Just a guy :)


Researching Abbott, Hernandez, Smith, Zywicki, Yerex.

If you see errors in my memorials, make sure to send me an edit that I missed.

Why I created a thousand memorials? Good question, dude.

When you click on my memorials added page, you see that the recent memorials that I created are people from New Zealand. I don't live in New Zealand actually, but I get data from Legacy.com. When you scroll on the Smiths you can see I created a whole bunch of smiths. Pretty cool right! I have been to many cemeteries in El Paso, Texas.

The cemeteries I recently visited in El Paso:

Restlawn Memorial Park; where famous Joe Castillo and Margaret DuPont are buried.
Fort Bliss National Cemetery; I have been visiting there since 2025 and I still gotten the new one of the memorials that I created there were signified as delisted off. I had to remake the memorials to create them.

Well I list records from newspapers from Texas sometimes and when "Jr" is added, this signifies they have the same name of their father. I have transcribed several cemeteries in New Zealand, Australia, and Mexico. Well shout out to FAG member Favian Mondragón contributor 49836943 for all the help on transcribing!
Favian, if you seen my profile before, it would be a pleasure that you could add more photos for the community to transcribe!

When you are creating a memorial, please add the birth places and death places if one of those are listed worldwide to many. Say if you were creating a memorial for someone named John Smith, and he was born in Paragould, Arkansas, and the birth place is blank on the memorial even though the obituary is posting the birth places and death places, please don't forget that. Or if John died somewhere possibly in Texas or something, don't forget that to if it's listed publicly. I usually forget to do those steps sometimes. You should NOT transcribe photos the bad way. If you were new to FAG, you could see the button "transcribe" on top. Then you should NOT type in your real name though. If you do that, people would message you "Hey" and that would be a bad decision to do. So do not do that unless you're new.

You can use my pictures for courtesies or other data and it's ok.

If you want a memorial that you transcribed before, please let me know.

Feel free to add flowers to my cat: #304546069 is the memorial ID that will take you to my 9-year-old cat.

Most of the memorials I created aren't related to me, so feel free to message me for transfers. I gotchu :)

When you are adding a memorial, be sure to see if the person has a Jr, Sr, I, II, III, IV, V, or VI.

The suffix "Jr." is used only while the father is still alive. Once the father passes away, the son may drop the "Jr." or keep it to avoid confusion with his late father's records. The suffix "Sr." is used frequently for people that are from United States of America or Canada, but their ancestors heavily rely due to the naming system.

I focus on hard work and courage to find a US obituary around 20 states, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, or Texas, all in one place.


The things that I love is reading, playing, working out, jogging, running, walking, lifting weights, and being an avid reader on such useful data. I also love playing with my one cat cuz my other cat passed away and I have been an avid graver. I also like looking up family trees of famous people around the world too!


Great news!! Grave Wanderer OFFICIAL is coming soon on January 29, 2027! New memorials, new updates!


Feel free to add flowers to my grandma Roselyn Marie Grecula Fortner. Memorial ID is 306181746. Just simply type or copy & paste it and it will take you to my grandma's page.


Feel free to add flowers to my beloved cat Brody. Memorial ID is 304546069. Just simply type or copy & paste it and it will take you to my cat's page. He is also on my profile picture too!


Feel free to add flowers to beloved Dolly Parton. Memorial ID is 306001973. Just simply type or copy & paste it and it will take you to Parton's page. Dolly Parton died August 2026 and it was very sad. I miss the beloved Dolly. You can visit her theme park in Tennessee.


My calico cat Squeak is still living, but I get to play with her all the time.




"Grave Wanderer" is my main name because I love being a historian and being a genealogist.


I enjoy reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid books in my house when I am bored. Greg Heffley is my favorite character in the books.


Be happy, be kind, respect y'all's property and treat others the way you want to be treated with TRUSTWORTHY!!!!


Don't give up, brah.Try y'all's best and y'all be happy.


I'm happy to help transfer memorials too—but remember, I don't see messages right away.




I like tracing my family history for cemeteries to help people find their loved one. It is peaceful and encouraging to walk around in a peaceful space.

I currently reside on the south end of New Mexico.

Please do not post death certificates on my memorials. It is so peaceful outside to walk in a peaceful area. Find a Grave is the best website that you can search for people who passed away to HONOR THOSE WE LOST!!! ❤️


Other good reads:
LA's Graveside Companion by Steve Goldstein
Hollywood Remains to Be Seen by Mark Masek


Fun fact: I have two cats named Brody and Squeak.


Fun fact: My hamster, Ash, passed away from old age around 2019 or 2020.


Fun fact: The cat in my profile picture is Brody. He is a Siamese. Squeak is a calico, but that is usually a breed and a color at the same time. Feels complicated!


Acknowledgments & special thanks to:


Susie Schwab
Jessica Wahl
Karie Bible
Giuseppe Vasapolli
Matthew D. Wittmer
John & Betty Lamb
Chapel of the Pines & DL
Robert Satterfield
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Noelle Berman
The Colvig Family
The Chandler Family



I have a very big family tree growing. It is full of nuts.


Remember the King of Pop? He was amazing. If you don't know him, his name is Michael Jackson and he earned several awards for being the king of pop, and famously making the moonwalk and his special thanks to friends and fans around the world to celebrate his anniversary of being the first man to do the moonwalk. On Wikipedia, you can look him up if you don't know him.


I create cenotaphs that are nearly identical to monuments and decades that passed centuries.