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"I know someone who dowses for graves, but he won't actually say it is a grave. All he will say is the ground has been disturbed and he can show the perimeter of the area. Our local cemetery association has had him locate 'ground…"

"Blake, I agree with you: do not chalk. Plus: do not make rubbings, do not use flour or cornstarch. There is a method of using aluminum foil for photographing hard-to-read inscriptions. A squirt of water can also do wonders. However, I have to…"

"I haven't run into anyone who was "offended" by a FAG memorial for their family member, but I have certainly had people who did not understand. In one case, when I was able to show the family member the memorial for their loved one,…"

"On the Tarrant side, I can't get beyond my 2nd great grandfather who was born in 1818 someplace in Kentucky. My husband's Goddard's were German."

"Debbie asked me to send this birthday greeting while she was out: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MANY MORE I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY DEBBIE ANNE JACKSON-GenealogyWise Administrator"

"Hello I am descended from both GODDARD and TARRANT families from Wiltshire - where were yours from? Margaret"

"Nothing too weird: 1. My then-fiance' (later husband) and I stopped at the cemetery where most of his family is buried as I wanted to verify some information on a relative's grave. It was a warm day in late March. As I stepped around to…"

"If the cemetery on FAG has quite a few memorials entered, I take all the information available for that cemetery so I can be sure to photograph those markers that have a memorial but no photo entered yet (request or not). If the cemetery on FAG…"

"Russ, I have to say Sheets of paper and charcoal really bothered me. No rubbings, ever."

"Didn't you mean "hospital"?? :-D"

"Wherever I happen to be!! While my husband was hospitalized 250 miles from home, I'd take breaks from the hospital by going to a cemetery less than a mile away (wasn't it considerate of them to have a cemetery so close to the hospital?)…"