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Subject: Over 100,000 Iowa Gravestone Pictures !
Date: 27 Oct 2004 08:32:28 -0600

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The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project reached a major milestone, early this
morning, surpassing a total of 100,000 gravestone photo records now online.
The "GPP" is thought to be the largest online collection of gravestone
photos anywhere on the Internet. The project, which was introduced in
January 2003, allows genealogy researchers to search its large database for
surnames of interest within any of Iowa's 99 counties or by doing a full
statewide query. Researchers and volunteers can also quickly upload their
digital images of gravestones to add to the database. There is no charge to
search the database or to add one's own photos.

The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project is part of the IAGenWeb and can be found at:

http://iowagravestones.org

"Thank-Yous" go out to every one of you who have played a role in the
success of the Gravestone Photo Project these past 21 months. Those of you
who have not yet visited the site are encouraged to do so. If you have
digital photos of your ancestors gravestones, you will find them easy to
add to the database. The result could be contact with yet-to-be-discovered
cousins interested in the same surnames.


Rich Lowe
IA Gravestone Photo Project Coordinator
http://iowagravestones.org

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