We are both retired United States Coast Guardsmen with a combined service of over five decades dedicated to our nation. Additionally, we have recently retired from our secondary occupations. The Find a Grave website has proven to be an invaluable tool in our pursuit of locating the burial sites of our family's ancestors. We now regularly visit cemeteries in search of our missing relatives' gravestones, which may not be recorded in the database or lack a photograph. Moreover, we regularly check the database for any pending photo requests that we can fulfill during our search. Our hope is that our diligent research, tracking, and photography efforts will not only aid in our own family tree searches but also assist other families in their genealogical pursuits. The photographs of headstones we capture are free from any copyright restrictions and are available for unrestricted use as needed.

We are both retired United States Coast Guardsmen with a combined service of over five decades dedicated to our nation. Additionally, we have recently retired from our secondary occupations. The Find a Grave website has proven to be an invaluable tool in our pursuit of locating the burial sites of our family's ancestors. We now regularly visit cemeteries in search of our missing relatives' gravestones, which may not be recorded in the database or lack a photograph. Moreover, we regularly check the database for any pending photo requests that we can fulfill during our search. Our hope is that our diligent research, tracking, and photography efforts will not only aid in our own family tree searches but also assist other families in their genealogical pursuits. The photographs of headstones we capture are free from any copyright restrictions and are available for unrestricted use as needed.