I have enjoyed many hours of volunteering for Find A Grave and having help from many other volunteers to create memorials to remember our ancestors.

To those who are rude or demanding don't expect a reply.

Headstone photos are CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Please do not copy my photos to other Find a Grave memorials.

Death Is Nothing At All
By Henry Scott-Holland

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/death-is-nothing-at-all-by-henry-scott-holland

Why I request photos: 1-volunteers find memorials without photos faster, 2-family members who are unfamiliar with Find a Grave and don't realize they can request photos when the memorial is given as a suggestion on ancestry sites, and finally, 3-markers deteriorate overtime.

For death certificates or obituaries on memorials, please don't take the information provided on the death certificate or obituary as a primary source.

SNAGGED FROM ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR'S PAGE:
DEATH CERTIFICATES are welcomed on my memorials as they are in the public domain and, although at times there are errors, they can provide a wealth of information. Please review the Find a Grave rules, death certificates are allowed on 'all' memorials.

Although some, but not all, death certificates are available for free on FamilySearch.org. I add them so individuals who cannot afford Ancestry.com have access to their relative(s) documents. It's my way of paying it forward. Find a grave is now owned by Ancestry.com.

Older markers usually have the age of the deceased listed as years...month...days. I utilize a Genealogy Tombstone calculator: http://ovs-genealogy.com/tools/free_birthdate_calculator_calculates_birth_day.shtml

SNAGGED FROM ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR'S PAGE:
"I have been concerned about obituaries being added so I contacted 'Find a Grave' and this was their response." "Greetings... Since the move to Ancestry and the new website, newspaper obituaries, death certificates and other scanned documentation is allowed. We encourage members to move the images 'down to the bottom of the photo display' so that they are not the first thing you see when viewing a memorial page.
Thank you, Find a Grave Administration"

A LIMB HAS FALLEN

A limb has fallen from the family tree. I keep hearing a voice that says, Grieve not for me.

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song. The good life I lived while I was strong. Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you. Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.

My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest.
Remembering all, how I truly was blessed. Continue traditions, no matter how small. Go on with your life, don't worry about falls I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin. Until the day comes we're together again.
Unknown Author

I have enjoyed many hours of volunteering for Find A Grave and having help from many other volunteers to create memorials to remember our ancestors.

To those who are rude or demanding don't expect a reply.

Headstone photos are CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Please do not copy my photos to other Find a Grave memorials.

Death Is Nothing At All
By Henry Scott-Holland

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/death-is-nothing-at-all-by-henry-scott-holland

Why I request photos: 1-volunteers find memorials without photos faster, 2-family members who are unfamiliar with Find a Grave and don't realize they can request photos when the memorial is given as a suggestion on ancestry sites, and finally, 3-markers deteriorate overtime.

For death certificates or obituaries on memorials, please don't take the information provided on the death certificate or obituary as a primary source.

SNAGGED FROM ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR'S PAGE:
DEATH CERTIFICATES are welcomed on my memorials as they are in the public domain and, although at times there are errors, they can provide a wealth of information. Please review the Find a Grave rules, death certificates are allowed on 'all' memorials.

Although some, but not all, death certificates are available for free on FamilySearch.org. I add them so individuals who cannot afford Ancestry.com have access to their relative(s) documents. It's my way of paying it forward. Find a grave is now owned by Ancestry.com.

Older markers usually have the age of the deceased listed as years...month...days. I utilize a Genealogy Tombstone calculator: http://ovs-genealogy.com/tools/free_birthdate_calculator_calculates_birth_day.shtml

SNAGGED FROM ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR'S PAGE:
"I have been concerned about obituaries being added so I contacted 'Find a Grave' and this was their response." "Greetings... Since the move to Ancestry and the new website, newspaper obituaries, death certificates and other scanned documentation is allowed. We encourage members to move the images 'down to the bottom of the photo display' so that they are not the first thing you see when viewing a memorial page.
Thank you, Find a Grave Administration"

A LIMB HAS FALLEN

A limb has fallen from the family tree. I keep hearing a voice that says, Grieve not for me.

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song. The good life I lived while I was strong. Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you. Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.

My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest.
Remembering all, how I truly was blessed. Continue traditions, no matter how small. Go on with your life, don't worry about falls I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin. Until the day comes we're together again.
Unknown Author