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Bernards Township Library
Family History Interest Group

A Research Tool

This Presentation
 Talked briefly about Find-A-Grave
 Genealogy Tool
 What is on Find-A-Grave
 What might you find
 How to Request a photo
 How to Contribute

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F.A.G. and Family Tree Maker
 Started as a project to help do
research for a friend
 Name and Location
 Find the Cemetery
 Visit Cemetery
 Findings
 Record Findings


How to use Find-A-Grave
 What is available
 How to search
 How to request photo
 What can you expect


Opening Page


Find-A-Grave
 Cemetery Search
◦ USA
◦ New Jersey
◦ Hunterdon County


Search for a Cemetery


Find-A-Grave
 Cemetery Search
◦ USA
◦ New Jersey
◦ 169 Cemeteries
◦ Refine Search


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Find-A-Grave
 Cemetery Search
◦ USA
◦ New Jersey
◦ 169 Cemeteries
◦ Refine Search
◦ 37 Deats, 3 Cemeteries
◦ Hiram Deats d:1963


Satellite View


Hybrid View


Cherryville Baptist Cemetery
 594 Cherryville Rd
Flemington
Hunterdon County
New Jersey USA
Postal Code: 08822
 Interactive map and GPS data:
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 40.56326,
Longitude: -74.90389


 594 Cherryville Rd
Flemington
Hunterdon County
New Jersey USA
Postal Code: 08822
 Interactive map and GPS data:
GPS Coordinates: Latitude:
40.56326, Longitude: -74.90389
 21 Deats in Cemetery


 Immediate findings
 Looked around
 Second Burial Ground
 Took Photographs


Two Deats’ Plots


Deats Plot, using Family Tree
Maker


Deats Monument


Slid
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Multiple Surnames


Deats Monument


Web Search from Family Tree
Maker
 Census Records
◦ Family Groupings in Household
◦ Ages / Dates
◦ Relationships
 Source-Citations
◦ Census Record
◦ Burial Entry
◦ Photo as Source-Citation Media


Find-A-Grave
 Profile


Contributor Tools
 Friends
 Cemeteries
 Memorials


Photo Request
 What happens to request


Request a Photo


Request Reply


Photo Request
 What happens to request
 Prep for Cemetery Visit
 What to look for
 Take Pictures


Look for other Surnames


Add a Photo


Photos to Find-A-Grave
 Uploaded photos to existing listings
 Uploaded Spreadsheet
 Uploaded photos to new listings


EXCEL Template


What you might find


But Look Closely

Mar 6
Mar 9


Relationships


Look Around


Anthony – Burd Plots


Details of Plot


Occupations


Names or Occupations


What you might find


Software Used
 USB Camera to PC
 Filed by Date (folder)
 Camera Filenames
 Picasa (version 3)
◦ Copy Files from Photo Folder to FAG Folder
◦ Reduces file size
◦ Can Delete what is not used
 EXCEL
 Windows Explorer (to Rename
Filenames)

How to Track
 Spread sheet
 Basic Fields for Find-A-Grave


Tracking Information For
Find-A-Grave
 Prefix
 Last Name
 First Name
 Middle Name
 Suffix
 Maiden Name
 Birth Month
 Birth Day
 Birth Year
 Death Month
 Death Day
 Death Year
 Plot
 Inscription
 Notes


How to Track
 Spread sheet
 Basic Fields for Find-A-Grave
 Naming of files
 What is posted:
◦ Find-A-Grave
◦ Family Tree Maker
◦ Tombstone Tuesday


Additional Fields
 State
 County
 Cemetery
 T.T. [ Tombstone Tuesday]
 F-A-G. [ Find-A-Grave]
 FTM [Family Tree Maker]
 Filename
◦ State, County, Cemetery, Name


Photos to Data for Database
 Recorded Names
 Recorded Dates
◦ Date Calculator
 Recorded Relationships


Blog ICONs


Websites
 Find-A-Grave
 My Tombstone Collection
◦ By Cemetery
◦ By Surname
 Family Tree Maker
 Ancestry.com Member Family Tree
 Genealogy Wise


Questions
 Russ Worthington
 hrworth @ gmail.com
 ftmuser.blogspot.com
 headstonecollection.blogspot.com


Taphophilia
From the Greek words taphos,
meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher“, and
 philia, meaning "attraction or affinity
to something, in particular the love or
obsession with something"


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