Find a Grave has been extremely useful for my own geneology research. I have always been thankful to the volunteers who make it happen. I realized that I might be able to join in the effort to document as many graves as possible, before they are lost to the weather and years.

I find cemeteries to be a peaceful place to take a walk. As I walk among our ancestors, I reflect on what their life might have been like. Sometimes I have done further research on a particular family I come across, such as when there are more than a few deaths in the same time period, or there are interesting engravings to indicate a remarkable life, or if I find intriguing information on-line while trying to fill in their memorials. If there is one little thing that I can do, such as taking a picture, to preserve the memory of their life, then it seems like a constructive and rewarding effort.

My father started researching our family tree decades ago, long before the Internet existed. Our family vacations were often spent traveling to other states, searching through cemeteries or digging through church and courthouse records. There was also the occasional challenge of sifting through microfilm records of ship logs, etc. Now we have the wealth of information on the Internet to add. I have continued extensive research to expand our tree and the trees of others.

Anyone is welcome to use any pictures I have posted here for personal, non-commercial use.

I am happy to transfer memorials of your family to you, as long as they are not the memorials of my own family.

I often go back to a cemetery to retake pictures that I think could be better than ones that I posted previously. As you may know, weather, time of day, and many other factors can affect the outcome. So, please feel free to ask if there is a picture that you absolutely need but did not come out so great, or if you need something in a cemetery in the Lehigh Vally, PA area. I can't make promises, but I can try.

Find a Grave has been extremely useful for my own geneology research. I have always been thankful to the volunteers who make it happen. I realized that I might be able to join in the effort to document as many graves as possible, before they are lost to the weather and years.

I find cemeteries to be a peaceful place to take a walk. As I walk among our ancestors, I reflect on what their life might have been like. Sometimes I have done further research on a particular family I come across, such as when there are more than a few deaths in the same time period, or there are interesting engravings to indicate a remarkable life, or if I find intriguing information on-line while trying to fill in their memorials. If there is one little thing that I can do, such as taking a picture, to preserve the memory of their life, then it seems like a constructive and rewarding effort.

My father started researching our family tree decades ago, long before the Internet existed. Our family vacations were often spent traveling to other states, searching through cemeteries or digging through church and courthouse records. There was also the occasional challenge of sifting through microfilm records of ship logs, etc. Now we have the wealth of information on the Internet to add. I have continued extensive research to expand our tree and the trees of others.

Anyone is welcome to use any pictures I have posted here for personal, non-commercial use.

I am happy to transfer memorials of your family to you, as long as they are not the memorials of my own family.

I often go back to a cemetery to retake pictures that I think could be better than ones that I posted previously. As you may know, weather, time of day, and many other factors can affect the outcome. So, please feel free to ask if there is a picture that you absolutely need but did not come out so great, or if you need something in a cemetery in the Lehigh Vally, PA area. I can't make promises, but I can try.