A brief article in the May/June issue of “Family Tree Magazine” offers suggestions on ways to memorialize family members online.
If you aren’t using these, now is the time to check them out:
- Facebook. You should preserve your deceased relative's Facebook account and add "Remembering" to the account name.
- Find a Grave (findagrave.com). This site allows you to register for free and add photographs and other information. It also allows you to create a memorial burial site if there is no known or marked gravesite.
- Fold3 (fold3.com). Click the "Memorials" tab, then "Create a Memorial" to start the process. You can also link the memorial to an ancestor's military service record found there.
- Legacy.com memorial websites (memorialwebsites.legacy.com). This global network of online obituaries links to various newspapers and funeral homes.
- We Remember (weremember.com). A free site and app sponsored by Ancestry.com, but some registration required.
- WeRelate (werelate.org). Register for free, then under the "Add" tab, create a Person Page or add to existing pages.
There may be others. These were the ones covered by the article. If your goal is to memorialize someone, these are good options. They don’t have to be relatives or ancestors — they can be friends, teachers or others who have meant something to you.
School desegregation in DeKalb County, Part 2
Professor Dan Amsterdam will be the speaker for the May 15 Lunch and Learn lecture at the DeKalb History Center. His topic will be “A Local Story with National Implications: School Desegregation in DeKalb County and the Remaking of American Law.” This continues the discussion from the March Lunch and Learn by another speaker. Amsterdam will focus on the 1992 U. S. Supreme Court decision and its aftermath. The event starts at noon and is free, but bring your own lunch. The venue is the Old Courthouse on the Square in Decatur. For further information, see dekalbhistory.org or call 404-373-1088, ext. 23.
WWI Casualties Scrapbooks now online, searchable
The Georgia Archives has placed online the “World War I Casualties Scrapbooks Collection” covering Georgians who died in WWI. Go to GeorgiaArchives.org, then Announcements. It’s a great treasure.
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