─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ About me ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

I have been obsessed with genealogy since I was 15 years old. I'm a member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and I have completed several books which have been donated to local genealogical libraries and historical societies. Specific surnames include: Hamm, Bennett, Bryant, Lanam, Beach, and Allgood.

I have also been creating my own tokens (or flowers) since March 14, 2016. Each token I create bears a small, pink heart which has significant meaning to my family. Please don't modify them by re-coloring, adding animation, cropping, etc.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Transferring Memorials ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

On 11 January 2022 Find a Grave updated their transfer guidelines to try to balance the goals of (a) having the most correct burial information, (b) including other personal information about the person being memorialized that the memorial creator may not know, as well as (c) being sensitive to family members who would like to manage these memorials. Therefore, the guidelines have been expanded to include: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin. This would include adoptive, step and in-law versions of these relationships.

You can read the entire article regarding the new guidelines as well as what to do if no response is given to your request, just copy and paste this link:
https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Request-to-Manage

We can't take memorials we create/manage with us when we die. And let's face it, eventually we're all going to have "Fallen Graver" listed at the top of our biography. I will transfer outside the guidelines. I want to see YOU enjoying your family's memorial and adding to it in ways I can't. If we share a common direct-line ancestor and you want management when I'm no longer on Find a Grave, let me know and I'll leave instructions for it to be transferred to you. With that said...

I am very thankful to those who have created and willingly transferred memorials of my family members. I do honestly consider it an honor to be able to maintain their memorials. I visit all the memorials I manage once a week, as well as on their birth and death anniversaries, and on some holidays.

I have obtained many memorials which were under management of Find a Grave. See Virtual Cemetery. Most are not my close family members, so if they are your family and you would like to manage them, please feel free to ask.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Memorials I Manage ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

In addition to adding basic information to memorials, my goal for the remainder of 2024 is to complete the memorials for direct-line grandparents, which I manage, to include biographies, census summaries, photos and other information. Once they are completed, I will move onto their siblings and children. For all memorials, the last time it was updated and what the change was is always noted. This information can be found at the bottom of each memorial.

••●•• All images and information I provide on each memorial may be used for genealogical purposes. Images may be added to Ancestry trees or downloaded for your personal use. Please do not add to, alter or change the photos, this includes cropping. Biographies and other items written by me may also be used for personal genealogical use. However, if you want to use any of the information I have provided for your personal gain or recognition, please do not do so without my written approval. ••●••

I add birth certificates, death certificates and obituaries to memorials, but do so according to the guidelines set forth by Find a Grave; namely, I do not include the names of living individuals or any of their identifiable information. I emailed Find a Grave specifically about obituaries and they replied that the paper be recognized and living individual information not be included.

Scans of obituaries and other documents added to any memorial I manage will be moved as the last photo, if it is not sourced or contains living individual information.

Find a Grave is a wonderful tool for recording the final resting place of our loved ones, but it is also a great genealogical tool. I have created memorials where the burial information is unknown because these individuals should not be forgotten simply because there's no record of where they are buried.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Edits, Comments, Requests, etc. ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

I process edit requests, reply to messages and make transfers within 24 hours (I'll let you know if it's going to take longer). If you have any genealogical questions, please feel free to ask. I'm willing to share any information I may have and help you with your research.

Send edits however you feel most comfortable. I have no preference. If you send an edit I'll take the time to confirm it, if it's not obvious. If I'm leaning towards declining your edit, I will contact you so that we can work on it together. If, after contacting you, I don't hear from you within a reasonable amount of time, I will proceed with declining the edit.

Some names I have information on: Abram(s), Adams, Allgood, Anderson, Beach, Beck, Bennett, Britton, Brown, Bryant, Bush, Dawson, Gardner, Good(e), Hamm, Hundley, Isom, Jelley, Lanam, Roseboom, Taylor and Wilcox.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Thank You! ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

Thank You to those who leave flowers on my memorials, please know I will try to repay you in kind.

Find a Grave wouldn't be what it is today without the generous individuals who spend hours of their time roaming cemeteries, taking photographs and documenting each grave. There are no words to express the gratitude I feel for each beautiful photo you've added or for the memorials you've created. I sincerely thank you. ❤

And to those who willingly transfer management outside Find a Grave guidelines, sometimes without asking, a huge THANK YOU! You will never know just how much I truly appreciate it.

