I have three main goals for findagrave:

1) to add quality memorials for all my direct ancestors, their children and any descendents where I can trace their burials (together with their spouses). These are my almost Yorkshire family, named because all 32 of my 3xGGrandparents were either born in Yorkshire or lived most of their lives in the county.
2) to collect & link the Wellocks in preparation for launching a one-name study. The Wellocks descend from just two men in the Craven area. I can prove my relationship to one, and one day hope to link the two.
3) to fully document the village churchyards close to my Mum's house in Yorkshire. So far I have completed Hessay & Nun Monkton and am part way through Moor Monkton and have a built up a reasonable knowledge of the families buried there.

But somehow, despite having set some goals, I just can't help getting "distracted" whenever I pass by or through a graveyard. In these cases I generally undertake some basic research in order to help connect up the memorials.

I've started to use flowers to indicate the importance of the various memorials I visit. The orange flower is for my direct ancestors, their children and their spouses. The yellow flower is for those who were born a Wellock, married a Wellock or are descended from a Wellock. the purple flower is for other memorials that I have set up or added to in some way.

I love to transfer the purple flower memorials to anyone who has the slightest connection or interest in them being grateful to see the memorial with someone who is interested in the memorial. I will happily transfer the orange flower memorials to anyone who has a closer relationship claim than I do. However, I will only transfer yellow flower memorials if you meet findagrave requirements to do so.

I appreciate being contacted about use elsewhere of any photo I upload. The copyright belongs to me and I like to know how they are being used. You'll notice that most of the personal photos I upload are scrawled over for that reason. I have found that this nearly always leads to interesting collaborations. If you have reached my bio because you are interested in a particular ancestor's photo then I'll happily send you a clean version with some detail about it.

Thanks

I have three main goals for findagrave:

1) to add quality memorials for all my direct ancestors, their children and any descendents where I can trace their burials (together with their spouses). These are my almost Yorkshire family, named because all 32 of my 3xGGrandparents were either born in Yorkshire or lived most of their lives in the county.
2) to collect & link the Wellocks in preparation for launching a one-name study. The Wellocks descend from just two men in the Craven area. I can prove my relationship to one, and one day hope to link the two.
3) to fully document the village churchyards close to my Mum's house in Yorkshire. So far I have completed Hessay & Nun Monkton and am part way through Moor Monkton and have a built up a reasonable knowledge of the families buried there.

But somehow, despite having set some goals, I just can't help getting "distracted" whenever I pass by or through a graveyard. In these cases I generally undertake some basic research in order to help connect up the memorials.

I've started to use flowers to indicate the importance of the various memorials I visit. The orange flower is for my direct ancestors, their children and their spouses. The yellow flower is for those who were born a Wellock, married a Wellock or are descended from a Wellock. the purple flower is for other memorials that I have set up or added to in some way.

I love to transfer the purple flower memorials to anyone who has the slightest connection or interest in them being grateful to see the memorial with someone who is interested in the memorial. I will happily transfer the orange flower memorials to anyone who has a closer relationship claim than I do. However, I will only transfer yellow flower memorials if you meet findagrave requirements to do so.

I appreciate being contacted about use elsewhere of any photo I upload. The copyright belongs to me and I like to know how they are being used. You'll notice that most of the personal photos I upload are scrawled over for that reason. I have found that this nearly always leads to interesting collaborations. If you have reached my bio because you are interested in a particular ancestor's photo then I'll happily send you a clean version with some detail about it.

Thanks