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I would occasionally use Find A Grave if it popped up on one of my searches but other than that didn't really use it much. I just started taking full advantage of it by adding my family names into it AND becoming a volunteer photographer. What fun! I love old cemeteries and so now I have a reason to wander them lol....I've taken my kids out on a couple of photo hunts and planning on doing one this morning...
Yes, I've used the site. Thanks for volunteering! The more info that gets uploaded to the site, the more it will become an essential research tool!
(Glad to hear I'm not the only one who likes to wander in old cemeteries - some epitaphs are fascinating. My only problem is that I forget what I'm doing and will plow right through healthy batches of poison ivy ... oops.)
I forget where I read the recent story - it detailed people who take that up after retiring or as a weekend vocation. I think the record at this point goes to the guy who has (so far) recorded 40,000 names at Findagrave.
I've found that site invaluable because of the number of obits people have uploaded as well as pictures and grave information. I connected to a distant cousin because of her contributions to that site.
It is certainly one more great tool for genealogists
breeze823, thank you, thank you, and any others who contribute to the Site. As a hobby I locate and do archeological documentation of abandoned cemeteries, graves, and pioneer home sites, but neglect to post the cemeteries and graves on Find-a-Grave. The Web Master has been on my case hard and heavy for not doing that, and I know I'm shortchanging researchers for not doing so, but I just don't seem to have the time. Bad excuse but the best I have. My humble and sincere appreciation for those who go that extra mile and do that.
Love Find a Grave, I'm a member.
I try to go out and take pix when I get an email for someone in my area.
I also plan on taking pix of ancestors when I get home next month and posting them on the site.
Yes, I have found quite a few names out there. But this week, I went to look up names of two ancestors who were buried in cemeteries in Philadelphia that are now defunct (where dismantled the cemetery and moved the bodies to a new location) and neither person was listed among the original lists of people buried there. This has me wondering where the original list of names came from and how people might be missing from it.
My wife is big on geneology. She and I have roamed all around this part of the state taking pictures of old monuments for findagrave. We haven't been out in a while because of the heat, but she's making a list for us to get pictures of. Another good site is Random Acts of Kindness . This one isn't just taking pictures of monuments, you may be going to the courthouse or library and getting information for someone.
I love find-a-grave and used to volunteer until my darn camera bit the dust!!!! Hopefully, will be able to afford a new one soon. At the time, I was the only volunteer near the Massachusetts National Cemetery and it was truly a pleasure and a blessing to help people find a burial site.
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