My goal as a contributor to Find a Grave is to help preserve the historic, artistic, and genealogical details of grave stones by photographing them. Locally, and when traveling, I seek out and capture images of the at-risk, almost illegible, unusual, oldest, deteriorating, or possibly overlooked markers encountered, as well as newer stones that "call" to me...or are unique or interesting.

Reviewing published transcriptions and "readings" to add in burials missing from the Find a Grave database has helped tremendously when identifying stones that had been considered impossible to read. Since 2015, I've captured images of the oldest surviving stones in over 160 cemeteries. Hopefully I have been able to "discover" your ancestor's grave as a way to pay it forward, with thanks to those who have done the same for me.

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Researching the Shaker communities in Kentucky (Pleasant Hill), New York (Waterliet/Niskayuna/Colonie, New Lebanon, Groveland/Sonyea), New Hampshire (Canterbury)

My goal as a contributor to Find a Grave is to help preserve the historic, artistic, and genealogical details of grave stones by photographing them. Locally, and when traveling, I seek out and capture images of the at-risk, almost illegible, unusual, oldest, deteriorating, or possibly overlooked markers encountered, as well as newer stones that "call" to me...or are unique or interesting.

Reviewing published transcriptions and "readings" to add in burials missing from the Find a Grave database has helped tremendously when identifying stones that had been considered impossible to read. Since 2015, I've captured images of the oldest surviving stones in over 160 cemeteries. Hopefully I have been able to "discover" your ancestor's grave as a way to pay it forward, with thanks to those who have done the same for me.

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Researching the Shaker communities in Kentucky (Pleasant Hill), New York (Waterliet/Niskayuna/Colonie, New Lebanon, Groveland/Sonyea), New Hampshire (Canterbury)