Running behind with edits. Have patience.

The email I prefer to use is [email protected]. I've been using this email for over 25 years for my family tree research and now Yahoo filters all of my Find a Grave email into the spam folder for some reason.

Please consider leaving a flower for my beloved fur baby, Maddie and my little foster dog, Mugzy.

Memorials for those who have not yet passed: If I have created a memorial for someone who has not passed, but their stone has been placed in a cemetery, I do not add information like maiden names, full dates of birth, ect until that person has passed. I do have some older memorials that have this information, but as of now I don't add it. These edits will be declined unless there is proof of death.

I don't believe in Find A Grave's transfer guidelines. I am pretty lenient when it comes to transfers, so ask and you may receive. I AM NOT A MEMORIAL HOARDER. I like to take management of abandoned memorials in certain areas before a hoarder gets them. I will pass them along to any relation who asks, unless I am a relation, then, whoever is the closer relation gets it.

There is no reason to get snippy about an error in a memorial. It happens to all of us.

Edits: I'm not a tyrant with them, but if I ask for proof and do not receive it within 48 hours your edit will be declined.

Photos of obits: Yes, I post them. I have typed out way to many obits only for the edit to be ignored. If I post a photo of an obit to a memorial you have created and you would prefer that the photo is removed and the obit typed, just ask and I will do that. If you post an obit to any memorial, please leave the name, location and date of the newspaper.

Unknown Burials: EVERYONE DESERVES A MEMORIAL. I usually only make them if I can link them with a parent/parents to try to avoid duplicates. Some people are ok with that, some try to be the Find A Grave police and throw a fit about it. If you find an actual burial location and merge it with my unknown, I won't yell at you. I've had people yell at me via email when I merged their unknown with one I created with the location.

If I send an edit and you are not a relative, I'm more than willing to take over management of the memorial if you wish. I've passed on many of the memorials that I have both created and taken management of to closer relations and will continue to do so.

If I have added a photo of a funeral home marker to a memorial and you later add a photo of the stone, please let me know and I will remove the photo of the funeral home marker.

I started out on Find A Grave only creating memorials for my relations. A few years ago, I started doing them daily for the areas my family is from, in search of relations that I didn't know about, and from doing this I have found many relations and made many connections that I was unable to do previously.

I also do this because I enjoy it. My other half says I care more about the dead than the living, which is kind of true because these days I'm pretty much happy just to hide out a home and avoid people.

Now, if you are still reading................

My mother's family is from the North Side (old Allegheny City) in Pittsburgh, Pa. My main lines are Simon (my grandfather) and Strater (my grandmother). I unfortunately do not know much about this side. My Strater Great Grandparents were immigrants from Lithuania. My Simon line goes back a few generations in the city of Pittsburgh.

My father's side of the family (which is 99% of my family tree) is mostly based in Armstrong County, Pa. My main lines are:

Jack - Armstrong County, Pa

Morrison - Armstrong County, Pa

Bowser - Armstrong County, Pa - I'm descended off this line at least 3 times, twice through the Camp's/Jack's and once through the McCoy's/Guthrie's.

Camp - Armstrong County, Pa

Guthrie, Armstrong County, Pa

McCoy - Armstrong County, Pa

Moyer, Clarion County, Pa

Hartman, Clarion County, Pa

Hale - Venango County, Pa

Tantlinger - Westmoreland and Armstrong County, Pa

Eshenbaugh- Westmoreland and Armstrong County, Pa

AND MANY, MANY, MANY MORE NOT LISTED HERE.

Stolen from another Find a Graver, because I feel the same way: I believe that EVERYONE deserves to be remembered, long after their relatives that were around them in life have passed away and their memory kind of, just gets lost. That is why I love and respect this site, because we can make a record of someone that may have been forgotten, or their burial site was unknown, their ashes lost or their stone is broke, deteriorated or unreadable. Wouldn't YOU want to be remembered? I know I would.

