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Comment by Rebecca Poertner on July 26, 2009 at 3:11pm

For Joyce Garrott - I have 3 ways I can read old markers; 1 is to try with just a spray mist of water; 2 is put a sheet of aluminum foil over the marker front and rub with a rag or even a school eraser; 3 is to use a light coloured chalk (don't use the Hot Pink or the Blue) and rub GENTLY over the marker. Then, take your school eraser (chalkboard eraser) and act like you are erasing the chalk off the marker. It actually smooths out the chalk and makes the marker easier to read. Lighter colours come off easier when it rains than the bright colours. The school eraser also will clean off the marker a little bit from the mold, litchens, etc. without adding any water. You'll be surprised how great this works.

Comment by Kitty Whitlock on July 26, 2009 at 2:57pm

To Pat Wilkerson, what is your website for Taney Co.? I have a number of relatives there and not sure where they are all buried.

Comment by Pat Wilkerson on July 26, 2009 at 2:26pm

I joined FAG some time ago, and through FAG requests, I met people in our county that were transcribing and taking photos of county cemeteries. The group is a part of the White River Valley Historical Society, Cemetery hoppers. We meet at least once a month, bring water and soft scrub brushes and clean stones, transcribe them for a spreadsheet, take photos, have a picnic lunch, or just sandwiches, and make a day of it. When we are done, we end up putting the info on FAG, and also saving the info for our own website. As a group effort, we are attempting to visit every cemetery in Taney County, Mo. A great way to make new friends that have the same interests as you do.

Comment by Kitty Whitlock on July 26, 2009 at 11:36am

I love FAG. I've only been a member for 3 months but have found a number of stones for relatives. I now live on the West Coast and my family is in MD. & VA. I went this week to fulfill 4 requests on an old cemetery and was disappointed that I could only do 2. So many graves aren't marked and there is no record. So I spent 2 mornings taking a lot of pictures and recording as much as I could.

Comment by Lindy Chauvin Parrish on July 26, 2009 at 10:16am

I haveonly used FindAGrave for the last three days and already I have been rewarded far beyond what I could have expected. Thanks to the volunteers of FindAGrave, you are all awesome!

Comment by Sue Lederer Geiger on July 26, 2009 at 9:58am

Wow! I want to thank Find A Grave volunteer Jane Ann Pennington in Cass County,Missouri. Less than twenty-four hours from making my request,I had photos of the graves of Morgan Dryden, his wife Sarah McKnight Dryden,and two of their children.This gave me a birthdate for Sarah,my 2nd great aunt,that I hadn't known.I live in California,and it's doubtful that I could have ventured to western Missouri myself. So I joined the group of Find A Grave Fans, and I will sign up to assist people who can't get to my part of the world.

Comment by Joyce Garrott on July 26, 2009 at 9:31am

Yes, Luanne that was a great story. You were wonderful not to be too busy to help them. God bless you. But most of the FAG volunteers are like that and I am very proud I am one of those volunteers. Think we all have a passion for what we do and are willing to go the extra mile for anyone.

Comment by Charlie Vines on July 26, 2009 at 8:11am

Luanne, Great story, thanks for sharing it with us.

Comment by Luanne Kenney Shaw on July 26, 2009 at 7:01am

I had quite an experience the other day. I stopped at the National Cemetery in Dayton to fill a photo request. As I pulled up to the section, I noticed a car and 2 people actually in the row I needed with a camera. I had once before run into a Find A Grave person so I thought I had found another one.
Turned out it was a daughter with her elderly father. They were searching for his great-grandfathers grave from the Civil War that he had visited when he was very young. The daughter stopped me and asked if I could help, they didn't know which way the rows went etc. It felt good that I could help as it had been quite a lesson for me to learn my way around that cemetery years ago. She told me the location, and said she then went into the office to confirm she had it right. She was in section 1 as they had instructed her. They had been searching for sometime and were very tired, so I went over to the exact place and it wasn't his stone. I looked around for awhile and left them still searching.
I went and got what I had come for and then went up to the office find their location. Sure enough it was wrong they wanted section i not 1 so I went back to them just as they were going to leave. It turns out they were here from over in Indiana and the daughter had taken her father at his request to a few cemeteries that he had remembered going to so long ago. I gave her the new section # and started to leave. It then dawned on me they would still have to search when they got around to the new section which was up a hill, so I went over and found the stone (took a picture of it - of course) and was waiting when they arrived. It made them very happy as he found the stone.
What a great feeling to help someone else!!!!!

Comment by Cindy Johnston Sorley on July 25, 2009 at 9:01pm

Frustration today.....I have found six relatives this past month or so with wrong information on the dates. It is right on their grave and the person put it in wrong. I wrote the people and none have corrected them...then I did an edit for Find a Grave to do and alas.... ten days later... no fix... I am very very frustrated on this

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