Some of the entries that I have included on FAG for the Hites family, I have had to base on family lore that has been passed down. I was told where family members were buried that have no markers. In those instances, I try to remember to include that there are no markers in the area for plot info. There is one example of one of my ancestors who had an illegitimate child with another man before marrying into the family. According to family members, he is buried above her with no marker. I didn't want to leave him out because of a lack of hard proof. So I did what I thought was best and added a notation in the bio. In instances where there is no marker for an FAG request that you claim, there is an option to recommend removal of the photo request, but not to remove the memorial itself.

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Tim wrote: "In instances where there is no marker for an FAG request that you claim, there is an option to recommend removal of the photo request, but not to remove the memorial itself." I think this is touching on one of my concerns. Many months ago I put in a request for a photo for someone I had questions about, not being at all sure this person would have been buried where it was claimed he was buried. I do remember that the death date given was in the mid to late 1800s so not at all recent. I never rec'd a response. There is much info on submitting photos or data and how the volunteer process works. I think I saw where volunteers could access a list of all the requests they've processed. But there was nothing to show that a requestor could access a list of their requests. You state that you as a volunteer can recommend removal of a request but not removal of the memorial. So I'm left wondering the following..... Did anyone ever accept my request? Is it still sitting in limboland waiting for a volunteer? Did a volunteer find the cemetery but not a marker and not notify me, perhaps just "removing my request"? Was this a "lost cemetery" that no one could find or had ever heard of? Did the cemetery now have another name with the name as entered by the original submitter lost to history? It would certainly seem the most desirable method of handing a "no marker" or "no cemetery found" situation would be to do as Tim mentioned - add a note to that memorial's page stating his findings. But at the very least, let the requestor know. As it stands, I feel like my request fell down the rabbit hole :-( Nel