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==Introduction== | |||
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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. | |||
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.''' | 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.''' | ||
== What can I find on a Find a Grave memorial? [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31/susan-b-anthony#start-tutorial Take a virtual tour] == | |||
* Names of deceased | * Names of deceased | ||
* Birth and death dates and locations | * Birth and death dates and locations | ||
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* Virtual flowers | * 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. | 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 | * Headstone inscriptions contain valuable genealogical information | ||
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/mobileapp Find a Grave app] is easy to use | * [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]. | 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]. | ||
== What are some other things I can do on Find a Grave? == | |||
* Use [https://www.findagrave.com Memorial Search] and find graves | * Use [https://www.findagrave.com Memorial Search] and find graves | ||
* Send updates and corrections through [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Suggest-Edits-Overview Suggest Edits] on memorial pages | * Send updates and corrections through [https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Suggest-Edits-Overview Suggest Edits] on memorial pages | ||
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