FindaGrave.com
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In reply to:
Wallace Headstone Photo
judy malone 8/09/07
Judy,
I don't want to sound ungrateful.I'm sure people reading these boards from that area will be pleased to find their people in your photos, but just a cursory glance makes it look cumbersometo go through all those looking for the one ancestor that I might want.
Have you ever heard of FindaGrave.com?You can put your photos online over there for free and they'll be there forever, for everyone to search by surname, maiden name, cemetery, state, date born, died, etc.People can leave virtual flowers, include up to 5 photos of the actual person.They have a message board.You can sponsor a particular person for something like a one-time fee of $5 and add even more photos and have them honored/featured or something.
It's a great site. I've not only added all the ancestors headstones & photographs of that I have, but I've had total strangers fill "requests" for photos all around the country for ancestors that I've found out where they are buried through online research.In fact, just last week I found a new ancestor (thru Ancestry.com), where he was buried (thru Rootsweb.com), made a request and had it filled all within the space of a few days!Now that's technology! ;o)
Just thought I would pass along the info for what it's worth...It's a WONDERFUL THING that people like you and my mother do for the rest of us who can't drive due to disabilities, distances or other reasons.
--Cheri