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From: "teri" <>
Subject: Re: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:27:26 -0600
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Tammy,

It's an excellent idea. I've looked into something like this, but, truth
is, the task is monumental. With 254 counties in Texas and some of the
counties having 100 or more cemeteries, it adds up quick. The cemeteries
that are inventoried are in a list form (and would need to be reinventoried
or converted to the database). Find-A-Grave also has listings for some of
the Texas cemeteries, too.

What if..... we set up a search engine. We could set up (build) the search
engine to search pages that are inventories (readings, transcriptions, etc)
of Texas Cemeteries that exist on the internet. When you found a site with
information - you (or anyone out there) could add the page to the search
engine. If lots of folks worked on this (adding sites and pages to the
search engine), we could build a pretty substantial "database" of info.

This would take care of the existing info - then all we'd need would be a
database to add new info.

What do you think?

Teri
Historic Texas Cemeteries

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy Blandino" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project


>I have an idea for a cemetery project and I'm wondering if anyone else
> thinks it's a good idea as well. One of the biggest problems I've
> encountered is looking into multiple lists of cemeteries from multiple
> counties only to be frustrated by not finding anything.
>
>
>
> What if we were to start a Texas Cemetary Census. We could create a
> database of each individual along with the cemetery and additional data
> that
> can be located. Since it would be in one large database a person would
> only
> need to go to that one database instead of searching through file after
> file. A list of cemeteries that had been entered could be accessible and
> people with lists that hadn't been entered could submit them.
>
>
>
> Now something like this may already exist, but if it does I would like
> someone to let me know because I'd really like to see it. I've got
> numerous
> missing people for whom I cannot find a cemetery record for.
>
>
>
> If anyone is interested in something like this please write back.
>
>
>
> Tammy Stark Blandino
>
>
>
>
>
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