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Dark Shadows (#47011952)
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Bio Photo I live in Grand Haven. That's in western Michigan, and is right on the shore of Lake Michigan.

I enjoy walking cemeteries with my better half, recording headstones here in Michigan. We do this while traveling also, taking pictures in interesting cemeteries and entering them here on FAG. I am mainly a marker recorder, entering pics on existing memorials and creating memorials for those not yet on this site.


Please ask first if you want to use my photos. They may be used only if I am given credit for them w/my permission. Thanks.

I am happy to have had the photograph I took of Maj. Noah Ferry's headstone published in the Civil War Historian magazine Spring 2009, Vol 5, Issue 1, page 20. I was asked permission, which I gave gladly, and was given credit for the photo. That's how it works.

Most of the memorials I manage are not related to me, and I will be happy to transfer to someone who has more to add to them, was a friend, family or acquaintance. Ask by clicking on edit, then send me a note including your FAG number. Please don't create a duplicate memorial of anyone.

I do not add obituaries per FAG rules...if you didn't write it, you don't have the right to reprint it. Same with pictures, if you didn't take it, you have NO right to post it.

I think Find A Grave is a great site.

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living" - Cicero

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
— Epicurus

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."
― C.S. Lewis
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Janet
I love your name.
That was one of my favorite TV series.
Added by Janet on Apr 28, 2013 12:41 PM
Northwoodsnormy
Robert Gould
Thank you, I have already made some additions Thank you so much Karen Gould Norman
Added by Northwoodsnormy on Mar 31, 2013 7:00 AM
Pat Best
Luella Gieldien-Rose
I have already added Luella Rose to Lake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, #89614932. She was my grandmother's sister and her last name was Gieldien and she took her stepfathers last name of Rose. Thank you.
Pat Best
Added by Pat Best on Mar 13, 2013 7:16 PM
Arik Russell
A grave of my Relative.
Hello Dark Shadow,
You have added and posses a photo of my uncle's grave in Sunrise Memorial Gardens Cemetary in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA. I would like to ask permission to repost this picture on another genealogy website. Just in case you are intrested, my uncle is Randall (aka Randy) Russell who was born in 1961 and died in 2002.
Added by Arik Russell on Mar 08, 2013 8:42 PM
Not Forgotten
Alice Vandine
Hi,
Any idea about where in Lake Forest Alice is buried? I would like to visit her grave one day.
Bev
Added by Not Forgotten on Feb 06, 2013 9:35 AM
Leslie P. Fowers
Bybee transfers
Thank you so much for transferring our Cousins to us. Bio info and family links have been added
It is because of people like you, who go out of your way to assist us, that we are able to link to our family members.
Leslie P. Fowers 46928696
Bybee Cousin Finder Organization
Added by Leslie P. Fowers on Jan 29, 2013 10:27 AM
Shelly
RE: Fredrick Stocking - Kent Memorial Gardens
I will definitely do that!!

Thank you so very much, I truly appreciate it.

Shelly

You wrote:

RE: Fredrick Stocking - Kent Memorial Gardens
Hi, thanks for asking, if you could, please use:

NOTE: This photo was obtained from Findagrave.com member Dark Shadows #47011952. Permission is NOT granted by me for any use as it is not mine to give.
Added by Shelly on Jan 27, 2013 12:08 PM
Shelly
Fredrick Stocking - Kent Memorial Gardens
Hello. I wanted to say thank you for the photo of the grave stone of Fredrick A. Stocking located in Maplewood Cemetery which you posted on Findagrave.com.

As for your photo ... may I have permission to post it (and any other of your photos of my ancestors' and/or their graves that you may have posted or will post in the future) on my Ancestry.com file. I post a message under the photo giving credit to the person who took the photo. I have no interest in publishing any books or using the photos in any way other than for genealogical purposes. I have several things I post under the photos depending on the "owner" of the photo's desires. I have two below ... if you will allow me to post your grave photos on my Ancestry file then I'll place the statement of your choice. The second one has a _____ in it and that's where I would place your e-mail address so people can contact you directly for permission.

NOTE: This photo was obtained from a Findagrave.com photo volunteer and the volunteer has kindly given me permission to post this on my Ancestry.com file. You should take the steps to contact the owner of the photo for permission to use this photo for your personal use ... permission is NOT granted by me for any use as it is not mine to give.

NOTE: This photo was obtained from a Findagrave.comphoto volunteer. Permission is NOT granted by me for any use as it is not mine to give. You must contact _______ for permission to use this photo.

Again, thank you so much for your kindness ... Find A Grave volunteers are wonderful people :-)

Shelly and Barbara
Added by Shelly on Jan 26, 2013 9:02 PM
sharon cartwright
Marie Byl
Thanks for supplying the birth date and photo
Added by sharon cartwright on Jan 04, 2013 8:54 AM
Rick Wright
Picture
I would very much like to use the picture you took of the headstone for Edgar Melvin Wright. Just for my own private use. Full credit will be given. Do you want to be credited as "DARK SHADOWS"?
Added by Rick Wright on Dec 17, 2012 12:52 AM
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