Find A Grave 05 January 2012 Reviewer: Robert Hobdell from Springfield, Pennsylvania, USA
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As a Find A Grave contributor it can be rather time consuming to add all the detailed information to individual memorials. A major annoyance is archaic place names are not supported, such as Schley County Georgia was created in 1857 from parts Sumter & Madison Counties. If your person died in La Crosse, Sumter Co., pre-1857 then you are forced to enter Schley Co.
Find A Grave is often the only available source of information where cemetery records have been lost or in states such as Pennsylvania where birth, marriage and death records are difficult at best to obtain.
I have found many far flung relations on Find A Grave and have been able to adjust family genealogical data. The discovery of 2 burials in Florida lead to obtaining information on that branch living in Florida for a decade, information previously unknown.
I have mostly been pleased with the response of other contributors when offering additional information about the persons they've memorialized. Memorials to my relatives have been transferred to my care without my having asked, which is a very nice extra step for the other contributors to have taken. In exchanging information with other contributors I've found many folks with resources not easily available to me and a willingness to help research local records and newspapers. Find A Grave is a weird yet friendly community.
This site is only as good as we all can make it. I certainly encourage everyone to use and contribute to Find A Grave.
In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.
