In every family there is one called to find and remember ancestors, to put flesh on their bones, to breathe life into their bodies, to tell their stories, to chronicle their entire story for this generation and future generations. (Author unknown)

∼My primary goals of service as a memorial contributor and manager are to accurately and lovingly preserve the memory of persons known to me, my family, or my friends, to link them to their family of origin, and to personalize their memorials with photos and relevant cited articles. Personal details, such as census data, will be listed on memorials to assist in future research. My intentions are to respect family and friends who are living or deceased.

∼To accurately create a memorial to properly honor someone is time consuming.

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Please...

***Provide documentation source for any and all edits.

***Honor my request on any new memorials I create "not to suggest edits, nor post any photos at this time." I will provide details at an appropriate time.

***All memorial transfers will be considered. Please state your relationship to the memorial for your ancestor, descendant, or relative. (Select "Suggest Edits", then "Notes" or "Contact Manager").

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Please...

--- Spell names correctly and match dates to official documents or headstone photos.

--- Include paragraph separations for biography.

--- Link memorials to the family of origin, and if possible, personalize with photos of the individual or headstone.

--- Post upright vivid and legible labeled photos. Note date and newspaper article sources! (Do not post duplications).

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I appreciate timely responses to messages I send and will attempt to respond in a timely manner to messages I receive.

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My appreciation to all Find-A-Grave volunteers who have taken and posted headstone pictures (especially LJB), facial photos, or articles of my family and friends, or who have made relevant edit requests (especially J. Norris). It is a pleasure working with you.

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Thank you.

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"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history".

-Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

A person dies twice: first, when physical death occurs, and second, when the person is no longer remembered by anyone.

"There is for each of us one breath between ourselves and eternity." Alistair Begg

"History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all." - Laurence Overmire

A birth certificates shows your birth, a death certificates shows your death, but photographs show you lived!

"Any good community needs to know how and why it started -- to preserve its history. If you don't preserve your history, you lose your identity." -- Steven Baird, living history educator and district historian for Klein Independent School District, Klein, TX. (2022)

It is amazing! EACH INDIVIDUAL has:

2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents

16 - 2G grandparents

32 - 3 G grandparents

64 - 4 G grandparents

128 - 5 G grandparents

256 - 6 G grandparents

512 - 7 G grandparents

1024 - 8 G grandparents

2048 - 9 G grandparents

4096 - 10 G grandparents!

How many can you identify by name?

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Upon my incapacity or death, I bequeath the management of the memorials in my care to Find-A-Grave volunteers:

1. MRM #49279038

2. emmc #47771579