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+'''[http://www.findagrave.com%20Find%20A%20Grave Find a Grave]''' '''hosts the world’s largest gravesite record collection with over 226 million memorials in 564,000 cemeteries around the world, expanding daily. All information on Find a Grave can be viewed for free, without registering.'''
-Find A Grave''' is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records.<br>
+The memorials, headstone photos, GPS locations, and everything else you’ll find are contributed by the Find a Grave community, a network with millions of passionate volunteers whose mission is to find, document and record burial information, memorializing those who have passed. Since 1995, the site has provided tools to let people from all over the world work together, share information, and build an online virtual cemetery experience for free, so that everyone can find information about their ancestors, family and friends.'''
-It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Wikipedia] for more.
-*[http://www.findagrave.com Find A Grave]
+=== What can I find on a Find a Grave memorial]? [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31/susan-b-anthony Take a virtual tour] ===
+* Names of deceased
+* Birth and death dates and locations
+* Cemetery where buried
+* Grave photos and photos of the person and their family
+* GPS grave locations
+* Plot information
+* Gravesite details
+* Inscriptions and epitaphs, military, religoious, or fraternal information, other symbols or icons
+* Family relationships
+* Biographies
+* Virtual flowers
+=== How do I search on Find a Grave? ===
+From the memorial search on [https://www.findagrave.com Find a Grave] add the name of the deceased and an approximate date of death. To narrow down your search further add a location for the burial. Select Search. Learn more about searching [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/How-can-I-search-Find-a-Grave here]. If a memorial hasn't been added for the individual and you know the burial location, you can [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Adding-a-Memorial add the memorial] to Find a Grave.
+=== Why do people contribute grave photos to Find a Grave? ===
+* Headstone inscriptions contain valuable genealogical information
+* To preserve the information - Headstones deteriorate, are covered or fade over time
+* To help everyone find the burial locations of their ancestors, family and friends
+* To memorialize and honor those who have passed
+* Find a Grave provides outstanding collaborative tools for this work
+* Find a Grave is free for everyone
+* Receive valuable help from the largest graving community worldwide
+* [https://www.findagrave.com/mobileapp Find a Grave app] is easy to use
+=== How do I get started? ===
+To find out more about what you can do on the site and how you can help and contribute to the mission, click [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/How-can-I-help-and-contribute here].
-*Genealogy data can be searched for by entering the name of a person to find where that person is buried. It usually gives birth and death dates often accompanied by a picture of the tombstone. It may even include obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave. <br>
+=== What else can I do on 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 up
+* Use [https://www.findagrave.com Memorial Search] and find graves
-::First A list of known cemeteries in that town.
+* Send updates and corrections through [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Suggest-Edits-Overview Suggest Edits] on memorial pages
-::And by clicking on the desired cemetery you can access an alphabetical list of tombstone information that has been contributed.
+* [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Add-a-Photo Add Photos] and other rich content on memorial pages
+* [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Who-manages-memorials Manage memorials]
+* [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Virtual-Cemeteries Create virtual cemeteries]
+* [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery Explore or add cemetery pages]. Try adding a location to the cemetery search to see a list of cemeteries located there. Click on a cemetery to see the work that has been done there and view alphabetical memorial lists for those buried there.
+* [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Transcribing-Tips Transcribe Photos] for the community
+* [https://www.findagrave.com/famous-memorial Explore Famous graves]
+* [https://www.findagrave.com/upload-spreadsheet/create/search-cemetery?spreadsheet=true Upload a spreadsheet] with information for memorials in a cemetery
-*[[FindAGrave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records]] -- gives more detailed information and instruction about this website.
+Learn more about the community through [https://news.findagrave.com/category/volunteer-of-the-month/ Volunteer Spotlights]
+Check out the [https://support.findagrave.com/s/ support site] and [https://news.findagrave.com/category/guide/ Guides] on the Find a Grave newsblog.
+*[[FindaGrave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records]] -- gives information about the Find a Grave Index on FamilySearch
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