Ancestry/Genealogy

The Genealogist

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6. I agree

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:18 PM

Dec 2011

There are some very botched entries. I have found that a nicely worded request to the person who made the entry will generally take care of that, something like "Greetings, thank you for taking time to put this entry in. I noticed a little error...again, I appreciate your taking the time to put the entry in." I have quite a big virtual cemetery on findagrave.com. There are some really nice people that put up burial information, and as anyplace, some real jerks. I have added some entries, based on death certificate data, and personal knowledge. Taking the entries carefully, though, can yield some great genealogical data.

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