Like I said this is a free site to use, so you will see ads. It is free because it relies on volunteers to enter the memorials of each person. You can easily become a volunteer by signing up for free. There are different layers to being a volunteer and you can preform none of them or all of them, it all depends on how involved you would like to get. You can add memorials of loved ones, or go out and add memorials of people you don't know. You can become a photo volunteer were you go out and take photos of headstones that people request photos of. If there is not a cemetery on the list you can add a cemetery you believe belongs on the website. You can get some great exercise being a volunteer. That being said, since this is a volunteer site not all the information may be correct in a memorial and I advice you do added research to verify the informatiion. Find A Grave is to be used as one of many tool in your research, do not rely only on Find A Grave for information.
Note: Not everyone buried in a cemetery have memorials on Find A Grave.
Here is a photo of my profile:
As you see I have a bio, I add memorials, take photos for requested photos, and add photos to memorials that are missing photos but have not been requested yet.
You can follow others who are on Find a Grave.
You can make a list of different Cemeteries were your family is buried.
Here is what the home page of the website looks like:
You can search for a relative right from the home page.
You can search for a specific cemetery .
You can search for famous people like Walt Disney.
You can create your new free account from the home page.
Here is what a Cemetery Page look like:
If you notice the cemetery will have there info on this page, but some may or may not have a phone number. Phone numbers are great because if a person does not have a memorial and you want to add one but you are not sure if they are buried there or not, you can call and verify the information.
Notice there is a number showing how many memorials are at that cemetery and what percentage are photographed. Look below and you will see where you can add a memorial, upload a photo of the cemetery, transcribe a photo, or see a photo request list. Note: not all the people in the cemetery are listed here, so if your relative is not on the list of memorials they just don't have a memorial yet, but you can add one.
When you click on the add memorial link it will take you to a form to fill out info. Once the memorial is made it will look like this.:
All memorials look like this.
Notice the name, birth date, place of birth, death date, place of death, name of cemetery, memorial ID all on the top.
On the bottom you will see where you can find relatives memorials that connect with the subject person.
You can add virtual flowers and a note.
You can add a photo if one does not exist or you can add a photo of the person.
If none of this information is on the memorial and you know it, you can request the creator of the memorial to add the changes, or you can message the creator and see if they will transfer the memorial to you and you can control the memorial.
You can also add people who are not buried in a cemetery but are cremated, buried at sea, or the burial is unknown.
Warning: Some memorial only have a name and no other information, because the person who added the information did not research it or did not know it.
I am a active volunteer for Find a Grave, and so as a social historian I go out to a cemetery that I want to work on and work in sections. I will get a map print out of a section with the names of the interned. I will then go out and photograph every headstone i can find in that section. I will then go back to the computer and pull up the cemetery on find a grave and see if each person has a memorial and if they do i will check to see if they have a photo of the headstone and if they don't I add one if they have one. If I can 't find a memorial for the person I will create one and go on to ancestry and research them to fill in as much information as I can.
Here is a photo of my profile:
You can follow others who are on Find a Grave.
You can make a list of different Cemeteries were your family is buried.
Here is what the home page of the website looks like:
You can search for a specific cemetery .
You can search for famous people like Walt Disney.
You can create your new free account from the home page.
Here is what a Cemetery Page look like:
Notice there is a number showing how many memorials are at that cemetery and what percentage are photographed. Look below and you will see where you can add a memorial, upload a photo of the cemetery, transcribe a photo, or see a photo request list. Note: not all the people in the cemetery are listed here, so if your relative is not on the list of memorials they just don't have a memorial yet, but you can add one.
When you click on the add memorial link it will take you to a form to fill out info. Once the memorial is made it will look like this.:
Notice the name, birth date, place of birth, death date, place of death, name of cemetery, memorial ID all on the top.
On the bottom you will see where you can find relatives memorials that connect with the subject person.
You can add virtual flowers and a note.
You can add a photo if one does not exist or you can add a photo of the person.
If none of this information is on the memorial and you know it, you can request the creator of the memorial to add the changes, or you can message the creator and see if they will transfer the memorial to you and you can control the memorial.
You can also add people who are not buried in a cemetery but are cremated, buried at sea, or the burial is unknown.
Warning: Some memorial only have a name and no other information, because the person who added the information did not research it or did not know it.
I am a active volunteer for Find a Grave, and so as a social historian I go out to a cemetery that I want to work on and work in sections. I will get a map print out of a section with the names of the interned. I will then go out and photograph every headstone i can find in that section. I will then go back to the computer and pull up the cemetery on find a grave and see if each person has a memorial and if they do i will check to see if they have a photo of the headstone and if they don't I add one if they have one. If I can 't find a memorial for the person I will create one and go on to ancestry and research them to fill in as much information as I can.
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