Find a Grave

Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience." Volunteers can create memorials, upload photos of grave markers or deceased persons, transcribe photos of headstones, and more. As of 2023, the site claimed more than 226 million memorials.[1]

Find a Grave
Type of site
Online database
Available inEnglish
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Dutch
Portuguese
Swedish
OwnersAncestry.com (2013–present)
Founder(s)Jim Tipton
URLwww.findagrave.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched1998; 25 years ago (1998)
Current statusActive
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