September 2023- One of my projects is to correct burial entries in the 3 cemeteries in Marshfield, WI. Gate of Heaven, Hillside and Immanuel Lutheran. There are many mistakes in the cemeteries indexes. This means dates, misspellings, wrong names, missing/unrecorded burials, etc. When I am done I hope to work with others to coordinate FAG with the indexes.

Feb 2022: One of the best reason for doing FAG----
"I was wondering if you would mind if I maintained Dorothy's Find A Grave page. She is my mother. I have been trying to see if there was a memorial for her for years and just found yours tonight!
Before her death, she was very clear that she wanted to be cremated and her ashes scattered in Door County (she loved the county!) My father and brother took her ashes up one weekend (they were living in the Chicago area; I was in Virginia with my husband and children at the time) and both felt strongly that they couldn't scatter her ashes, so they found a burial site for her but my brother couldn't remember where it was and my dad passed in 1994 so I can't ask him anymore."
I really appreciate your setting up this page. Thanks for considering me to monitor her page.
All my best,
Patricia

People have noted that I am all over the country with my pictures. My husband was working for a world-wide company that allowed for me to travel with him all over the United States and Canada. I have a government job that takes me all over Wisconsin plus a few other places.

Oct 2018: a couple of annoying requests-- People who request everything that is in the link to be repeated in the INSCRIPTION field. FAG says "The inscription field is to be used for words, phrases, or sentences that are found on the headstone other than the person's name or birth and death dates. Examples of these would be "Loving mother", "Here my love lies", "Served in Company 212", etc."
Adding "Pictures" of obits, death certificates, etc. FAG says The biography is to be about the memorialized person with preference to an original biography. If a cause of death is included, it is to be short and to the point, and as shown on the death certificate. The bio must NOT look like a case file. (Example: I will not add lists of census records.) GRAPHIC bios are not acceptable.
People have added these things to my links without asking. If you want to post something--Take the time to retype or cut/paste a NARRATIVE. Also, please credit the original source.

Stillborn Babies: Sillborn babies do not have a BIRTH date.

Nov 2015: A bit about manners and rudeness. We all make mistakes. Sometimes people like me who adds thousand of names just to be helpful can only go by the info on the tombstone. A couple of e-mails I have gotten in the recent past went like this:

Kathleen, I'm writing to ask you if you would kindly delete this memorial for -------. I had checked to see if one was made shortly before you made yours and there was none. So I did extended work on his whole family here in Connecticut then returned to "Henry" and made his a few weeks later. When "Bulldog", the photographer who took the gravestone photos for my memorial pointed out today that there was another one already made, I didn't know what to do but write and explain the situation. I hope you understand. Thank you and God bless you for all your work on findagrave.

Another went like this: I recently created a FAG link for my family. I see you created a link 2 years ago. You will remove your "duplicate" immediately so that I can keep mine.

Guess which request I honored?

Pictures: I am sure it is safe to say that the majority of us picture takers are amateurs. This means that sometimes we don't always get the best pictures--- Weather, bad stones, bad timing, just plain bad luck. If I get a picture that is better than yours please don't be offended as I am not offended if someone gets a better one than mine. To me it is just like editing a name or date. We want the best we can get.
I don't set out to duplicate pictures. I take hundreds of pictures at one time and worry about duplicates after I get home.

This is a hobby, I don't think anyone gets paid (If you do--let me know how!) This is suppose to be fun. Too much griping, insults, etc. will only discourage people from doing this. Newbies will make mistakes. I will check a person's profile to determine how to respond. I need this service and hope you do, too.

I have been deeply involved in Genealogy for over 30 years including teaching, doing workshops and running a Family History Center.

Please feel free to use my photos anyway you want. I believe in sharing. No special request is needed.

The EDIT button is a fantastic tool.
Feel free to ask for transfers within reasonable family relationships. Except for my own family I have no special attachment to the 1000's of photos I have taken. I think the comedian Rodney Dangerfield said "Take them, PLEASE, they're mine!"

2017: I have started being more cautious about some transfers as too many "friends, neighbors, organizations, etc" were contacting me. FAG rules say immediate family. Cousins (removed and in-laws of), grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. past 3-4 generations should not be considered "Immediate family". Some have tried to tell me that the FAG transfer rules have changed. I contacted and FAG and they said "NO".
DO NOT MAKE TRANSFERS TO ME THAT I DO NOT REQUEST!!!! Placing an EDIT is NOT a request for a TRANSFER.

Recently, I made an observation--Delete and Deliver both begin with "de" which explains why when I am tired I may hit the wrong one so if I don't respond or make an edit try again. I also noted that other words begin with "de" like dementia, demented, delusional and delirium, which explains the rest of me.

