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  • 14-01-2020 10:55AM
    #1
    Up Donegal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭


    Do any of ye use this website to search for the graves of your ancestors?
    If so, what are your opinions on the site?


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  • #2
    KildareFan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 688 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    Up Donegal wrote: »
    Do any of ye use this website to search for the graves of your ancestors?
    If so, what are your opinions on the site?


    Haven't used the site so far. I use Findagrave mostly & one of my contributions to genealogy is to upload photos & inscriptions on to the site.


  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74,044 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    If you have family in their coverage area its useful (I do); but they have very little outside Galway/Mayo/Donegal. Also some transcriptions are quite poor and were probably done by photograph and not inspection of the stone. Their process encourages corrections from locals but if there's nobody left in the area that doesn't turn up anything.

    I've also found a comprehension error of relationships between people in the grave but it was a very complex setup (parents, children, sibling of the parent, etc)


  • #4
    SophieLockhart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭SophieLockhart


    I've found a few names from Mayo and Donegal that I was searching for, quite useful.


  • #5
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    A very easy site to use but many of the photos are of poor quality meaning inscriptions are nigh on impossible to read.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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