Is your hobby visiting the graves of famous people? Have you been to the grave of Al Capone, Karl Marx, Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley? FindAGrave.com intends to become a comprehensive listing of the burial places of everyone in the world, but as this is a massive undertaking, there are many millions of graves out there that they do not yet have in their database. So, if you know where someone is buried but cannot find them on the site, you can submit the information using an online submission form, and help all the people who want to find that grave in the future.
You are allowed to add the information of everyone, including pets, and build virtual cemeteries to group listings in whatever way you would like. For example, you can make a “Smith Family Virtual Cemetery” where you will place all of the members of your Smith family tree, or “My Favorite Actors” or “Memorials I Visit Often”. The site is based on the principle that it is of great historical importance to have a record of all those who have been a part of our collective humanity.
And visiting a gravesite is a way of keeping the memory of someone alive. Find a Grave aims to be a “virtual cemetery” where people can visit graves, leave flowers, etc. when they cannot do so in real life due to geography, finances and other circumstances. The online memorials are greatly enhanced by biographical photos, family photos as well as shots of the actual headstones.
Findagrave.com In Their Own Words
“Who is behind Find a Grave? Well, first of all, you are. Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. The site simply wouldn’t exist without the 200,000+ contributors. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find a Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton. In addition to Jim, there are a handful of folks who work behind the scenes, helping out with Find a Grave on a daily basis.”
Why Findagrave.com It Might Be A Killer
Fin a Grave is definitely an interesting concept. Burial information can be a wonderful resource for people researching their families (genealogists). Most importantly, contributors from around the world can enter new records, use the site as an educational reference tool and find long-lost loved ones. They can become a member, submit data, add flowers, add photos and search the database at no charge.
Some Questions About Findagrave.com
Will Find a Grave provide the possibility to add a new cemetery outside the U.S.? At the moment, you can only add names to a cemetery that already exists in the database. Will Find a Grave attract the masses? Is there a large audience interested in finding graves, submitting records, photos and biographies of their relatives? 
