I was born in Tennessee, but grew up in the Hudson Valley,NY. As a railroad buff and geocacher I get around a lot and visit many graveyards.

My favorite inscription so far, read on a stone in northern Dutchess county NY is:
"Death is but a debt
to nature due,
I've paid mine,
and so must you."

I have been working on a family tree, which brought me to Find a Grave. Retirement from a high school science teaching position provides the time to engage in such endeavors.

My direct family lineage includes last names such as Siebert, Heitzmann, Maneval, Heisler, Fehr, Leippe among others.

As I find stones I establish GPS coordinates and take high resolution photographs of each stone. I post photos on pages others have created and put the GPS coordinates and pictures on those I create. I link people whenever I can.

I see this site as a public service and any information, coordinates, or photographs are there for anyone to use.

I was born in Tennessee, but grew up in the Hudson Valley,NY. As a railroad buff and geocacher I get around a lot and visit many graveyards.

My favorite inscription so far, read on a stone in northern Dutchess county NY is:
"Death is but a debt
to nature due,
I've paid mine,
and so must you."

I have been working on a family tree, which brought me to Find a Grave. Retirement from a high school science teaching position provides the time to engage in such endeavors.

My direct family lineage includes last names such as Siebert, Heitzmann, Maneval, Heisler, Fehr, Leippe among others.

As I find stones I establish GPS coordinates and take high resolution photographs of each stone. I post photos on pages others have created and put the GPS coordinates and pictures on those I create. I link people whenever I can.

I see this site as a public service and any information, coordinates, or photographs are there for anyone to use.