Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Surveyors wearing high-tech backpacks containing an array of scanners are patrolling England’s graveyards in a bid to create a “Google Earth for gravestones” which is sure to become an invaluable resource for genealogists and amateur historians alike.
The company behind the venture, Atlantic Geomatics, expects to field four teams that can cover two to three graveyards a day.After completion the project, which is being funded by Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund together with genealogy websites Family Search and My Heritage, will create a free online record showing the position of every memorial, building, wall and tree.While the entire project could take up to seven.
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