Running behind with edits. Have patience.

The email I prefer to use is [email protected]. I've been using this email for over 25 years for my family tree research and now Yahoo filters all of my Find a Grave email into the spam folder for some reason.

Please consider leaving a flower for my beloved fur baby, Maddie and my little foster dog, Mugzy.

Memorials for those who have not yet passed: If I have created a memorial for someone who has not passed, but their stone has been placed in a cemetery, I do not add information like maiden names, full dates of birth, ect until that person has passed. I do have some older memorials that have this information, but as of now I don't add it. These edits will be declined unless there is proof of death.

I don't believe in Find A Grave's transfer guidelines. I am pretty lenient when it comes to transfers, so ask and you may receive. I AM NOT A MEMORIAL HOARDER. I like to take management of abandoned memorials in certain areas before a hoarder gets them. I will pass them along to any relation who asks, unless I am a relation, then, whoever is the closer relation gets it.

There is no reason to get snippy about an error in a memorial. It happens to all of us.

Edits: I'm not a tyrant with them, but if I ask for proof and do not receive it within 48 hours your edit will be declined.

Photos of obits: Yes, I post them. I have typed out way to many obits only for the edit to be ignored. If I post a photo of an obit to a memorial you have created and you would prefer that the photo is removed and the obit typed, just ask and I will do that. If you post an obit to any memorial, please leave the name, location and date of the newspaper.

Unknown Burials: EVERYONE DESERVES A MEMORIAL. I usually only make them if I can link them with a parent/parents to try to avoid duplicates. Some people are ok with that, some try to be the Find A Grave police and throw a fit about it. If you find an actual burial location and merge it with my unknown, I won't yell at you. I've had people yell at me via email when I merged their unknown with one I created with the location.

If I send an edit and you are not a relative, I'm more than willing to take over management of the memorial if you wish. I've passed on many of the memorials that I have both created and taken management of to closer relations and will continue to do so.

If I have added a photo of a funeral home marker to a memorial and you later add a photo of the stone, please let me know and I will remove the photo of the funeral home marker.

I started out on Find A Grave only creating memorials for my relations. A few years ago, I started doing them daily for the areas my family is from, in search of relations that I didn't know about, and from doing this I have found many relations and made many connections that I was unable to do previously.

I also do this because I enjoy it. My other half says I care more about the dead than the living, which is kind of true because these days I'm pretty much happy just to hide out a home and avoid people.

Now, if you are still reading................

My mother's family is from the North Side (old Allegheny City) in Pittsburgh, Pa. My main lines are Simon (my grandfather) and Strater (my grandmother). I unfortunately do not know much about this side. My Strater Great Grandparents were immigrants from Lithuania. My Simon line goes back a few generations in the city of Pittsburgh.

My father's side of the family (which is 99% of my family tree) is mostly based in Armstrong County, Pa. My main lines are:

Jack - Armstrong County, Pa

Morrison - Armstrong County, Pa

Bowser - Armstrong County, Pa - I'm descended off this line at least 3 times, twice through the Camp's/Jack's and once through the McCoy's/Guthrie's.

Camp - Armstrong County, Pa

Guthrie, Armstrong County, Pa

McCoy - Armstrong County, Pa

Moyer, Clarion County, Pa

Hartman, Clarion County, Pa

Hale - Venango County, Pa

Tantlinger - Westmoreland and Armstrong County, Pa

Eshenbaugh- Westmoreland and Armstrong County, Pa

AND MANY, MANY, MANY MORE NOT LISTED HERE.

Stolen from another Find a Graver, because I feel the same way: I believe that EVERYONE deserves to be remembered, long after their relatives that were around them in life have passed away and their memory kind of, just gets lost. That is why I love and respect this site, because we can make a record of someone that may have been forgotten, or their burial site was unknown, their ashes lost or their stone is broke, deteriorated or unreadable. Wouldn't YOU want to be remembered? I know I would.