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Charles W Brown
(131,544 Memorials)
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John Evans
(112,974 Memorials) Please use the edit tab on the memorial to send a correction or suggestion so that I know what memorial you are referring to. When it is on my Bio page it is much harder to find.
When requesting a transfer use the edit tab on the memorial
From F-A-G "Explain your relationship in the request! Any non-direct relatives (aunts, uncles,...
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Deb
(117,400 Memorials) Hello fellow findagravers,
I am striving to get all my memorials placed with kin. If not kin, then anyone who has a connection. Excludes my own kin and special memorials of course. If you have info to add to one of my memorials, please allow me to transfer that memorial to you. I figure if you care enough about a memorial to send corrections, you...
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GerbLady
(241,196 Memorials) Hunting down Gerberichs & all variants of the spelling. Burials with the sheath of wheat logo in the flower section are descendants of Hans Gerberich from Altfeld, now in Germany, the surname translating to "rich in sheaths". (Still have thousands to find and add!)
I now strictly adhere to the Find A Grave guidelines regarding transfers. No e...
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Lin
(168,327 Memorials) UNLESS BOTH NAME & CORRECT NUMBER IS PROVIDED, I'm unable to add parent or spouse links. NO NAME = NO LINK...It is just a safety precaution to prevent incorrect links...Specify "ONLY" - Father - Mother - Spouse...No memorial number look up's. ************************************************** Visitors = Best to LOG IN. Choosing NOT to lo...
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DonZas
(120,330 Memorials) I live in Dallas, TX. and I enter the deaths from the local papers. (I do not keep copies of the obituary). For those entries which I have just the year date, if you know the date let me know and I will insure the correct information is entered. I am not related to 99.9% of my entries. I drive Funeral Coaches and Limousines as a part time job.
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Alberta Daniels Withrow
(115,413 Memorials) It's a pleasure to add people to their cemetary listings. Please add the FAG number for each person which you request me to transfer for you just to make sure we have the right person. It saves time and I don't have to send them back to you before I can make changes. Thank you. Alberta |
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John C. Anderson
(433,341 Memorials) My interest of documenting cemeteries began with a request to help on an Eagle Scout project in 2001.
Since I love creating and working with databases, digital photography and genealogy, what better combination! I've documented many Howard Co. Indiana and Montclam Co. Michigan cemeteries with thousands of tombstone photos. My largest co...
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Paul R
(165,017 Memorials) ====================== Please use the edit tab and SAC to ask for a transfer or update. ======================
I am retired so I have time to walk through the cemeteries and take pictures. In mid July 2010 I started a project to record as many memorials for the cemeteries in my county (Broome, NY) with pictures that I could. This project ...
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Tony & Cindy Lloyd
(209,422 Memorials) I live in Nebraska and recently took over the Genealogy torch from my grandmother. I have had numerous people take photos of cemetery stones for me and I thought I would like to do the same for others. My wife Cindy helps to take photos and enter names.
GREAT JOB to all who have spent hours adding memorials, walking cemeteries, locating grave s...
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Dave Davisson
(135,838 Memorials) I live with my wife and two children in Clintonville, a neighborhood in Columbus a little north of the Ohio State campus.
Interested in local history (anywhere), family history (anyone's), church history, Scotland, Wales and the Welsh.
Transfer requests: Always glad to transfer any memorial outside my family, just ask. If you'd rather just...
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Wilton Golson
(131,163 Memorials) NOTE:(INACTIVE) PLEASE CONTACT FIND A GRAVE FOR UPDATES TO MEMORIALS ADDED BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR. This contributor's family include the surnames of Golson, Golsan, Gholson, Gholsan, Gholston, Moores, Colemans, Edwards, Gardners, Peebles, Mallorys, Welch, and others that these famillies are connected too. I no longer do file transfer. |
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Headstone Genealogist
(388,363 Memorials) Transfer requirement is, an individual willing to take care of the memorial.
ALL MEMORIAL TRANSFER REQUESTS ARE FILLED.
THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP INTERROGATION
THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP INQUISITION FREE ZONE
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FLH
(124,662 Memorials) Transfer requests will be made within the Findagrave guidelines, for direct relatives within four generations. This would be your siblings, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Please request transfers via the "Suggest a Correction" link under the "Edit" tab on the memorial in question with your ...
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Mamaquilts
(137,121 Memorials) The stone in my photo says it all
"This is Me"
This stone can be found in the Mentor City Cemetery, Mentor Ohio. It is part of a family plot towards the back of the cemetery. There is a main family stone and than this one. It's not the prettiest stone by far but the guy had a sense of humor. I smile everytime I see it.
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Judy Mayfield
(202,049 Memorials) Find A Grave's mission is 'graves registration'. While the site is also a 'genealogical resource', it is not a site designed to record a family tree.
Please specify your relationship when requesting transfers. I am no longer transfering outside the Findagrave guidelines.
Due to the growing popularity of the website I have been gett...
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Bob & Nancy Cannon
(140,678 Memorials) It is our hope that by recording the "registration of the final disposition" genealogists can then use that information as a "beginning" to do the rest of their research.
