St. Louis, Missouri has been my home since birth though I lived 25 years in the Philadelphia, PA area. My Missouri family names are Stukenbrock, Grieshaber and Hogenmiller. My Springfield, Illinois families include Herndon, Reeves, Dunlap, Vance, and Maxcy. I have put my ancestors on FAG to acknowledge their existence and to allow others from my many branches to locate their ancestors as well.
Headstones in cemeteries are more than a decorative piece of artwork. They represent those who lay beneath them; their lives, whether long or short, good or bad, happy or sad. So I do my best to connect them to those they loved and held dearly to them to give a factual representation of their lives.
At this point I want to thank those who placed my relatives here before I found findagrave, but have been very kind to me when I asked for the transfer of those relatives.

I try to put as much information as possible on those that have passed recently and are of no relationship as I would for my own families. Those born before 1940 I try to locate on the census records to give their place of birth. In the St. Louis, MO area, unless it says "City," I put Missouri when it gives a generic "St. Louis;" St. Louis City and St. Louis County are 2 separate entities. From February, 2014 on, suggestions telling me where an individual is born in the "St. Louis" area will only be accepted and changed if it is from a family member. I do not care if it is on a funeral home website because people say "St. Louis, MO" generically because they include the whole metro area not thinking of FAG separation of the entities. If people want information changed or corrected, please do it under "suggest any other correction or addition" or email me. In order to make the change I feel I should have proof that information supplied is valid. Thank you.

2 June 2014 - Pet peeve. Photographers who add people's names to FAG when there is no date of death on the headstone and then those who do obituaries add them when they do pass without checking to see if that name has already been added in another fashion. It screws up the accuracy of the information on FAG for future researchers. Sometimes the one left behind may remarry and be buried with the 2nd spouse or may pass in another place and be buried in another area. FAG is getting to be nothing more than contributor's numbers-not doing a real
service for family researchers.

St. Louis, Missouri has been my home since birth though I lived 25 years in the Philadelphia, PA area. My Missouri family names are Stukenbrock, Grieshaber and Hogenmiller. My Springfield, Illinois families include Herndon, Reeves, Dunlap, Vance, and Maxcy. I have put my ancestors on FAG to acknowledge their existence and to allow others from my many branches to locate their ancestors as well.
Headstones in cemeteries are more than a decorative piece of artwork. They represent those who lay beneath them; their lives, whether long or short, good or bad, happy or sad. So I do my best to connect them to those they loved and held dearly to them to give a factual representation of their lives.
At this point I want to thank those who placed my relatives here before I found findagrave, but have been very kind to me when I asked for the transfer of those relatives.

I try to put as much information as possible on those that have passed recently and are of no relationship as I would for my own families. Those born before 1940 I try to locate on the census records to give their place of birth. In the St. Louis, MO area, unless it says "City," I put Missouri when it gives a generic "St. Louis;" St. Louis City and St. Louis County are 2 separate entities. From February, 2014 on, suggestions telling me where an individual is born in the "St. Louis" area will only be accepted and changed if it is from a family member. I do not care if it is on a funeral home website because people say "St. Louis, MO" generically because they include the whole metro area not thinking of FAG separation of the entities. If people want information changed or corrected, please do it under "suggest any other correction or addition" or email me. In order to make the change I feel I should have proof that information supplied is valid. Thank you.

2 June 2014 - Pet peeve. Photographers who add people's names to FAG when there is no date of death on the headstone and then those who do obituaries add them when they do pass without checking to see if that name has already been added in another fashion. It screws up the accuracy of the information on FAG for future researchers. Sometimes the one left behind may remarry and be buried with the 2nd spouse or may pass in another place and be buried in another area. FAG is getting to be nothing more than contributor's numbers-not doing a real
service for family researchers.