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| name = Find A Grave
| logo = Find a Grave logo.png
| url = {{url|https://www.findagrave.com/}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Online database
| registration = Optional
| language = English
| owner = Ancestry.com
| editor = Jim Tipton
| alexa = {{DecreasePositive}} 5,231 ({{as of|2018|10|13|alt=October 2018}})[1]
| launch date = 1998
| current status = Active
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Find A Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com. It receives and uploads digital photographs of headstones from burial sites, taken by unpaid volunteers at cemeteries. Find A Grave then posts the photo on its website.

History

The site was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident Jim Tipton (born in Alma, Michigan) to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities.[2] He later added an online forum.[3] Find A Grave was launched as a commercial entity in 1998, first as a trade name[4] and then incorporated in 2000.[5][6] The site later expanded to include graves of non-celebrities, in order to allow online visitors to pay respect to their deceased relatives or friends.[7][8]

In 2013, Tipton sold Find A Grave to Ancestry.com, saying that the genealogy company had "been linking and driving traffic to the site for several years. Burial information is a wonderful source for people researching their family history." In a September 30, 2013, press release, Ancestry.com officials said they would "launch a new mobile app, improve customer support, [and] introduce an enhanced edit system for submitting updates to memorials, foreign-language support, and other site improvements."[9]

{{As of|2017|10}}, Find A Grave contained over 165 million burial records and 75 million photos.[9][10]

In March 2017, a beta website for a redesigned Find A Grave was launched at gravestage.com.[11][12] Public feedback was mixed.[13] Sometime between May 29 and July 10 of that year, the beta website was migrated to new.findagrave.com,[14][15] and a new front end for it was deployed at beta.findagrave.com. In November 2017, the new site became live and the old site was deprecated. On August 20, 2018, the original Find a Grave website was retired.[16]

Content and features

The website contains listings of cemeteries and graves from around the world. American cemeteries are organized by state and county, and many cemetery records contain Google Maps (with GPS coordinates supplied by contributors) and photographs of the cemeteries and gravesites. Individual grave records may contain dates and places of birth and death, biographical information, cemetery and plot information, photographs (of the grave marker, the individual, etc.), and contributor information.[17]

Interment listings are added by individuals,[18] genealogical societies,[19] and other institutions such as the International Wargraves Photography Project.[20]

Contributors must register as members to submit listings, called memorials, on the site. The submitter becomes the manager of the listing but may transfer management. Only the current manager of a listing may edit it, although any member may use the site's features to send correction requests to the listing's manager. Managers may add links to other listings of deceased spouses, parents, and siblings for genealogical purposes.

Any member may also add photographs and notations to individual listings; notations may include images of flowers, flags, religious or other symbols, and often include a message of sympathy or condolence. Members may post requests for photos of a specific grave; these requests will be automatically sent to other members who have registered their location as being near that grave.[21]

Although it does not ask permission from immediate family members before uploading the photos, it will remove and take down photos or a URL for a deceased loved one at the request of an immediate family member.[22]

Find A Grave also maintains lists of memorials of famous persons by their "claim to fame", such as Medal of Honor recipients,[23] religious figures,[24] and educators.[25] Find A Grave exercises editorial control over these listings.[26]

See also

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  • Canadian Headstones
  • Interment.net
  • United States National Cemetery System's nationwide gravesite locator
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Tombstone tourist

