If you ask the FAG volunteer to take a photo of the spot where the grave should be (I know not always possible) it will prevent the next hunter from asking for that photo over and over again. Some of the volunteers have unique methods like placing a flag or flowers on the spot and then taking the photo.
Ian On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Michele/Support < [email protected]> wrote: > TIP OF THE DAY (Legacy Staff) - My current project > > (Legacy 9) > > > > I have been doing genealogy a long time, long before Find a Grave (or any > other website for that matter) existed. Back in the day you either visited > the cemetery yourself or you used a cemetery survey book. I have A LOT of > people that have a cemetery survey book as a source. > > > A picture of the actual tombstone is better evidence than a transcription > of the tombstone in a cemetery survey book so I have tagged everyone in my > file that uses a cemetery book as a source (easy to do on the Master Source > List). I am using the tag navigation tool in the extreme bottom right > corner of the Family View to go from person to person. It looks like this > I:2. In this case I am using Individual Tag 2. You can navigate by using > the forward and backward arrows and you can change the tag number by > clicking in the center of that button. > > > I am using the new FaG tool to help my find these people on Find a Grave. > > > 1) If there is a FaG memorial with a photo, I add the FaG number to the > new FaG field, I create a new source and I delete the old one, and I ask > permission of the photographer to download the photograph to my file. I > then untag the person. > > > 2) If there is a FaG memorial without a photo, I request a photo and I > untag this person but I then tag them on another dedicated tag letting me > know that I am in a holding pattern. I do not change my source citation. I > never use FaG as a source unless there is a photograph. > > > 3) If there is no FaG memorial, I add one. I know the person is buried > there because I have a cemetery survey book that says so. When I create the > memorial I put full source citation to the book and I request a photo. I > then untag them from this tag and tag them on the other tag (my holding > pattern one). Again, I don't change my source, not until I have a > photograph. > > > So what happens if I request a photo and the FaG volunteer advises that > there is no marker? Then my cemetery book remains the best evidence. Some > of the books I use are quite old and I have found many instances where the > marker existed in 1925 but it doesn't exist anymore. In that case I will > make a note on the memorial with a full citation to the book. I add that > FaG volunteer Jane Doe #12345679 searched the cemetery and found no marker. > > > I started working on this yesterday. I only have 1245 more people to go :) > > > > > > Michele Simmons Lewis, CG > > Legacy Family Tree > > [email protected] > > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > > > Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is > a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under > license by Board certificants who meet competency standards. > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r.) Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days Macaulay Genealogy Family Matters Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario
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