Genealogical researcher for over 15 years.

Fan of cats, solving puzzles, connecting historical dots, and brightly-colored recreational calories.

If I have submitted edits for a memorial you manage, they have been documented on familysearch.org.

ONGOING SPECIAL PROJECT:

Documenting the underserved and historically significant Beth Hamedrash Hagodol-Beth Jacob cemetery. The goal is to provide a photo, plot, and gps, and where possible, birth and death information, a meaningful biography, inscriptions with translations and to connect each person with their family members.

PROJECT STATUS:

• 15 Dec 2025: Pinpoint GPS on 90.2% of memorials.
• 08 Nov 2025: Pinpoint GPS on 81.7% of memorials.
• 10 Sep 2025: Pinpoint GPS on 71% of memorials.
• 02 Aug 2025: Pinpoint GPS on 65% of memorials.
• 03 Jul 2025: Pinpoint GPS now on 50% of memorials.
• 01 Jun 2025: I am in the process of adding pinpoint GPS to the memorials, accurate to within 1 foot. The pre-existing consumer-grade coordinates are off by as much as 15 feet.
• 13 May 2025: 81% photographed, 78% with gps. 3697 memorials. (majority of new are children with no monument/marker.)
• 20 May 2024: 88% photographed, 85% with gps. 3402 memorials.
• 28 Feb 2023: 90% photographed, 88% with gps. 3290 memorials.
• 01 Nov 2022: 30% photographed, 3% with gps. 3118 memorials.

SUMMARY:

Photos taken and posted for 99% of graves. (Approx. 4000 images; includes multiple angles for larger monuments, and inscription details).

• 89 duplicate memorials have been identified and merged.
• 43 known missing memorials (illegible or missing markers, Hebrew-only inscriptions) remain to be identified and added.
• Reshoots for poor quality images (lighting/shadows, technical mishaps, cropping, etc.) as time and weather permit.