As I'm making my way through the database, I'm searching at the FindAGrave.com site to see if anyone has posted a memorial page for the individual who matches the information in my database. I'm then adding the burial place to my database. I've created a source template for the burial information as well.
The finished source might look something like this:
FindAGrave Inc., FindAGrave.com (www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 September 2014), Joseph Allen (1733-1816) memorial.
Nothing spectacular, but it's something that I should have been doing or could have been doing for several years. I've been a member at FindAGrave.com for a long time and have been a contributor. As a free site, it has a lot of information and many times additional clues that I didn't have in my database.
As I make my way through the alphabet (right now I'm still in the "A" section), I am adding the final burial location for folks in the database, but also am adding birth, death and marriage information as I find it. I'm making sure I source it right away so that I know where I found the information. This information will be helpful in leading me to new clues on these people.
My goal is to get through Rootmagic first with everyone that doesn't have a burial location listed, then go back and check those that I did already have with a burial location to see if they have a memorial page, add sourcing from FindAGrave and add any additional information.
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I recommend you keep track of the memorial number too, so you can go back to it quickly.
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