My passion for genealogy goes back decades, as I discovered family stories shifted and changed and clarified, as I got to the root of things - As I discovered FACTS. Unfortunately, my searching is sporadic and too many months (and sometimes years) go by, before I pick it up again. I've missed opportunities to ask questions of family that I now can only wish I'd asked - Sooo... Don't be like me! Ask everything of everyone now. You can put it all together someday in the future, but get it all down now, before they are gone and you are a retired grandmother wishing you had asked. ;)

Speaking of which, I am just that - with an active passion for history. Which is a natural lead in to a fascination for cemeteries and the wealth of information they hold. Before the computer era, I did volunteer cemetery studies for local civilian historical societies outside a few military bases, so as to preserve information that was being slowly destroyed by adjacent base impact zones and activities. It was fascinating and felt so necessary, as I could actually see the headstones in these inaccessible cemeteries, breaking apart before my eyes.

It is one of the things I absolutely LOVE about "Find A Grave"! The grassroots preservation of information and open sharing is both fabulous and astounding. I am in awe of and so grateful to be a small part of this endeavor.

My passion for genealogy goes back decades, as I discovered family stories shifted and changed and clarified, as I got to the root of things - As I discovered FACTS. Unfortunately, my searching is sporadic and too many months (and sometimes years) go by, before I pick it up again. I've missed opportunities to ask questions of family that I now can only wish I'd asked - Sooo... Don't be like me! Ask everything of everyone now. You can put it all together someday in the future, but get it all down now, before they are gone and you are a retired grandmother wishing you had asked. ;)

Speaking of which, I am just that - with an active passion for history. Which is a natural lead in to a fascination for cemeteries and the wealth of information they hold. Before the computer era, I did volunteer cemetery studies for local civilian historical societies outside a few military bases, so as to preserve information that was being slowly destroyed by adjacent base impact zones and activities. It was fascinating and felt so necessary, as I could actually see the headstones in these inaccessible cemeteries, breaking apart before my eyes.

It is one of the things I absolutely LOVE about "Find A Grave"! The grassroots preservation of information and open sharing is both fabulous and astounding. I am in awe of and so grateful to be a small part of this endeavor.