**NOTE** Photos taken by me, besides cemetery photos, are owned by me, DO NOT copy and claim as your own, watermark or put on any other websites! See last paragraph.

**If you suggest an edit, please give me information to verify the requested change so I can be sure it is accurate - more on this towards the end of my profile**

I appreciate and love the addition of photos to my memorials, but please let me know when you do. I like to see the new things added, some of them are awesome surprises! Example: a great aunt who died in a very tragic way, I knew the cemetery she was buried in, but was told there was no marker. There IS one! And the photo is now on her memorial now, but it was TWO YEARS before I accidentally discovered someone had added a photo! It's so nice to be able to put a picture of a face to the person I've worked on, sometimes I get very involved in their story as I go, so please let me know?
Sometimes I get busy or forget to check my message. If you try to contact me and don't get a response, please try again or send me an email.
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I've been fascinated with the look, feel and history of cemeteries since I was a little girl. As I grew up and became interested in my family history and genealogy, I began to appreciate the information found in cemeteries. In the early 1990s I discovered the lower Jerome cemetery in Clarkdale, Arizona and witnessed the sad loss of a forgotten, uncared for cemetery that had nearly disappeared back into the ground. Returning years later, I discovered some caring people of the community had saved what was left of the cemetery and I was able to document as much as was left.
When I discovered Find A Grave, I thought it was an incredible idea to document cemeteries before they are lost or destroyed, and I realized what an invaluable genealogy resource it could be. I had already enjoyed a hobby of walking through cemeteries and taking pictures, I just had no idea that like minded people had created entire websites dedicated to the pursuit!But I was busy raising my family and didn't have time to document,so I just lurked for a few years,and enjoyed.

Some people think I'm crazy as much as I enjoy walking through cemeteries, taking pictures, researching, connecting families and documenting. I love it, because it helps save a piece of history and connect people to their loved ones. I also love discovering the history beyond the name and dates, saving a little piece of who that person once was. I often come across the most fascinating people and stories! I'm particularly fascinated and fond of the old cemeteries in Arizona where pioneers have disappeared amid the crumbling ruins of what is left. Families who lost SO many babies, mothers who died in childbirth or carried the family when their husbands died, outlaws, lawmen, founders of the cities and state, pioneers who struggled to make a life here...so many stories and history lost. I like to research and document stories about the people I create memorials for in order to preserve a little of that lost history for us and to tell people a little more about their ancestors if they happen to come across them.

My daughter, who has an equal fascination with cemeteries was added to this profile as my partner in crime! Now we are three, including my husband under the RedDirtSurfer umbrella here as assistants in documenting and photographing, making a family day of it when we can. Life has pulled us away at times, but I am so looking forward to having more time once my husband retires and certain obligations are taken care of.

I do not enjoy the competitiveness, the rudeness of some members, and creating memorials to collect numbers without thought to those left behind. I have witnessed first hand the pain caused when someone loses a loved on and accidentally discovers there has already been a memorial added before they even buried their child or loved one, because of people who create memorials as soon as an obituary is printed in the paper and now even staff from memorial and cemetery offices adding them as soon as they have a new customer.

I will transfer memorials to family members per FAG requirements if you can tell me how you are related. Any other relation, I will consider as long as they aren't a relation to me or my family and as long as you aren't rude and demanding.

I absolutely appreciate corrections, additions, and stories to add to my memorials. Please don't use the 'edit' tab to change/edit information, unless you use the "suggest any other correction" choice, because that allows for you to write a personal note along with the information.I'd rather have a message or email explaining the change or correction along with the reason why and some kind proof, even if it's just because it's your grandpa; you know his name better than I do :D. If you suggest an edit without giving me a reason or more information, I won't change it unless I can take the time to verify it. I don't think I'm being difficult, I've just had wrong information submitted to memorials before, and some people try to edit the wrong person. If you email me, please put something in the subject line so I know it's about FAG, or I won't open it because I don't recognize you as not a virus or scam.

*NOTE* - Any personal photo I take or add is my property. I own that photo and DO NOT give my permission for it to be copied and used on other websites without my permission! This does not include cemetery photos, feel free to use them. If it's a photo I've taken and you want to share it somewhere else, please give me credit. If it has my name on it, please contact me and I'd be happy to give you an unaltered copy.....This note sadly has to be added after a new website was created and all memorial information, including personal pictures, were copied to that website and their "water mark" was pasted all over the photos!

(Note to self: findagrave's contributor ID is 8)

Thanks!

