You are very lucky, Neil. To find an obit is special. Dee -----Original Message----- From: wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil Johnson Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 9:25 AM To: Larry Wilson; wilson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILSON] locating kin I have been very lucky in this. Many of the graves have had a copy of the obituary included. Neil On 2/21/2014 11:24 PM, Larry Wilson wrote: > Find A Grave records can be linked from parent to child. You can create a family tree that can be easily followed from generation to generation - in both directions . Linking is easy if you create the records yourself . If someone else created the record you may have to contact the person and request the linkage. Some will even transfer management to you. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:39 PM, "Dee Sager" <dees.genealogy@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Anyone can add a record to find a grave. Every time I run across a person >> who I KNOW where was buried, I go to find-a-grave and be sure the info is >> there. Doesn't always help me, but may help someone else down the road. >> >> Neil: Have a Great-grandfather who was in PA for a while working in the >> mines. He didn't stay and he wasn't a Wilson. Sorry I can't be of any >> help. However, do you have the access to check Ancestry.com? If not, I do >> and would be happy to see if anything is there on your relative. >> >> Dee >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of dennis wilson >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:49 AM >> To: Neil Johnson; wilson@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [WILSON] locating kin >> >> Neil, >> >> Agree about Find A Grave. Technically it isn't a genealogy site but with 118 >> million records it's a great resource with lots of helpful volunteers. I've >> found lots of burial records for my Wilson's in PA, ID and OK. >> >> Dennis Wilson >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Neil Johnson <highlander@supernet.com> >> To: "WILSON-L@rootsweb.com" <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 10:19 AM >> Subject: [WILSON] locating kin >> >> >> One site I use a lot is www.findagrave.com A great place for finding graves >> and sometimes more - obituaries, etc >> >> Neil >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message