2017 Find a Grave memorials are missing
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Hi.
I have attached over 200,000 sources to FamilySearch. I only add this to inform that I know what I am doing and experiencing when adding sources. Find a Grave sources would account for at least 10-20 percent of that total. I know in the past when a new memorial is added it can take up to 6 months for source linker to have the source in FamilySearch to be able to attach it. I also know most of the time when record search does not suggest the source, or you can not locate it in record source search, or some other suggestion method you see. Such as attaching a source, and you see those similar suggested sources to look at.
You have to input the name exactly as spelled in Find a Grave, put in burial place as residence. Remove everything else. Once in a while adding death year helps. Most times residence the way Find a Grave spells it works good. Recently I am finding you have to use FamilySearch standardized spelling.
Now here is the related part to this trend. How often does FamilySearch get info from Find a Grave, and by that I am really asking is FamilySearch getting 100% of memorial sources. I ask that because I am seeing a trend. Almost every time I can not find a memorial the memorial was created in 2017.
See record 9N54-G9X and her spouse Earl. Her are there memorials.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181780285/earl-h-chalgren
I just suggested spouse links today for this couple.
Is it because I use Firefox, or is there some other reason record search is not locating these sources.
Here is also some learned tips.
If anyone makes a name correction suggestion in a memorial. You will only see the source in record search by the latest name spelling FamilySearch got the last time they got updates from Find a Grave, and that may not be the same as the current memorial spelling. You will have no way of knowing that so you may not locate the source in FamilySearch.
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It seems like you are doing a lot of trial and error with spelling variations to try to find a record in Find A Grave Index in order to attach the source. There is a way to find an existing memorial in that index that works reliably every time.
In Search| Records, use the Find A Collection option to choose Find A Grave Index. Then in the search parameters, choose More Options. Choose Affiliate Record Identifier, and enter the FG memorial number.
If the Memorial is in the FG Index, this technique will find it every time, and if it is not found, you can be sure that the Memorial is not yet in the Index.
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Thanks for the tip. I have been letting the program just give me the results.
When I selected "collections" just under results it did not show Find a Grave, nor when I did a search for it in Collection Title.
I think the database program has changed again. Not showing More Options, or I could not find it.
I tried the "Find" and that didn't help. Search Historical records not working either.
Maybe a starting point webpage???
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@Bateman, Nolan asked: "Maybe a starting point webpage???"
You mean like this one? https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801
I got to it by simply typing "find" into the Find a Collection box on the Search - Records landing page (https://www.familysearch.org/search/).
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I really like that Find A Collection option and use it almost exclusively since starting in a single collection always, for me, seems to be the best way to start a reasonably limited search:
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To illustrate @Alan E. Brown 's comment (I like pictures):
Gives:
However, you are correct that the two memorials for Earl and Dorthy are not in the FamilySearch database at this time. Putting in their memorial numbers gives:
They are both missing from the FamilySearch index.
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Thank you all for the input. I am going to bookmark the webpage for fast access.
The last tip where the search shows no results found just boosted my theory that many memorials created in 2017 have not been shared with FamilySearch. I wonder why?
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