**NOTE** Photos taken by me, besides cemetery photos, are owned by me, DO NOT copy and claim as your own, watermark or put on any other websites! See last paragraph.

**If you suggest an edit, please give me information to verify the requested change so I can be sure it is accurate - more on this towards the end of my profile**

I appreciate and love the addition of photos to my memorials, but please let me know when you do. I like to see the new things added, some of them are awesome surprises! Example: a great aunt who died in a very tragic way, I knew the cemetery she was buried in, but was told there was no marker. There IS one! And the photo is now on her memorial now, but it was TWO YEARS before I accidentally discovered someone had added a photo! It's so nice to be able to put a picture of a face to the person I've worked on, sometimes I get very involved in their story as I go, so please let me know?
Sometimes I get busy or forget to check my message. If you try to contact me and don't get a response, please try again or send me an email.
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I've been fascinated with the look, feel and history of cemeteries since I was a little girl. As I grew up and became interested in my family history and genealogy, I began to appreciate the information found in cemeteries. In the early 1990s I discovered the lower Jerome cemetery in Clarkdale, Arizona and witnessed the sad loss of a forgotten, uncared for cemetery that had nearly disappeared back into the ground. Returning years later, I discovered some caring people of the community had saved what was left of the cemetery and I was able to document as much as was left.
When I discovered Find A Grave, I thought it was an incredible idea to document cemeteries before they are lost or destroyed, and I realized what an invaluable genealogy resource it could be. I had already enjoyed a hobby of walking through cemeteries and taking pictures, I just had no idea that like minded people had created entire websites dedicated to the pursuit!But I was busy raising my family and didn't have time to document,so I just lurked for a few years,and enjoyed.

Some people think I'm crazy as much as I enjoy walking through cemeteries, taking pictures, researching, connecting families and documenting. I love it, because it helps save a piece of history and connect people to their loved ones. I also love discovering the history beyond the name and dates, saving a little piece of who that person once was. I often come across the most fascinating people and stories! I'm particularly fascinated and fond of the old cemeteries in Arizona where pioneers have disappeared amid the crumbling ruins of what is left. Families who lost SO many babies, mothers who died in childbirth or carried the family when their husbands died, outlaws, lawmen, founders of the cities and state, pioneers who struggled to make a life here...so many stories and history lost. I like to research and document stories about the people I create memorials for in order to preserve a little of that lost history for us and to tell people a little more about their ancestors if they happen to come across them.

My daughter, who has an equal fascination with cemeteries was added to this profile as my partner in crime! Now we are three, including my husband under the RedDirtSurfer umbrella here as assistants in documenting and photographing, making a family day of it when we can. Life has pulled us away at times, but I am so looking forward to having more time once my husband retires and certain obligations are taken care of.

I do not enjoy the competitiveness, the rudeness of some members, and creating memorials to collect numbers without thought to those left behind. I have witnessed first hand the pain caused when someone loses a loved on and accidentally discovers there has already been a memorial added before they even buried their child or loved one, because of people who create memorials as soon as an obituary is printed in the paper and now even staff from memorial and cemetery offices adding them as soon as they have a new customer.

I will transfer memorials to family members per FAG requirements if you can tell me how you are related. Any other relation, I will consider as long as they aren't a relation to me or my family and as long as you aren't rude and demanding.

I absolutely appreciate corrections, additions, and stories to add to my memorials. Please don't use the 'edit' tab to change/edit information, unless you use the "suggest any other correction" choice, because that allows for you to write a personal note along with the information.I'd rather have a message or email explaining the change or correction along with the reason why and some kind proof, even if it's just because it's your grandpa; you know his name better than I do :D. If you suggest an edit without giving me a reason or more information, I won't change it unless I can take the time to verify it. I don't think I'm being difficult, I've just had wrong information submitted to memorials before, and some people try to edit the wrong person. If you email me, please put something in the subject line so I know it's about FAG, or I won't open it because I don't recognize you as not a virus or scam.

*NOTE* - Any personal photo I take or add is my property. I own that photo and DO NOT give my permission for it to be copied and used on other websites without my permission! This does not include cemetery photos, feel free to use them. If it's a photo I've taken and you want to share it somewhere else, please give me credit. If it has my name on it, please contact me and I'd be happy to give you an unaltered copy.....This note sadly has to be added after a new website was created and all memorial information, including personal pictures, were copied to that website and their "water mark" was pasted all over the photos!

(Note to self: findagrave's contributor ID is 8)

Thanks!