Genealogy has been a hobby of mine for nearly seven decades now, on and off. (Mostly "off" - - a guy's got to make a living, too!) My principal focus has been on the families of certain of my and my wife's ancestors who came to Michigan in the early 1800s, namely: John Bacon, from Wayne County, New York; Oren Purdy, from St. Lawrence County, New York; and John Baptiste Sevald, from Forbach, Lorraine, France. Other names of interest include: Choate, Dodge, Dougherty, Foisy, Imber, Krofft, Lent, Magee and Richeson. I would be happy to correspond with others interested in these or related families.
With regard to contributions to the Memorial sites that I manage, there are certain rules that I try to observe:
Personal reminiscences are always welcome. If you have a memory of the memorialized person that you'd like to share, please do. The only "rules" are that the memory should be personal to you, and not a rehash of someone else's view from a published obituary, and that your comments observe the same level of decorum one would expect at a live memorial service or celebration before an audience of family and friends of the deceased.
With respect to genealogical information, names, dates, locations and, particularly, family connections, the rules are more stringent. "Suggested Edits" must include convincing evidence for the suggestion put forward. References to readily advailalable sources like census data that I can verify on line are fine. References to other information not so readily available should be accompanied by readable photo images of the documents concerned. Where readability of the original text is an issue, the "Notes" section of the "Suggested Edits" page should include, as a supplement to the photo, a typed version of the relevant parts of the document as well as the line of reasoning, if not obvious, which led you to the conclusions you have drawn. We can't maintain the credibility of Find a Grave as a reliable guide for genealogical research if we don't observe strict standards with respect to the information we include on the memorial pages.

Out of privacy concerns, "Biographies" should not include the names of any living persons. For "Memories" shared, you may include your own name or not as you wish.

Genealogy has been a hobby of mine for nearly seven decades now, on and off. (Mostly "off" - - a guy's got to make a living, too!) My principal focus has been on the families of certain of my and my wife's ancestors who came to Michigan in the early 1800s, namely: John Bacon, from Wayne County, New York; Oren Purdy, from St. Lawrence County, New York; and John Baptiste Sevald, from Forbach, Lorraine, France. Other names of interest include: Choate, Dodge, Dougherty, Foisy, Imber, Krofft, Lent, Magee and Richeson. I would be happy to correspond with others interested in these or related families.
With regard to contributions to the Memorial sites that I manage, there are certain rules that I try to observe:
Personal reminiscences are always welcome. If you have a memory of the memorialized person that you'd like to share, please do. The only "rules" are that the memory should be personal to you, and not a rehash of someone else's view from a published obituary, and that your comments observe the same level of decorum one would expect at a live memorial service or celebration before an audience of family and friends of the deceased.
With respect to genealogical information, names, dates, locations and, particularly, family connections, the rules are more stringent. "Suggested Edits" must include convincing evidence for the suggestion put forward. References to readily advailalable sources like census data that I can verify on line are fine. References to other information not so readily available should be accompanied by readable photo images of the documents concerned. Where readability of the original text is an issue, the "Notes" section of the "Suggested Edits" page should include, as a supplement to the photo, a typed version of the relevant parts of the document as well as the line of reasoning, if not obvious, which led you to the conclusions you have drawn. We can't maintain the credibility of Find a Grave as a reliable guide for genealogical research if we don't observe strict standards with respect to the information we include on the memorial pages.

Out of privacy concerns, "Biographies" should not include the names of any living persons. For "Memories" shared, you may include your own name or not as you wish.