Why do we need yet another cemetery transcription web site?  And one that
charges us a fee to provide information?  

From the limited searching I did, it appears that this is a cemetery
management tool that they are trying to sell to individual cemeteries. 
It does not include the cemeteries of which I know that already have a
mapping tool/index on the internet.  And from the few cemetery managers
with whom I've spoken who do not have such a tool, this type of program
is extremely expensive, and they tell me that they cannot afford it, nor
can they afford to enter all their cemetery information into the
computer.

There are already several web sites that allow us  to search names across
multiple cemeteries at a single time.  The ones that come to mind are
www.findagrave.com, www.interment.net, www.billiongraves.com . 

The only web sites that I can think of that provide name listings for a
single cemetery are the ones at rootsweb.com, usgenweb.com, the
individual city or county web sites that have links to their own
cemeteries, and the cemetery websites owned by a single cemetery or
groups of cemeteries.

Sue


On Tue, 14 May 2013 15:04:53 -0500 Shirley Cox Schroeder
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Hello, all!
> 
> In case anyone has missed this information it was reprinted from 
> "Out of
> the Box"- April 12, 2013 in this month' *The Virginia Genealogical 
> Society
> Newsletter¨* Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, April 2013.  Many thanks to the VGS 
> for
> reprinting this in the newsletter!
> 
> *"Names in Stone" (http://www.namesinstone.com) is a unique on-line
> repository designed to help researchers find and document cemetery 
> records
> and maps.  Most cemetery web sites post an alphabetical listing of 
> burials
> for a single cemetery. Names in Stone allows the visitor to search 
> an
> alphabetical listing of multiple cemeteries and view the actual 
> grave
> location on an interactive map. Visitors can now see maps showing 
> grave
> groupings that can help piece together family relationships and can
> contribute their own maps and information with unique on-line 
> mapping
> tools.  Most cemetery sites provide a snapshot of deceased 
> information as
> of a given date and are rarely updated with new information. Names 
> In
> Stone provides dynamic data, giving participating cemeteries and the 
> public
> the ability to update information on the site as frequently as they 
> choose.*
> *
> *
> *The web site provides the following capabilities:*
> *.  Search: find your ancestors in many cemeteries from home.*
> *. View: view ancestor burial locations and adjacent graves.*
> *. Contribute: post comments, photos, even map entire cemeteries.*
> *. Build: build your families and identify relationships.*
> *
> *
> *The Limited Membership allow members to communicate with others
> researching cemeteries, share information about a grave location, a
> headstone photograph, or an obituary and is the gateway to building
> cemetery maps on-line.*
> *
> *
> *The Complete Membership offers all the benefits of the Limited 
> Membership
> plus the convenience of regular reminders of changes and additions to 
> the
> burial database."*
> 
> Granted, I guess it all depends on the participating cemeteries as 
> to
> whether a person can research what they need; but this is a rather 
> novel
> idea.  I haven't checked the site out yet; but one can only hope it 
> has a
> free trial period!
> 
> Best,
> Shirley Cox Schroeder
> 
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