A few interesting facts:
~The English custom was never to mention a lady's name; hence: "Mrs. James Jones", or the "Wife of James Jones"
~Often a family surname is used as 2nd name: "James Smith Jones".
~For centuries the custom was NOT to mention someone's birthday! ~~ Only his/her (exact) age at death. that's why you see on old stones: "Aged 85 Years, 6 Months, 12 Days" or "Aged 85 y, 6 m, 12 d" We in 21st century in Find a Grave can fill in the birthdate as customs have changed.
~Dutch custom is to hyphenate a woman's maiden name to her surname: "Volten-Langewis".
~In Spanish speaking countries the surname of the mother is ALWAYS added to the name:
"Antonio Fernandez Velasquez". Velasquez is maiden name of the mother.
~Very confusing, as different countries have opposite customs.
One has to know the origin of a name to fill in the right name(s) in Find A Grave.
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Concerning my family photographs, and other "OLD black and white" family photographs of people that I have added to the site: If you use them for your own purpose, please give credit for whom the photo came from. I, myself have added "old, black and white" photos of people and, if I have gleaned the photo from an online source, I have given credit to the person who originally shared the photo (if available); (I'm not talking about photos from more recent obituaries that I've added.. since I've been a contributing member of Find A Grave) ... On the OLD black and white photos I have credited the person from whom the photo(s) came from in the comment section under the photograph. You should do the same, and this also includes if you use the photograph for other purposes, such as your own family tree or book, etc. The photos of cemetery stones, you are welcome to use those, with no credit asked.
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I add many "flowers" ... in most cases, I add a flower when I have some some sort of edit or have suggested an edit for memorials... so, If you see I've added a flower and it's not my own family, that is why.. just to document I've been to that memorial to do some type of editing and/or getting information from that particular memorial.
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I enjoy genealogy and the Find a Grave site. Myself and my family are from the northeast Missouri area, and, that's where most of my Find a Grave activity is centered. I believe Find a Grave is overall a great idea, and can be a good reference for people. There are pros an cons to the site, I do not like when people get rude about requests, and/or edits... I, myself, and most contributors are just trying to add the information they know, and make this site as accurate and complete as possible, and enjoy doing so. ... So, please be kind, thoughtful and treat other's on here as if you were face to face with them having a conversation. Let's face it, we have at least enjoying cemeteries in common! Let 's go from that and enjoy!

Any edits you would like, please do so by the automated system. Please have a way for me to contact you in case I have a question or concern about your edit request(s).

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact me through the "Suggest Other Corrections" option in the Edit page.

A few interesting facts:
~The English custom was never to mention a lady's name; hence: "Mrs. James Jones", or the "Wife of James Jones"
~Often a family surname is used as 2nd name: "James Smith Jones".
~For centuries the custom was NOT to mention someone's birthday! ~~ Only his/her (exact) age at death. that's why you see on old stones: "Aged 85 Years, 6 Months, 12 Days" or "Aged 85 y, 6 m, 12 d" We in 21st century in Find a Grave can fill in the birthdate as customs have changed.
~Dutch custom is to hyphenate a woman's maiden name to her surname: "Volten-Langewis".
~In Spanish speaking countries the surname of the mother is ALWAYS added to the name:
"Antonio Fernandez Velasquez". Velasquez is maiden name of the mother.
~Very confusing, as different countries have opposite customs.
One has to know the origin of a name to fill in the right name(s) in Find A Grave.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Concerning my family photographs, and other "OLD black and white" family photographs of people that I have added to the site: If you use them for your own purpose, please give credit for whom the photo came from. I, myself have added "old, black and white" photos of people and, if I have gleaned the photo from an online source, I have given credit to the person who originally shared the photo (if available); (I'm not talking about photos from more recent obituaries that I've added.. since I've been a contributing member of Find A Grave) ... On the OLD black and white photos I have credited the person from whom the photo(s) came from in the comment section under the photograph. You should do the same, and this also includes if you use the photograph for other purposes, such as your own family tree or book, etc. The photos of cemetery stones, you are welcome to use those, with no credit asked.
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I add many "flowers" ... in most cases, I add a flower when I have some some sort of edit or have suggested an edit for memorials... so, If you see I've added a flower and it's not my own family, that is why.. just to document I've been to that memorial to do some type of editing and/or getting information from that particular memorial.
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I enjoy genealogy and the Find a Grave site. Myself and my family are from the northeast Missouri area, and, that's where most of my Find a Grave activity is centered. I believe Find a Grave is overall a great idea, and can be a good reference for people. There are pros an cons to the site, I do not like when people get rude about requests, and/or edits... I, myself, and most contributors are just trying to add the information they know, and make this site as accurate and complete as possible, and enjoy doing so. ... So, please be kind, thoughtful and treat other's on here as if you were face to face with them having a conversation. Let's face it, we have at least enjoying cemeteries in common! Let 's go from that and enjoy!

Any edits you would like, please do so by the automated system. Please have a way for me to contact you in case I have a question or concern about your edit request(s).

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact me through the "Suggest Other Corrections" option in the Edit page.