PROJECT Cemetery Records - Gravestone Transcription Index
The Gravestone Transcription Index pertains to individual gravestones, rather than the cemetery (a collection of gravestones). The Gravestone Transcription Index is in essence a list containing the transcriptions of gravestone information per gravestone and therefore aligns with the Gravestone Photos – similar information in different formats.
Bear in mind that the Gravestone Transcription Index and the Gravestone Photos do not necessarily correlate. You may find a particular name in the Gravestone Transcription Index but not in the Gravestone Photos, and vice versa. It will therefore be worthwhile to search both the Gravestone Transcription Index and Gravestone Photos for a particular name.
The Cemetery Records project transcribes the information from various sources and takes-on these records on in-house databases, on a continuous basis. This provides the information to produce two indices: a Cemetery Index and a Gravestone Transcription Index. The Cemetery Index is used to manage the recording process and correlate data between the Gravestone Transcription Index and the Gravestone Photos. Whilst the Cemetery Index is primarily place (cemetery name) oriented, the Gravestone Transcription Index is person (deceased’s name) oriented.
The Gravestone Transcription Index is extracted in two formats for publication:
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The Gravestone Transcription Index, updated on a continuous (monthly) basis throughout the year, is available as Individual records through the WebShop – it provides a search engine to select specific records, buy them on a token basis and download the information.
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In addition, an annual snapshot of the Gravestone Transcription Index is published as an Edition. The latest, Gravestone Transcription Index, Edition 21, published in March 2023, contains 953,225 names from 3,196 cemeteries. This Edition of the Gravestone Transcription Index can be procured as a digital download via the OnlineShop and contains the full index (all the records), as at the date of the Edition.