Help on the Place Graves tab

The Graves tab displays a list of the graves contained within a place such as a cemetery, city or county.

Add a Grave

For a cemetery or cemetery subdivision, you can easily add a grave by entering the name, birth date and death date into the fields provided and select the Add button. You can leave blank any field that you do not know, but at least one of the name or birth date or death date must be provided.

Name

Format	Examples
First Middle Last	Mary Elizabeth Smith Mary Smith Smith
Last, First Middle	Smith, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Mary Smith, , Mary
First Middle /Last/	Mary Elizabeth /Smith/ Mary Elizabeth /Jones Smith/ Mary /Smith/ /Smith/ Mary //

The first and middle names are optional in all formats. Use the comma (,) or slashes (/) name formats when the last name is unknown or when the surname contains two names without a hyphen between them. Prefixes (Dr. or Rev.), suffixes (M.D. or Jr.), nicknames ("Curly") and maiden names are currently not supported using the "Add" button; select the "Edit" checkbox and enter them on the Edit form instead.

Birth and Death Dates

A variety of date formats are supported, including:

Format	Examples
day month-name year	26 January 1946 26 Jan 1946
month-name day year	January 26, 1946 January 26 1946 Jan 26 1946
month/day/year	1/26/1946 01/26/1946
year month-name day	1946 January 26

The month and day are optional in all formats. If the day is specified, the month must also be specified. The month can be abbreviated to the first three letter of the month name, for example Jan for January.

Edit

If the "Edit" checkbox is checked when you add a grave, the newly added grave will be immediately editted with the edit form. This allows you to easily enter additional information about the grave.

For other place types, such as a city or county, you will be directed to navigate to the specific cemetery where the grave is located before adding it.

Filter Graves Displayed

Using a filter, you can quickly locate graves in a long list. A graves list can contain dozens or even hundreds of pages making finding a specific grave difficult and tedious. Using the filter capability, you can narrow down the list to only graves matching the filter expressions. You can enter any combination of filter fields.

Field	Matches	Restrictions
Surname	The start of the surname	Case sensitive
Given Names	The start of the given name	Not case sensitive
Born	The year of birth	Enter the year only; month and day are not supported
Died	The year of death	Enter the year only; month and day are not supported

Example Filters

Filter				Matches graves with	Example Matches
Surname	Given Names	Born	Died	Matches graves with	Surname	Given Names	Born	Died
Park				Surnames starting with "Park"	Park Parker Parks	James A Dennis Joseph C	13 Feb 1893	1 Apr 1864 23 Sep 1959 4 Jan 1862
P	D			Surnames starting with "P" and Given Names starting with "D"	Parker Pond	Dennis D A	13 Feb 1893	23 Sep 1959 10 Oct 1863
P	D		1863	Surnames starting with "P", Given Names starting with "D" and Died in 1863	Pond	D A		10 Oct 1863
		1893	1959	Persons born in 1893 and died in 1959	Parker	Dennis	13 Feb 1893	23 Sep 1959

Displaying Graves ...

The surname, given names, date of birth, date of death and burial location are displayed in a table.

Field	Description
	Click on this icon to display detailed information about this grave.
Surname	The person's surname (last name).
Given Names	The person's given names.
Born	The person's date of birth (if available).
Died	The person's date of death (if available).
Buried	Indicates the location of the grave with the place. For example, for a county the buried location would indicate the cemetery where the grave is located. For a cemetery, the buried location might indicate the row or section within the cemetery.

Paging

If there are more than 25 grave entries in the list, the list is divided into pages of 25 entries each.

Paging Toolbar

The paging toolbar (shown at right) allows you to move forward and backward within the pages of grave entries. The toolbar contains four page navigation buttons described below:

Button	Description
	First page
	Previous page
	Next page
	Last page

The navigation toolbar is located at the top of the list at the far right. A second navigation toolbar if located at the bottom of the list in the center of the tab.

Some buttons will be disabled if the corresponding page navigation is not possible, such as the Previous Page button when you are already viewing the first page.