I joined Find a Grave Monday, August 13, 2007.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ About me ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

I have been obsessed with genealogy since I was 15 years old. I'm a member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and I have completed several books which have been donated to local genealogical libraries and historical societies. Specific surnames include: Hamm, Bennett, Bryant, Lanam, Beach, and Allgood.

I have also been creating my own tokens (or flowers) since March 14, 2016. Each token I create bears a small, pink heart which has significant meaning to my family. Please don't modify them by re-coloring, adding animation, cropping, etc.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Transferring Memorials ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

On 11 January 2022 Find a Grave updated their transfer guidelines to try to balance the goals of (a) having the most correct burial information, (b) including other personal information about the person being memorialized that the memorial creator may not know, as well as (c) being sensitive to family members who would like to manage these memorials. Therefore, the guidelines have been expanded to include: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin. This would include adoptive, step and in-law versions of these relationships.

You can read the entire article regarding the new guidelines as well as what to do if no response is given to your request, just copy and paste this link:
https://support.findagrave.com/s/article/Request-to-Manage

We can't take memorials we create/manage with us when we die. And let's face it, eventually we're all going to have "Fallen Graver" listed at the top of our biography. I will transfer outside the guidelines. I want to see YOU enjoying your family's memorial and adding to it in ways I can't. If we share a common direct-line ancestor and you want management when I'm no longer on Find a Grave, let me know and I'll leave instructions for it to be transferred to you. With that said...

I am very thankful to those who have created and willingly transferred memorials of my family members. I do honestly consider it an honor to be able to maintain their memorials. I visit all the memorials I manage once a week, as well as on their birth and death anniversaries, and on some holidays.

I have obtained many memorials which were under management of Find a Grave. See Virtual Cemetery. Most are not my close family members, so if they are your family and you would like to manage them, please feel free to ask.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Memorials I Manage ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

In addition to adding basic information to memorials, my goal for the remainder of 2024 is to complete the memorials for direct-line grandparents, which I manage, to include biographies, census summaries, photos and other information. Once they are completed, I will move onto their siblings and children. For all memorials, the last time it was updated and what the change was is always noted. This information can be found at the bottom of each memorial.

••●•• All images and information I provide on each memorial may be used for genealogical purposes. Images may be added to Ancestry trees or downloaded for your personal use. Please do not add to, alter or change the photos, this includes cropping. Biographies and other items written by me may also be used for personal genealogical use. However, if you want to use any of the information I have provided for your personal gain or recognition, please do not do so without my written approval. ••●••

I add birth certificates, death certificates and obituaries to memorials, but do so according to the guidelines set forth by Find a Grave; namely, I do not include the names of living individuals or any of their identifiable information. I emailed Find a Grave specifically about obituaries and they replied that the paper be recognized and living individual information not be included.

Scans of obituaries and other documents added to any memorial I manage will be moved as the last photo, if it is not sourced or contains living individual information.

Find a Grave is a wonderful tool for recording the final resting place of our loved ones, but it is also a great genealogical tool. I have created memorials where the burial information is unknown because these individuals should not be forgotten simply because there's no record of where they are buried.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Edits, Comments, Requests, etc. ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

I process edit requests, reply to messages and make transfers within 24 hours (I'll let you know if it's going to take longer). If you have any genealogical questions, please feel free to ask. I'm willing to share any information I may have and help you with your research.

Send edits however you feel most comfortable. I have no preference. If you send an edit I'll take the time to confirm it, if it's not obvious. If I'm leaning towards declining your edit, I will contact you so that we can work on it together. If, after contacting you, I don't hear from you within a reasonable amount of time, I will proceed with declining the edit.

Some names I have information on: Abram(s), Adams, Allgood, Anderson, Beach, Beck, Bennett, Britton, Brown, Bryant, Bush, Dawson, Gardner, Good(e), Hamm, Hundley, Isom, Jelley, Lanam, Roseboom, Taylor and Wilcox.

─══ ✿ڰۣڿ✿ Thank You! ✿ڰۣڿ✿ ══─

Thank You to those who leave flowers on my memorials, please know I will try to repay you in kind.

Find a Grave wouldn't be what it is today without the generous individuals who spend hours of their time roaming cemeteries, taking photographs and documenting each grave. There are no words to express the gratitude I feel for each beautiful photo you've added or for the memorials you've created. I sincerely thank you. ❤

And to those who willingly transfer management outside Find a Grave guidelines, sometimes without asking, a huge THANK YOU! You will never know just how much I truly appreciate it.

I joined Find a Grave Monday, August 13, 2007.