Category Archives: Cemetery and Mortuary Research

50 Names Added to FindAGrave

For Tombstone Tuesday, I decided to do something different.  Instead of posting about a tombstone, I thought I would update you all on my efforts to add records to Findagrave.com. I had 16 entries in the database prior to moving.  Then I lost the binder with all my Holy Cross Cemetery file card copies.  Last …

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SNGF: Veering off the Find-A-Grave Path

Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings posted his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge tonight. It involved working with Findagrave.com to locate an ancestor’s cemetery information. I must admit this was one ?!@?#@*## frustrating challenge! I know most of the cemetery locations for my ancestors–within reason. Most were in the Azores where finding a cemetery burial may be …

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My Biggest Genealogy Discovery in 2010

I’m borrowing this for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun since I wrote it only two days ago.  This is by far my best research adventure of the year.  I located obituaries that were out of my reach and I uncovered a new line of my Kelly family tree.  None of this would have been possible …

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