September 2023- One of my projects is to correct burial entries in the 3 cemeteries in Marshfield, WI. Gate of Heaven, Hillside and Immanuel Lutheran. There are many mistakes in the cemeteries indexes. This means dates, misspellings, wrong names, missing/unrecorded burials, etc. When I am done I hope to work with others to coordinate FAG with the indexes.

Feb 2022: One of the best reason for doing FAG----
"I was wondering if you would mind if I maintained Dorothy's Find A Grave page. She is my mother. I have been trying to see if there was a memorial for her for years and just found yours tonight!
Before her death, she was very clear that she wanted to be cremated and her ashes scattered in Door County (she loved the county!) My father and brother took her ashes up one weekend (they were living in the Chicago area; I was in Virginia with my husband and children at the time) and both felt strongly that they couldn't scatter her ashes, so they found a burial site for her but my brother couldn't remember where it was and my dad passed in 1994 so I can't ask him anymore."
I really appreciate your setting up this page. Thanks for considering me to monitor her page.
All my best,
Patricia

People have noted that I am all over the country with my pictures. My husband was working for a world-wide company that allowed for me to travel with him all over the United States and Canada. I have a government job that takes me all over Wisconsin plus a few other places.

Oct 2018: a couple of annoying requests-- People who request everything that is in the link to be repeated in the INSCRIPTION field. FAG says "The inscription field is to be used for words, phrases, or sentences that are found on the headstone other than the person's name or birth and death dates. Examples of these would be "Loving mother", "Here my love lies", "Served in Company 212", etc."
Adding "Pictures" of obits, death certificates, etc. FAG says The biography is to be about the memorialized person with preference to an original biography. If a cause of death is included, it is to be short and to the point, and as shown on the death certificate. The bio must NOT look like a case file. (Example: I will not add lists of census records.) GRAPHIC bios are not acceptable.
People have added these things to my links without asking. If you want to post something--Take the time to retype or cut/paste a NARRATIVE. Also, please credit the original source.

Stillborn Babies: Sillborn babies do not have a BIRTH date.

Nov 2015: A bit about manners and rudeness. We all make mistakes. Sometimes people like me who adds thousand of names just to be helpful can only go by the info on the tombstone. A couple of e-mails I have gotten in the recent past went like this:

Kathleen, I'm writing to ask you if you would kindly delete this memorial for -------. I had checked to see if one was made shortly before you made yours and there was none. So I did extended work on his whole family here in Connecticut then returned to "Henry" and made his a few weeks later. When "Bulldog", the photographer who took the gravestone photos for my memorial pointed out today that there was another one already made, I didn't know what to do but write and explain the situation. I hope you understand. Thank you and God bless you for all your work on findagrave.

Another went like this: I recently created a FAG link for my family. I see you created a link 2 years ago. You will remove your "duplicate" immediately so that I can keep mine.

Guess which request I honored?

Pictures: I am sure it is safe to say that the majority of us picture takers are amateurs. This means that sometimes we don't always get the best pictures--- Weather, bad stones, bad timing, just plain bad luck. If I get a picture that is better than yours please don't be offended as I am not offended if someone gets a better one than mine. To me it is just like editing a name or date. We want the best we can get.
I don't set out to duplicate pictures. I take hundreds of pictures at one time and worry about duplicates after I get home.

This is a hobby, I don't think anyone gets paid (If you do--let me know how!) This is suppose to be fun. Too much griping, insults, etc. will only discourage people from doing this. Newbies will make mistakes. I will check a person's profile to determine how to respond. I need this service and hope you do, too.

I have been deeply involved in Genealogy for over 30 years including teaching, doing workshops and running a Family History Center.

Please feel free to use my photos anyway you want. I believe in sharing. No special request is needed.

The EDIT button is a fantastic tool.
Feel free to ask for transfers within reasonable family relationships. Except for my own family I have no special attachment to the 1000's of photos I have taken. I think the comedian Rodney Dangerfield said "Take them, PLEASE, they're mine!"

2017: I have started being more cautious about some transfers as too many "friends, neighbors, organizations, etc" were contacting me. FAG rules say immediate family. Cousins (removed and in-laws of), grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. past 3-4 generations should not be considered "Immediate family". Some have tried to tell me that the FAG transfer rules have changed. I contacted and FAG and they said "NO".
DO NOT MAKE TRANSFERS TO ME THAT I DO NOT REQUEST!!!! Placing an EDIT is NOT a request for a TRANSFER.

Recently, I made an observation--Delete and Deliver both begin with "de" which explains why when I am tired I may hit the wrong one so if I don't respond or make an edit try again. I also noted that other words begin with "de" like dementia, demented, delusional and delirium, which explains the rest of me.