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Find a Grave is one of the most widely used genealogy websites in the world — and also one of the most misunderstood. Millions of memorial pages exist, but genealogists frequently treat each one as a quick lookup: a name, a date, maybe a headstone photo… and then they move on. This approach leaves an enormous amount of genealogical evidence untouched.
Because Find a Grave is based on a blend of cemetery transcriptions, volunteer uploads, user edits, contributor notes, and photo metadata, each memorial page becomes a layered historical artifact. Beneath the surface of what looks like simple biographical data lies a wide range of hidden clues — relationship hints, burial patterns, source citations, geographic migration evidence, and contributor-created breadcrumbs that can lead you to new records.
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