WE WILLINGLY MAKE TRANSFERS WITHIN THE 4 GENERATION "FIND A GRAVE" GUIDELINES WHICH ARE: Spouses, Parents, Brothers and Sisters, Children, Grandchildren, Great-grand...
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T.V.F.T.H.
(1,449,313 Memorials) **The FAQ's say to wait 30 days before contacting Admins about transfer or update requests. If you choose not to, I won't be helping you in the future. Please be patient & don't bog down the Admins with something that I can do for you within 30 days. Thank you.**
I enjoy documenting graves so that others can find their kin easily and ac...
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Robert "Rob" Weller
(208,495 Memorials) ***PLEASE READ CAREFULLY IN ITS ENTIRETY***
I WILL NOT MAKE ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS FROM EMAILS.
Please submit any additions,corrections, biographies,requests for transfer, or family links to me under "EDIT" and "SUGGEST A CORRECTION" on the memorial site. IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE FAMILY LINK NUMBERS, LINKS WILL NOT BE MADE. PLEASE DOUB...
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Glenn Geirland
(132,177 Memorials) I am trying to put in as many records as I can find. Have been getting some good feed back and a lot of thank you's, just helping someone find an ancestry is worth it all. I have a lot of pictures I have been working with the Clinton County Cemetery Restoration Project for the last 7 years we are a group of guys that repair the stones and strai...
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International Wargraves Photography Project
(1,956,310 Memorials) The IWPP was created in September 2005 by Carina and Gary Nelson. Carina is Swedish born whose Grandfather served on the King's Guard of Sweden. Gary is a retired Staff Sergeant of the Washington DC Air National Guard, a retired Police Sergeant as well as retired from the Federal Government.
RECENTLY we have discovered a great number of image...
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Frank K.
(178,497 Memorials) Born in Germany in the 60's and growing up in Berlin and Munich, I started my own genealogy in the 70's, then did my High School and College thing in the 80's, and came to the US in the 90's. Now I am taking pictures for fun and business. Some of the photos I post are digitally enhanced, so the lettering on older grave markers is easier to read. The...
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Elizabeth
(114,364 Memorials) I will add any information, bio's, links, etc on request and usually add as soon as received. However, requests must meet site criteria. Please keep in mind that repetition is frowned on. Also see: FAQ #150 - What Info Can I Include In A Bio?
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MillieBelle
(123,938 Memorials) Pas beaucoup de gens lisent la section bio d'un cotisant, alors j'ai décidé de s'amuser et utiliser la belle langue française. Il peut être traduit sur le traducteur Google. S'il vous plaît! Ne pas dupliquer mémoriaux. Des renseignements biographiques appartient dans la section bio, pas dans la section fleur / token. ...
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Kat
(120,450 Memorials) Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.
from the FAQS: "Transfer requests should be for direct relatives within four generations. This would be your siblings, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Explain your relationship in the request!"
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K
(112,741 Memorials) Now that the nice weather is here I will be out in full force getting some of these photo requests done!
Gravedude97 in the Forums.
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Michael Harrington
(147,209 Memorials) ברוך הבא בשם יהוה
"Baruch Haba B'Shem Adonai!"
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי...
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Anne Cady
(115,805 Memorials) I started doing full photographic inventories of cemeteries in St. Lawrence county NY back in 1999 and have about 80 cemeteries inventoried and online on my home page (see link below). I have copied the listings over to find-a-grave and am working on getting all the photos uploaded here as well. Its a slow process, so if you don't find what you are lo...
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Jim Cox
(128,703 Memorials) I enjoy genealogy and have been doing it on and off for the past 25 years. Our group - Cemetery Seekers (cemeteryseeker.org) are currently working in reading each cemetery in the counties listed below and entering information from the actual reading of the cemetery. Those counties include Allen County, IN, Adams County, IN ( I am the Co-Coordinator fo...
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Susan Ing
(140,802 Memorials) I live in Maplewood Missouri. I can go to several cemeteries for pictures. Please let me know if we can help. My helper is my 13 pound dog Lola who chases the birds and other critters around while I look for tombstones.
My family names that I am working on are Strang, Durham, Franks, Ing/Inge, Pickering, Marlow, Gonia, Bridges, Asher, Abbo...
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Erice Wilcox
(211,308 Memorials) Request must be made according to Find A Grave guidelines. No corrections or transfers will be made from message board .
Retired ordained minister and husband to Mary Barton Wilcox, artist and author whose book "First Rose" which addresses life after death. .
We have one son who is married and they pastor a Native American Church in New Y...
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Richard H.
(138,413 Memorials) On April 29, 2013, changes sent to me to update memorials that went to my Spam mailbox, were accidently deleted. Please resend me your requests if I haven't gotten back to you.
I authorize anyone to use my Find a Grave images in Wikipedia or their own family research, under the creative commons attribution license cc-by-2.5, where the attribution...
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Graves
(704,143 Memorials) Almost caught up (0 Days Behind)- Happy Day!!!
