Find a Grave: Difference between revisions

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Find A Grave is a free website providing access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton.

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Find A Grave

URL Find A Grave

Genealogy data can be searched for by entering the name of a person to find where that person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
It is also possible to search for a cemetery by entering the name of a city. When the search is started this way it brings

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A list of known cemeteries in that town.

And under each cemetery an alphabetical list of tombstone information that has been contributed.

FindAGrave Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) -- online record collection

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+Find A Grave''' is a free website providing access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton.
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