Project Underway To Create Database of Canadian War Dead Graves

The Maple Leaf Legacy Project ( http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/ ) is an immense project to "photograph or obtain a photograph of every Canadian War Grave of the 20th Century." This includes Canadians who served in British units and Americans who served in Canadian units.

When you visit the site you won't get access to a database of photographs -- it's not ready yet. However, the site does allow you to request a photo of a grave if available (so far over 55,000 names from graves and memorials have been photographed). For genealogy researchers, this site offers several hints for getting good photos of gravestones and offers a standard way to take photographs in a cemetery. There's a list of countries with Canadian war graves, including number of graves in each country (some of these countries have been actually been completed!) and a link list. Worth a look.

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