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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Follow Friday -- Keeping up with FindAGrave Errors

The other day I received an email from a 5th cousin stating that I spelled the name of a cemetery wrong, I had Piegeon Hill instead of Pigeon.  Upon closer inspection, I saw that it indeed was listed as Piegeon.  Horrors, but I didn't spell it that way. The person who initiated the site in Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada spelled it wrong. There was no contact name, or email, so I wrote to http://www.findagrave.com/ and explained the situation.


Then hours later, I received a wonderful email, in which the person wrote, "Hello Barbara, I'm so happy that I found your link while I viewing the Cross family at Piegeon Hill Cemetery." Both of the emails came within a 24-hour period. One error travels fast!


I never heard back from the people at FindAGrave, but did check back on the Pigeon Hill Cemetery site and saw that it was corrected.


Several hours later, while working on a completely different cemetery, I discovered that the same Horace Adams is listed in two cemeteries in Batavia, Genesee Co., New York.  I wrote the administrator, but haven't heard anything yet (perhaps on vacation).


These errors are minor, they probably only affect me.  But, I do want things to be correct.  FindAGrave is a fabulous organization, no question about that. Just think 48 million records for free, and most with photos.  I am not complaining, just following them.