Find a Grave 17 Oct. 2015

Some of my current students brought this up in class, which made me think there might be others with the same concerns ... which are that every time they attempt to get into Find A Grave they appear to be getting Ancestry advertising. So here is the clarification http://www.findagrave.com/ancestryFAQs.html

It is a fantastic website, and one that if you have not been using it, you should be!! Here's an opportunity to help. Perhaps, like me, it will be a pay-it-forward day. There are some requests for photos in a cemetery very close to where I live.

Thanks to the 'Ancestry Insider' for the following announcement.



Find A Grave’s Community Day 17 October 2015

The Find a Grave Community Day is 17 October 2015.Ancestry.com has announced that this year’s Find A Grave Community Day is scheduled for 17 October 2015. Ancestry’s Jessica Murray said “Last year was an amazing success thanks to you, our incredible volunteers, who visited over 100 cemeteries and contributed more than 250,000 photos on the days leading up to, and on, Find A Grave Community Day 2014.” They hope to break that record this year.

If you wish to participate, check the Find A Grave event list on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FindAGrave/events for something near you. If you find one that interests you, click the Join button.

If you wish to organize an effort to photograph a cemetery, Ancestry reminds you to get permission from the cemetery first. Once you have permission, register your event. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14R0pAH4fJpzOLp1TqSMEZSI0kRIpLt_3Y6XtZHQu9j4/viewform?o_iid=62545&o_lid=62545&o_sch=Web+Property Once a day Ancestry will take the new cemeteries and create corresponding Facebook events. As you make plans, keep an eye open for unfulfilled photo requests for nearby cemeteries.

Ancestry has created a page of resources for you to consult. See http://www.ancestry.com/cs/find-a-grave-community-day.

I was doing some research the other day and came across a book of transcriptions of cemetery markers. It gave me the marker I needed, but it was only a transcription. I immediately pulled up Find A Grave, just like any of you would. And I immediately found a photograph of the marker I needed. Find a Grave just keeps getting better and better.


Cheers,
Pat