Active August 2026

Joined December 22, 2011, CE

"Death is as much a miracle as birth." -unknown

"Everything dies. Even the mountains." -me

Helping to fill gaps in data, finding connections and adding photographs to memorials where I can.

Thanks to all who have already made memorials in my search for family.

https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/

Death Certificates- Each person's life is condensed to a single page. Sometimes fascinating, typically modest, but never boring.

"We don't "own" the memorials we manage - they are not ours. We may create them, we may update them, we may transfer them to others - we are but stewards. They are Find A Grave memorials of human beings, departed. They are not "friends" on a social media network website to be collected like baseball trading cards. And there's no prize for the one who dies with the most.

The reward (for me) comes from maintaining the most accurate and dignified memorials I can. What we record becomes history, and a record in someone else's family tree. We have a responsibility to do a good job of it. It's a privilege and honor." -Copied from a fellow graver. (who copied it from another fellow graver)

Note- Anybody has the "power" to rotate a wonky photo on a memorial, even if you didn't put it there yourself. Just click on the photo and rotate it in the correct position.