I joined Find A Grave early this year (2012) in an attempt to find family member on my Mothers side of the family. My Mom is no longer able to speak to help me with our family tree d/t a stroke which led me to find out as much about her family as I can. It's strange the things that we take for granted until things suddenly change. So in an effort to help those that are in the same situation or that just want to find family is the reason I joined this site.