I've been researching my family history and ancestry since 2015, working on it almost every day.

I am happy to transfer any memorials I may have of your relatives. Please keep in mind however that most of the memorials I manage at any given time will be related to me as well. I don't believe that the FindAGrave guidelines for how distant transfers don't have to be made is large enough - it should go back another 2 or 3 generations in my opinion - covering up to 2nd cousin distance maybe even further. Quite frankly if the memorial manager has no relation to the deceased and a person whom is related requests for management - they should be effectively forced to transfer in my opinion. There's absolutely no reason someone whom has no relation to the deceased needs to hold on to the memorial when someone is asking for it.

I accept transfers of all memorials, including those of fallen gravers. If you decide you no longer want to maintain your records, please transfer them to someone who has an active account and is willing to take over those records. I am one of those people. Please notify me prior if possible for these cases, as I may ask that you send it to my 2nd account instead.

If I happen to ask for any memorial transfers they will ALWAYS be relatives of mine/the family's. When it comes to ancestry related things like memorials on FindAGrave and Ancestry pages I'm the main person they contact.

I often request management of memorials "in bulk" i.e. many at once. I do apologize if it seems like I am "spamming you".

*Please note: This list is just a few of MANY. It would take ages listing them all.*

Direct family surnames: Pendelton, Robinson, Owens, Johnson, Knapp, Tompkins, Cole, Cullen, Cooper, Lemak, Zakon, LaRegina, VanVlack, Piraino, Smalley, Reed, Schoonmaker, Conner, Horton, Miller, Ajita, Di Fiore, D'Agostino, Basile, Salimeno, Clark, (Cross?), Hauver, Beaton, Zeeb, and many many more.

Cousin surnames: Alberg, Ladensack, Evans, Birdsong, Thomas, Perrotta, Newkirk, Declair, Berardi, Szabo, Piotti, Perry, Cappo, Fusaro, Moretti, Gallo, Renzo and many many more.

I can do photo requests however I don't go to the cemetery's very often. The ones I do visit the most are Saint Peters Cemetery and Pleasant Valley Cemetery. I've been to Calvary Cemetery and Poughkeepsie Rural, but I don't know the way around as much as the other 2. Please provide a section/plot number if possible. You can normally find this information out by calling the cemetery and give them the name of the individual you are looking for.

Photo Requests I submit: Please don't worry too much about getting them in. If they're outside of the state of NY and don't have any note/message on them then it's likely just a random memorial I came across with no profile image and wanted to put in a request so somebody whom is related to the deceased may have the photo for their records.

There are some memorials that I do manage/have created as I happened to come across the person either by them being on the same page of a newspaper of someone related to me, or just randomly. If I am not related to the person, I'd be more than happy to transfer the memorial given you are actually related to the individual. If it's somebody I am related to, I'd be more than happy to transfer the memorial to you if you are of closer relation than I am to the deceased.

(For memorials related to me only) However - I ask that you actually have a need for requesting the memorial. If it's just to add information or pictures - you can add that information to the bio and pictures on the memorial without having management of it. I do verify changes prior to accepting them to prevent misinformation from being added and have yet to decline a single suggestion made to memorials I have.

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