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The majority of my searches are positive finds, but the one below has me a bit confused with the three entries for the same person, in two different towns and different cemeteries. Since they aren't far from me, I hope to make a winter visit to find the correct one. My post for tomorrow is on this Edmund Goodenow's family. He was my 9th great-granduncle.
Goodenow, Capt Edmund   29452588b. 1610 d. Apr. 5, 1688 | North Cemetery Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA |
| Goodenow, Capt Edmund 87227301 b. 1611 d. Apr. 5, 1688 | North Cemetery Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA |
| Goodenow, Capt Edmund 88975925 b. Apr. 11, 1611 d. Apr. 5, 1688 | New Town Cemetery Sudbury Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA |
Follow-up. Midge Frazel told me they were buried at the North Cemetery in Wayland.
** While I was working with FindAGrave today, December 7, 2012, the total went to 91 million grave records.
** The total is now 92 million grave records as of January 1, 2013!
** The total is now 93 million grave records as of January 22, 2013!
** The total is now 94 million grave records as of February 13, 2013!
** While I was working with FindAGrave today, December 7, 2012, the total went to 91 million grave records.
** The total is now 92 million grave records as of January 1, 2013!
** The total is now 93 million grave records as of January 22, 2013!
** The total is now 94 million grave records as of February 13, 2013!
3 comments:
I believe that the problem lies within the Find A Grave software itself. It is very easy for multiple memorial pages to be set up for the very same ancestor; each by a different family historian, when there are no stop gap measures in place. Most people don't take the time to first check to see if a memorial page already exists, before they jump in to create one. There should be a feature added, that when someone begins to type in the main info. for the page they are creating, the Find A Grave website pauses that action to do a search to check for an already existing duplicate memorial page. What do you think??
Carol, I totally agree with you, and these multiple entries throw off the accurate number of grave records, maybe there are 88 million not 90. I'm sure the administrators know about the problem, and yes, there should be a fix. Thanks for the comment.
Love Find A Grave! I really should spend more time being a volunteer and looking for family. Thanks for adding so many items to make this such a wonderful treasure!!
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