Sunday, January 26, 2020

Permanent Address Finder

Some random web surfing tonight led me to the site Find a Grave, which bills itself as the "world’s largest gravesite collection". The site allows you to search for cemeteries and grave records for regular and famous people or create/add to virtual memorials, if you register.

I input the name, year born, year died, and cemetery location for multiple people and the site quickly returned a record for them, including the exact cemetery plot information. Some married females also had their maiden names listed. (There's also multiple options if you don't know the person's exact birth and death years. I experimented with those, and still got good results.)

Another option is to search through a specific cemetery's page and find out a little about its history and the famous people who are buried there. There's a page of interesting grave monuments, and another for interesting epitaphs. People who register can make requests for photos of their loved one's graves, or can upload photos to fulfill requests.

Five years ago today: San Fran

11 comments:

  1. This looks like an amazing site. And it’s free?

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  2. A friend of mine is such a hypochondriac he wants to be buried next to a doctor.

    God bless.

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  3. I've heard of this site, but never been interested as I care more about finding those who are still alive than those who have died.

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    1. I can see that the site would be very helpful for those who have lost track of relatives/family friends, or are interested in geneology.

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  4. It really works! Great for genealogy.

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  5. This is very interesting information, thanks for letting us know about it. Wishing you a wonderful week!

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  6. I've used this site since its inception for my genealogy and family history research. I've spent many a time just browsing interesting people and famous people. A wealth of information! Beware, though, some info can be incorrect. Blessings to you, Kathy! ♥

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    1. Thanks for the heads up. It wouldn't surprise me that any volunteer-user based site has some inaccurate information.

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