References

Citations

1. ^{{cite web |title=Findagrave.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/findagrave.com |website=www.alexa.com |accessdate=13 October 2018 |language=en}}
2. ^{{cite web |year=2007 |url=https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/1 |title=Find A Grave member: Jim Tipton |publisher=Ancestry.com |website=Find a Grave |accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Maynard |first=Meleah |title=Grave Matters: Minnesota's dead are only a click away |newspaper=City Pages |location=Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota |pages= |publisher=Star Tribune Media Company LLC |date=February 16, 2000 |url=http://www.citypages.com/2000-02-16/books/grave-matters/ |accessdate=September 8, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928200532/http://www.citypages.com/2000-02-16/books/grave-matters/ |archivedate=September 28, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=2442925-0151 |publisher=Utah Secretary of State |title=Entity No. 2442925-0151 |accessdate=November 11, 2011 |date=1998 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119082706/https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=2442925-0151 |archivedate=January 19, 2012}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=4729413-0143 |publisher=Utah Secretary of State |title=Entity No. 4729413-0143 |date=2000 |accessdate=November 11, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406120559/https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=4729413-0143 |archivedate=April 6, 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |publisher=Delaware Department of State |title=Division of Corporations Entity File No. 3168328 |date=2000 |accessdate=November 11, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035421/https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |archivedate=July 21, 2011}}
7. ^{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Lauren |author-link= |title=Tracking Down Relatives, Visiting Graves Virtually |work= |date=March 14, 2010 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124671879 |accessdate=September 28, 2011 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Public Radio |quote="At some point, I said, 'I am sick of drawing the lines of who is famous and who isn't. I'm just going to accept everyone,' " Tipton says.}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/list-faqs?faqkeyword=famous#question-1743-259 |title=Find A Grave FAQ: What can I include in a non-famous bio?|website=Find a Grave |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
9. ^1 {{cite web |title=Ancestry.com Acquires Find A Grave |url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/30/ancestry-com-acquires-find-a-grave/?hootPostID=4138bfc02be3bbeec497222fbff15920 |publisher=Ancestry.com |website=Ancestry.com |accessdate=October 1, 2013}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/ |title=Find A Grave |publisher=Ancestry.com |website=Find a Grave |accessdate=September 12, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestryinsider.org/2017/03/the-new-and-improved-find-grave-shown.html |title=The New and Improved Find A Grave Shown at #RootsTech |publisher=The Ancestry Insider |date=March 23, 2017 |accessdate=April 9, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gravestage.com/ |title=Find A Grave |website=gravestage.com |publisher=Ancestry.com |location= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529233059/https://www.gravestage.com/ |archivedate=May 29, 2017 |deadurl= |accessdate=August 10, 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestryinsider.org/2017/04/monday-mailbox-find-grave.html |title=Monday Mailbox: Find A Grave |date=April 3, 2017 |publisher=The Ancestry Insider |accessdate=August 10, 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2017/07/find-grave-same-and-yet-different.html |title=Find A Grave – the same and yet different!|date=July 10, 2017|website=UpFront with NGS|publisher=National Genealogical Society|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}
15. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/07/dear-randy-how-do-i-post-find-grave.html|title=Dear Randy: How Do I Post a Find A Grave Hint on Ancestry.com?|author="bgwiehle"|date=July 20, 2017|website=Genea-Musings|publisher=Randall J. Seaver|accessdate=August 10, 2017|quote=BETA is live and running in parallel with the old site. Now is the time for visitors and memorial owners to help test and improve the site.}}
16. ^1 {{cite web|date=August 20, 2018 |accessdate=September 3, 2018 |title=Original Find A Grave (1995-2018)|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192415894/original_find_a_grave|website=Find a Grave}}
17. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/list-faqs| publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find A Grave | title=Find A Grave Help}}
18. ^{{Cite news | last=Loudon | first=Bennett J. |title=Civil War history carved in stone in Pittsford | newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle | location= | pages= | publisher=Gannett Company | date=August 30, 2011 | url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110902/NEWS05/109020312 | accessdate=September 28, 2011}}
19. ^{{Cite news | last=Moody | first=Sharon Tate|title=Find A Grave can shorten the search | newspaper=The Tampa Tribune | location= | pages= |publisher=Tampa Media Group | date=January 24, 2010 | url=http://www2.tbo.com/lifestyles/life/2010/jan/24/tr-find-a-grave-can-shorten-the-search-ar-52374/ | quote=The entries with tombstone photographs obviously are reliable, but if the entry is based only on a paper record of the interment (without a photograph), it's easy to mistype the date, so you're bound to find errors. | accessdate=December 28, 2011}}
20. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/46770518 | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | title=Find A Grave member: International Wargraves Photography Project | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
21. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/list-faqs#question-1749-289 | title=Find A Grave Help: How do I request a grave photo? | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
22. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=listFaqs#65 How do I delete a photo?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061238/https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=listFaqs#65|date=February 2, 2017}} {{failed verification|date=November 2017}}
23. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/claim-to-fame/28 | title=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor Recipients | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
24. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/claim-to-fame/16 | title=Claim to Fame: Religious figures | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
25. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/claim-to-fame/20 | title=Claim to Fame: Educators | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}
26. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/list-faqs#question-1745-252 | title=What are the standards for a famous Bio? | publisher=Ancestry.com | website=Find a Grave | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2017}}

Sources

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  • {{cite news |last=King |first=Peter |title = Tip: Find a Grave has info you're dying to know |newspaper=Newsday |location=Melville, New York |publisher=Cablevision |date=October 2, 2009 |url = http://www.newsday.com/business/retirement/tip-find-a-grave-has-info-you-re-dying-to-know-1.1471344 |accessdate=September 28, 2011 }}{{Registration required}}
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External links

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