September 2016: Frequently asked questions (FAQs) section improved and extended.

The FAQ section has now been improved so that it is easier to find a page about a specific problem.

August 2016: Send a message to someone who has already requested a specific grave monument photograph.

This feature is now available on any grave detail page where someone has already requested a photograph.

The system allows you to send a message but it is up to the person receiving the message as to whether they reply or not.

You will not be given their email address.

August 2016: Breadcrumb trail to help find a grave within a cemetery

It is often difficult to find a particular grave within a cemetery even if you have a photograph of what it looks like.

The GPR has now added a new feature to the grave pages on the website. This feature allows someone viewing a grave to see thumbnail images of the graves that were photographed immediately before and after the grave they are interested in.

The new feature is only available for graves within churchyards, municipal or private cemeteries.

April 2016: Family and Maiden names links within Grave detail pages

If a name listed on a grave monument page contains either a family or a maiden name then there is now a link to the appropriate family or maiden name list page.

These new links may help researchers find details of extended family members: have a look at this example.

March 2016: The search system has been extended

Two new A-Z searches have been added: maiden and family names. A family name is where there is a surname as the last name of the forenames. This was a common practice before the middle of the 20th century.

There are also two new individual maiden and family name search routines.

These new search routines should make it easier for researchers to locate family members who have different surnames.

These features may be of particular interest to those doing One Name Studies as it allows those who have either a maiden or family name of the ONS being investigated to be easily identified.

The technology used to produce these new searches make them extremely fast and efficient.

February 2016: GPR website more responsive for different devices

All pages within the website have been re-written to allow visitors to select the level of detail that is displayed.

This can be done by selectng the required detail level within the change the amount of detail displayed box.

January 2016:Now over 500,000 graves and 1,000,000 names

There are now over half a million graves and a million names on the GPR database!