Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.

I am a retired U. S. Military Veteran, with 39 years combined in the Army and Reserves. I live in Washington County, Arkansas, about 25 miles from where.I was born in my grandparents farmhouse that had no electricity or running water. I first became interested as a teen while following my mother and grandmother though the family/community cemetery, where 7 generations of my mother;s family is buried, and hearing their stories. A lot of the older graves were unmarked, or only marked with a field stone, and some marked graves are unreadable today, I hope to do my part to save their history. I went to elementary school in Fayetteville, 6th grade in a 2-room school, and junior and high school in Springdale.Family names that I follow/research are Bogan, Brooks, Carrigan, Guinn, Henson, Hobbs, Kinion, LeMaster, Osborn, Osburn, Paschal, Skelton, Smith, Stout, Tackett, and White. Please specify your relationship when requesting transfers.Find-A-Grave Policy on Transfers:
"Memorials are transferred for relatives with these close relationships: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin. This would include adoptive, step and in-law versions of these relationships." Keep in mind that the original contributor may also be related to the memorial and may not want to make the transfer. I would also consider a transfer to close friends or if they are a father/mother-in-law. I am always happy to make corrections and add links or obits when asked. How do we add a link from one memorial to another? a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=XXXXXXX"Name /aRemember TRUE genealogists help one another. Good Hunting.....
Some References used:
AR DEATH CERTIFICATES 1914-1969 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61777/
MO DEATH CERTIFICATES 1910-1972
VETERAN MEMORIALS http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/

Thousands of important historical records are lost to today's researchers due to the fact that there are those who won't put them up on such sites as FG - unless the marker can be found today; ignoring the fact that tornadoes, theft or removal, vandalism, damage from unrestrained farm animals, desecration due to agricultural development/usage/abuse and other such factors, (including re-internment at a different cemetery) may well have intervened over the years, and the marker the entry relied upon may indeed not be found today. Nevertheless, the value of submitting this memorial as a historical record is relevant and important to those who are tracing their ancestry.

I am a retired U. S. Military Veteran, with 39 years combined in the Army and Reserves. I live in Washington County, Arkansas, about 25 miles from where.I was born in my grandparents farmhouse that had no electricity or running water. I first became interested as a teen while following my mother and grandmother though the family/community cemetery, where 7 generations of my mother;s family is buried, and hearing their stories. A lot of the older graves were unmarked, or only marked with a field stone, and some marked graves are unreadable today, I hope to do my part to save their history. I went to elementary school in Fayetteville, 6th grade in a 2-room school, and junior and high school in Springdale.Family names that I follow/research are Bogan, Brooks, Carrigan, Guinn, Henson, Hobbs, Kinion, LeMaster, Osborn, Osburn, Paschal, Skelton, Smith, Stout, Tackett, and White. Please specify your relationship when requesting transfers.Find-A-Grave Policy on Transfers:
"Memorials are transferred for relatives with these close relationships: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin. This would include adoptive, step and in-law versions of these relationships." Keep in mind that the original contributor may also be related to the memorial and may not want to make the transfer. I would also consider a transfer to close friends or if they are a father/mother-in-law. I am always happy to make corrections and add links or obits when asked. How do we add a link from one memorial to another? a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=XXXXXXX"Name /aRemember TRUE genealogists help one another. Good Hunting.....
Some References used:
AR DEATH CERTIFICATES 1914-1969 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61777/
MO DEATH CERTIFICATES 1910-1972
VETERAN MEMORIALS http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/