Memorial Inscription Links
Some helpful links
These links lead you to some excellent websites on transcribing Monumental Inscriptions. There are also links to building websites.
Alan Simpson, a member of the Oxfordshire FHS and leader of a very active MI
team, has a very good website page on
transcribing MIs
Alan has also devised a technique for putting the
transcribed data onto CD Rom.
Here he generously
shares his ideas.
The Oxfordshire Family History Society is
here
The Berkshire Family History Society is
here
Commonwealth War Graves Photographic Project War Graves Photographic Project - This is a voluntary project which is currently working towards obtaining a photograph of each Commission headstone and memorial.
How to
record a Cemetery.
The same site gives some useful ways of arranging your computer workspace, with
your photographic recording above your spreadsheet.
The National
Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies, promote the
recognition and preservation of the rich artistic heritage to be found in places
of worship.
The Parish Chest is an online
market for MIs transcribed by Family History Societies other than the
Oxfordshire FHS
Guy Etchells' website is full of links to many other websites on Graveyards, War Graves and transcribing.
John Pepperdine of Norfolk has a good website here. - this website is is a by-product of surveys conducted in Norfolk for Norfolk FHS.