Findagrave edits

Findagrave edits

Findagrave.com is a terrific, free website. I've found countless pieces of valuable information there (although I have to admit I still haven't fully embraced the new-and-improved version). 

Nonetheless, one often finds hints -- even full obituaries -- not easily found anywhere else. If you haven't looked at Findagrave, add it to your to-do list.

The site, founded in 1995 by Jim Tipton, initially highlighted graves of famous people but has grown to be the world's largest gravesite collection. Findagrave is now owned and maintained by Ancestry.

Since Findagrave entries are added by volunteers, one can also encounter errors and/or incomplete information. That happened to me a couple weeks ago while I was revisiting data about my husband's great aunt. She and her husband had died in Montana. I attempted to correct their Findagrave records by "suggesting an edit" -- and then forgot about it until today when an email notification said my edits had been accepted. Easy!

So here are the online directions for correcting a Findagrave memorial that you don't manage:

You can submit updates or corrections of factual information for any memorial by clicking 'Suggest Edits' on the memorial in question. You can suggest updates to the Name, Birth and Death information, Plot and Burial Coordinates, and Inscription. Once the suggestions are saved, the memorial manager will then review the suggestions for approval. If you have additional suggestions, you can use the ‘Suggest other corrections’ option to send an email to the memorial manager.

The Q&As found on the Findagrave "Help" page are truly helpful.