Some Find-A-Grave postings are done from primary research. As a member of the Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society in Jacksonville, Florida, I went on a trip to a local out-of-the-way cemetery (way out in the woods, and it was a good thing my car is 4-wheel drive) with our two "graveyard rabbits," who are recording all the cemeteries in Jacksonville, as our society has been given the responsibility for finding and recording all cemeteries in the city (which is consolidated with the county) by the City Council. There was a woman there who was working as a volunteer for Find-A-Grave, and who was meticulously recording the markers in the cemetery. Someone is doing them and the genealogy community in general a (ahem) grave disservice by faking these entries. I'm sure the powers-that-be at Find-A-Grave will be appalled to find out. Karen Packard Rhodes currently residing in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida On 10/14/2012 1:21 PM, Donna McR wrote: > Silly me. Until recently, I thought the postings on Find-a-Grave were > sourced from literally reading the gravestones and/or taking photographs. > In the absence of these, I thought at least some evidence was available that > the person was buried there---by cemetery records or at least by personal > knowledge that the grave actually existed in that place. Any dates attached > to the posting I thought were sourced with one or all of the above. > > However, lately I have been seeing graves posted, along with birth and death > dates and information about immediate family, that are just incorrect. The > erroneous information just happens to match some incorrect information also > passed around on internet family trees. > > These persons are posting **as fact** information that has no basis of > proof. It weakens the credibility of the whole project. > > So frustrating. > >