squat or get down on your knees. As anyone will tell you one or two is ok but after doing a few like that you feel the pain for a couple of days after !

What seemed a good idea at the time has now transpired into a bad idea.

Cheers
A

 

What seemed a good idea at the time has now transpired into a bad idea.

Cheers
A

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