FindAGrave is a neat site and makes it easier for genealogists to locate burial information.
One suggestion if you are taking pictures for a memorial on FindaGrave:
Get some perspective
Include an image or two showing the relative position of nearby stones. Consider labeling who those stones are in the photograph and indicating which stone in the picture is actually for the deceased person in whose memorial you posted it
The relative position of stones can be helpful in determining who may be related.
Not every adjacent burial is a relative, but sometimes they are.
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This is true. However when I submit my list to find-a-grave they list in alphabetical not as I walked it.
That’s true. That’s why I prefer to always include a closeup and a perspective shot for each stone.
I know, I have seen them like that. Frustrating.
It is interesting how some people look at only one side of a stone. One of my pet peeves when they put up a monument for a family in a cemetery with names and birthdays for people who are actually buried else where. They need to note where the person is actually buried. Just makes it easier. Find A Grave has a spot for notes and I try to use it for such notations.
I always look to take family or group photos and just love it when I receive a thank you message for doing so. I just think it’s important to show others how their relatives were placed together in their final resting place.
I really appreciate all the photos of graves. I am unable to travel to take my own photos. The stones for couples sometimes have the name of the surviving spouse engraved, which can be helpful. My father’s family has a “family” plot, which is roughly square, two rows of four spaces, so it is nice to see them in relation to each other.