I try to catch up once a week on change suggestions and I'm never more than 2 weeks behind (FAG rules provide for 30 days). I get a lot of requests daily. If you haven't heard from me within a few weeks, I may have missed it and I won't be offended to get a reminder. And thank you to Cathea for help...
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Carolyn Farnum
(126,749 Memorials) I am being OVERLOADED HERE.Close to 100 requests a day are too many. Help me out please and honor FAG guidelines of no more than 20 requests a week.
Cemeteries are my passion. This photo was taken in Hamilton MT at my cousin's cabin. Note that I am NOT related to most of these entries.
Many kudos to those who also have walked these cemet...
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Albuquerque Firefly
(637,653 Memorials) Last active: 5/18/2013
Please take up-close, careful shots of photos on graves! Many may never been seen again, after you leave, as they are quickly disappearing. A family may have no other photo, and may not even know that one existed, if you pass it by.
>> To get a duplicate of mine deleted quickly, while logged in, send a SAC with...
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Dave
(193,881 Memorials)
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Michelle ~ღ ƸӜƷ
(113,906 Memorials) ೋღ☃ღೋೋღ☃ღೋೋღ☃ღೋ
Proud Findagrave Member since August 30, 2007
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RobMinteer57
(883,033 Memorials) Since the Fall of 2012 I've been getting quite an education concerning the excuses people make for entering Burial Unknowns where disposition of the remains is unknown and unlikely to ever be known. THEY DO NOT BELONG HERE ON FIND A GRAVE. PERIOD! EXCLAMATION POINT! It's called Find A Grave for a reason. Since then I no longer make transfers to people w...
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ProgBase
(444,648 Memorials) The major way I process Suggest A Corrections (SACs) has just been rendered almost useless, so things will take a little longer. I'm trying to find lots of records for people looking for their ancestors. For those concerned about following the rules, "Please limit the number of "Suggest A Correction" requests you send to an individual contributor to n...
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Barb Destromp
(142,675 Memorials) Please note: Starting April 28th and for a few days after that I will be off line, due to moving.. but will return as soon as I possibly can.. Please be patient during this time on additional information sent during that time ....
I will no longer do additional information/links etc from this message area... Please use the Edit link on e...
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Donna McPherson
(120,844 Memorials) Should you see any you would like to be transferred pleased do not hesitate to let me know. I will not transfer from public messages only by the edit screen. I try to answer my e-mails daily, but I work full-time Monday through Friday so I do FAG nights and weekends so if I don't answer the same day don't think I am ignoring you. I will anwser within a...
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KBrownst
(129,901 Memorials) Thank you so much to the volunteers who not only list the information but also provide a photograph of the stones.
I'm 12th Generation American, directly decended from Thomas Chaffee (1635) and as such the Chaffee's and allied families are my interest.
PLEASE use the Edit tab located at the top right of the memorial. Then select the f...
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Ron West
(143,731 Memorials) I am a bit of a fan of history and I love the history you find in cemeteries. My favorites are the old pioneer cemeteries of the west.
For those of you that are looking for forgotten relatives, loved ones, friends and family, I just want to say to you that I do what I do here on Find A Grave for you. No one should be forgotten! We all may not b...
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David Woody
(356,396 Memorials) I am retired. Enjoy baseball (Atlanta Braves) and many other hobbies. I believe Find A Grave.com is a wonderful idea and hopefully more people will help identify a lot of the ones that have passed before us. I especially enjoy following some of the older graves especially those who fought in the civil war and have photos. This is so interesting to think...
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john gibney
(123,617 Memorials)
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Marvin & Samme Templin
(416,311 Memorials) We completed a survey of all known cemeteries in McMinn County plus transcribed McMinn County death certificates from 1914-1955. *************************** Surnames were are reseaching: Marvin's lineage = Templin, Click, Bryant, Sisk, Smith, Waddell, Gross. Samme's lineage = Carpenter, Simpson, Hutsell, Julian, Warren *************************...
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Chris Mills
(424,321 Memorials) To the best of my knowledge all SACs that were submitted prior to the transfer out of most of my memorials on 18 April have been processed by the contributors who are now in charge of the memorials. If any of your SACs or transfer requests from prior to 18 April have not been processed by now please resubmit them.
As of April 2013 I will no long...
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Twist
(153,828 Memorials) Computer in for repairs - please be patient! Thank you.
Hello. I am in Michigan. I am not related to 99.999% of my entries, but have added them with the hope that other researchers who have come to a dead end may be helped. With respect to those entries, I have no other information available as I have tried to include as much info as I ...
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John Smolarek
(131,007 Memorials) For transfer requests, please use the edit function at the upper right of the memorial, then select the email option, type the request for transfer in the text box, then send. Thank you. |
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Angie Robinson
(179,726 Memorials) Adopt a shelter dog. They're someone special.
READ ME ---> Transfer requests must follow Find A Grave guidelines. Explain your relationship. I will not consider a transfer if there are duplicates.
To SUGGEST a modification of a memorial use the Edit tab, then the Suggest A Correction option. Include your email ...
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