A bit late as usual, but this is the final Newsletter for 2015. The great news is that the DVD now has 702 061 names on it in 3010 cemeteries, an increase of 63 610 names and 37 cemeteries. In parallel with that, but rarely overlapping, eGGSA now has a total of 646 809 published photos on their site, an increase of 43 126 photos for 2015. Well done to all the contributors and to the many people working behind the scenes to make this Project a success.

News from the cemetery recording fraternity from all over the country. Reports are provided of various groups and individuals and their commitment to the cemetery recording project..

*     Levien Smuts and Annette Goussard were responsible for lodging photos of       a small farm cemetery, Samehaling, between Aroab and Karasburg.
*    Farm cemeteries Buffelspoort 343 and Buffelsfontein 344, Mooinooi are             now available on the eGGSA site. The former is a predominantly Janse van       Rensburg cemetery and the latter contains Janse van Rensburg, Viljoen and       Barnard headstones. Both were photographed by John Schwartz.

And more

In this issue a run down is given on the  cemetery  projects running simultaneously in varoius parts of South Africa. Amazing statistics come to light as the various teams report on their activities.

Read a fascinating article by Sharon Marshall in this issue of the Newsletter. It is called A grave guide to SA.
There is something about a grave that speaks of dignity...perhaps the only real permanent spot one gets on Planet Earth. In a mission to trace her settler origins Sharon Marshall uncovered the evolution of her family as well as that of the land which gave her birth – through the monuments to the dead. This article takes us on a journey from Sri Lanka back to South Africa. It tells of the pioneer work that was done more than a 100 years  bt Rose McEwan when she and a few friends photogrpahed the resting places of fallen soldiers during the Anglo-Boer War and sent the pictures to their wives and mothers. Read more.