Now see!! I knew you all were wonderful people! *L* I enjoy doing what I do and it’s great exercise which my Dr. loves! I have learned a lot from my ventures and travel a great distance to cemeteries AND doing the research when I get home is awesome, I learned a lot and I really didn’t want to or think I would quit! It is a great resource for us that are genealogists no matter if it is professional or hobbyist. But I do agree with you that people that are making up grave markers and putting them up there that is a NO NO and should be reported to the F-A-G people, they are very prompt in removing or fixing things, they have helped me a lot when I ask them to. Let’s enjoy the site, there are lots of my ancestors grave markers, I have seen on the site and they are REAL and there is no way I would be able to travel there to visit these graves. I think the grave marker sites online are truly wonderful!! Kathleen From: Cathy Champion Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:28 PM To: Michele Lewis ; Harold Henderson ; Kathleen Vincent Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TGF] Find a Grave I agree with Michelle; F-A-G is a great tool, just as are Ancestry, newspaper obits, genealogy blogs and other sites that have information that we may be able to use to improve our trees. I'm a volunteer there but only add my own family tree members - I have enough mistakes amongst my own family members regarding dates and correct names to contend with! I have found some of my husband's family there and love seeing the pictures that are there as I would have no way of obtaining them otherwise, plus other cemetery locations where their relatives can be found. I do back up what I can with my own research as I think any good genealogist, certifiied or not, would do. It's good to be made aware of people/companies who falsify information to make a buck. I, for one, don't trust the DAR and SAR profiles that show up for my ancestors; dates are usually just a range, and families are often confused, and they are supposed to be MOST particular about their certifications. They've undertaken a big job that I wouldn't want to do! Thanks to all who give freely of their time and hard work supplying info that might otherwise be lost! Cathy Champion in Fenton, MO 63026 (near St. Louis) "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further introduction" - Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> To: Harold Henderson <librarytraveler@gmail.com>; Kathleen Vincent <mkvincent@roadrunner.com> Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, October 15, 2012 6:03:10 PM Subject: Re: [TGF] Find a Grave I am the one that started this conversation and I will say that I have been a F-A-G volunteer for 3 years and I take photos all the time. I wasn't knocking F-A-G. I was alerting the list to the fact that there is some things that you need to watch out for, like photo-shopped photos. I am sure this isn't widespread but it is still something you need to know about. Others then brought out some other problems that they have encountered. I think this conversation was important. I don't think anyone was knocking F-A-G. I could say similar things about Ancestry.com. The website is invaluable but there is bogus info that gets posted via the family trees. That doesn't mean Ancestry is bad. Michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I completely agree. F-A-G is wonderful and I've spent many hours there making connections that would have been /impossible/ to make otherwise. It truly has broken down brick walls for me. It is a wonderful site and the people who volunteer for it are due a great amount of thanks for their contributions. I was only discussing a single, isolated incident previously and not trying to imply any sort of criticism towards F-A-G or its volunteers. I'm sorry if I gave that impression. Dana From: Cathy Champion > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:28 PM > To: Michele Lewis ; Harold Henderson ; Kathleen Vincent > Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TGF] Find a Grave > > I agree with Michelle; F-A-G is a great tool, just as are Ancestry, > newspaper obits, genealogy blogs and other sites that have information that > we may be able to use to improve our trees. > > I'm a volunteer there but only add my own family tree members - I have > enough mistakes amongst my own family members regarding dates and correct > names to contend with! > > I have found some of my husband's family there and love seeing the > pictures that are there as I would have no way of obtaining them otherwise, > plus other cemetery locations where their relatives can be found. I do > back up what I can with my own research as I think any good genealogist, > certifiied or not, would do. > > It's good to be made aware of people/companies who falsify information to > make a buck. I, for one, don't trust the DAR and SAR profiles that show up > for my ancestors; dates are usually just a range, and families are often > confused, and they are supposed to be MOST particular about their > certifications. They've undertaken a big job that I wouldn't want to do! > > Thanks to all who give freely of their time and hard work supplying info > that might otherwise be lost! > > > > > > Cathy Champion in Fenton, MO 63026 (near St. Louis) > > > > "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further > introduction" - Mark Twain > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> > To: Harold Henderson <librarytraveler@gmail.com>; Kathleen Vincent < > mkvincent@roadrunner.com> > Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, October 15, 2012 6:03:10 PM > Subject: Re: [TGF] Find a Grave > > I am the one that started this conversation and I will say that I have been > a F-A-G volunteer for 3 years and I take photos all the time. I wasn't > knocking F-A-G. I was alerting the list to the fact that there is some > things that you need to watch out for, like photo-shopped photos. I am > sure this isn't widespread but it is still something you need to know > about. > > > Others then brought out some other problems that they have encountered. I > think this conversation was important. I don't think anyone was knocking > F-A-G. I could say similar things about Ancestry.com. The website is > invaluable but there is bogus info that gets posted via the family trees. > That doesn't mean Ancestry is bad. > > Michele > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >