Is anyone else using Find-a-Grave for research?

[Historic NY]

9. As a secondary source......

I use it especially when there is a photo. I've worked with a few people who with their exuberance sometimes don't exactly get the info right. Mostly its people who don't get the exact cemetery name. I do use it to cross check older gravestone transcriptions or to see if a name pops up. Having someone on the local scene that actually knows an area is more helpful. In my line I am astounded how many times I run across different people with the same names and sometimes same birth or death info.... I screwed up a published genealogical work dating back to the 16oo's when I actually had the correct grave, body and story. The family had the name and a grave 300 + miles away. Same name, similar demographics. They never actually knew other had family lore to go on. They came to photo the headstone and they set the record straight.