Hi. Thanks for inviting me in. It is indeed a worthwhile project to collect together links to all of the cemeteries in Ottawa. I of course have interest in the Jewish Community Cemetery (where my father, two grandparents, one great-grandparent; and 2 of my wife's grandparents, 4 great-grandparents, and 3 gg grandparents are buried, all the way back from 1904). There are over 5000 graves at the two Jewish cemeteries. However, I am not sure if it is worthwhile to start adding in specific person profiles to the project. There will be hundreds (thousands) for this cemetery alone, and for all Ottawa cemeteries -- tens of thousands of more. So the purpose of this project should be clarified. Regarding the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery, there is a very find tool that came on line just a few weeks ago (thanks to John Diener and Hymie Reichstein), which allows one to search for any grave. Most graves are photographed, and one can see the photos through the search. See http://www.jewishmemorialgardens.org/interment-listing/ I suspect many of the other cemeteries in the region have such tools, and perhaps this project can collect the links to this tool. So I suggest having collaborators, but not necessarily individual profiles. (note, in my interlinked Jewish families of Ottawa which I created, I have included profiles of 'paterfamilias' type -- i.e. ancestors to large families. There too, it would be unwieldy to have profiles representing individual members of the community.) Anyway, those are my thoughts -- hopefully helpful.
