News
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City
of Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, NE
September
2010
The
City of Bellevue, an aggressively growing
community in eastern Nebraska chooses NewCom to partner with to
develop a map-based Cemetery Record Management System that will
enable cemetery staff to identify and reference critical
cemetery records using the power of GIS. Once implemented the
City intends on bringing the data to their City web-site for
genealogic reference.
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Oakwood Cemetery, Pella, IA
August
2010
The
private cemetery Association in Pella Iowa
chooses NewCom to bring order to their disorder.
NewCom will deliver a complete map based solution
including hardware that will enable the Cemetery staff to
operate in the field. Installation is expected in
late September.
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Byron Cemetery, Fairborn, OH
August 2010
After an extensive evaluation of comparable
cemetery record management systems, Byron choose NewCom to
provide an upgraded map based CRMS solution.
NewCom will be converting their existing UAN database and
developing a GIS-based map layout.
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Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
August 2010
A
private cemetery that had made previous attempts
to automate their records without success.
NewCom came to the table offering an end-to-end solution
including drafting of the existing cemetery layout and also
expanding the map for future expansion of more than 10 acres.
We assisted with converting records of one section that
had been entered into a spreadsheet. Implementation consisted of
GIS-base map of the cemetery, a geo-database and hardware to run
the CRMS software. Installation was completed on
August 12, 2010.
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Beth
Hamadrash Hagodol- Beth Jacob, Pittsburgh, PA
August 18, 2010
One of the largest and well established Jewish
congregations in the Pittsburgh area. Having over 150 years of
critical historical cemetery data on paper made it difficult to
manage the inquiries. NewCom scanned and converted burial card
and ownership information into a geo-database. At
the client's request, a special version of our Cemetery
Management System was implemented which provide the ability to
convert and store the interred death date in a Hebrew Calendar
format. Final training for the Synagogue's cemetery
management group was perfomred on-line.
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International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Otterville, MO
August 2010
A small association cemetery in north central
Missouri, worked with the local Chamber of Commerce to support
in the funding for their cemetery record management system. The
value to the association members is retaining critical interment
records and to provide a tool that the next generation of
Cemetery Board Members would be proud to use.
Installation is scheduled for the mid-September.
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Belleview Cemetery, Springfield, MO
August 2010
A
private Cemetery Association in Springfield MO
chooses NewCom to develop a map based cemetery record management
system solution. Installation is expected in
October 2010.
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Galena Catholic Cemeteries, Galena, IL
August 2010
With four (4) cemeteries, the Churches were
looking to bring the management of the records into one platform
for better reference and tracking of cemetery information. They
chose NewCom to establish a GIS based map of each cemetery and
provide a tool that enabled volunteers to enter the data from
paper into the new program.
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Scales Mound Family Cemetery, Scales Mound, IL
July 2010
A private community based cemetery tucked in the
gorgeous hills of northwestern Illinois chooses NewCom to
establish a map based Cemetery Record Management System.
Installation is expected before the end of September 2010.
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Hilltop Cemetery, Plainfield, MA
July 2010
Located in beautiful inland Massachusetts is
Hilltop Cemetery, a community based cemetery needed a better way
of storing and referencing their critical cemetery records.
Hilltop chose NewCom to develop a CRMS solution that will
provide cemetery data for future generations.
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Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA
July 2010
A private community cemetery association, with a
distinctive heritage providing high quality service for a loved
one’s final resting place. The Board wanted to get a better
handle on their existing records and enabling better operational
efficiency with new Deed owners and interments. NewCom will
develop a GIS base map of the cemetery layout and will assist
with converting their existing electronic records.
It is anticipated the platform will be in place by October 2010.
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St. John’s and St. Mary’s Cemeteries, Fayetteville, TX
July 2010
A small Texas community tucked between Houston
and San Antonio, St. John’s Catholic Church was looking for a
solution that provided an interactive map that correlated with
their ownership and burial records.
In addition they are expanding their cemetery by adding
more than 300 burial spaces and wanted an easy to use CRMS
solution. NewCom will be performing the
Installation in September 2010.
- Magnolia Cemetery -
De Funiack Springs, Florida
May 5, 2010
The City of De Funiack Springs has chosen NewCom's GIS based
Cemetery Management System to use to manage cemetery records in
its Magnolia Cemetery. NewCom will construct the necessary
mapping and convert the City's existing records. The
CMS system is expected to be on-line in September 2010.
- Holy Child Parish -
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
February 5, 2010
Holy Child Parish has selected
NewCom Technologies map based Cemetery Records
Management System after an extensive search for a solution that
would fit their growing needs. They based their decision on
functional features of the software and the service of
developing a complete solution. The parish has three active
cemeteries (St. Joseph, St. Mary’s, and St. Andrew’s). They
will be active in March 2010.
- St. Mary's Parish - Wisconsin)
January 29, 2010
St. Mary's Parish has selected NewCom to provide its GIS based
Cemetery Management System. The Parish has two active
cemeteries, St. Mary's and St. Marten's which are located in River
Falls, Wisconsin. The installation is expected to be
completed in February 2010.
- NewCom Announces New Release of
its CMS ( Cemetery Management Software)
January 27, 2010
NewCom will be providing current clients the latest version
of its CMS solution. Improvements have been implemented
to improve the client interfaces. This new release ,
version 9.3.567 supports multiple cemeteries managed through a
singular GIS map interface, as well as changes to improve data
entry efficiency and accuracy.
- NewCom welcomes the City of Lorenzo
Texas to its CMS user list
October 22, 2009
The City of Lorenzo, Texas is NewCom's newest user of its
Cemetery Management Software. The City selected NewCom to
convert its paper maps of its cemetery to a GIS based mapping
system. In addition, the City's records were imported from
an Excel format which was used to record interments and burial
space availability.
- NewCom welcomes Temple Beth El,
Neptune, New Jersey to its CMS user list
May 14, 2009
The Jewish congregation of Temple Beth El located in Neptune, NJ has
selected NewCom CMS to manage its cemetery. The project
reconstructed the cemetery's records from a combination of paper
map archives and excel spread sheets.
- Bunceton Masonic Cemetery,
Bunceton, MO is added to the NewCom CMS
user community....
March 6, 2009
The Cemetery Board was looking to capture their many
years of knowledge and cemetery record keeping that was
transposed in 1920 on the back of a 50lb feed sack. The Board
has been actively looking for their successors and felt the need
to automate the records was important. NewCom assisted with
developing a base map of the cemetery and entered their
ownership and interment paper record data into a geo-database.
The Board was ecstatic about their investment into the future.
Bunceton Masonic Cemetery has been using the system since March
2009.
- NewCom Welcomes the City of
Baldwin City, Kansas to the CMS
user community....
February 2009
The
City acquired an
existing private cemetery within the City limits in January
2009. The City Staff had minimal experience in managing
cemetery operations, and partnered with NewCom Technologies
to assist in creating a map based cemetery record management
system. The existing records were entered into a
spreadsheet and many of the records needed validation. The
City staff spent time walking the cemetery to validate and
NewCom converted the records into a geo database along with
developing a geo reference able map of the cemetery plots.
The City has been able to improve the cemetery record
management and the overall experience of the patrons.
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