How should two cemetery headstones be handled?

Question

Laura Thompson Hargis has a tombstone at Fordland Cemetery and a cenotaph at Easter Cemetery.  It is clear that she is buried at Fordland.  The profile has both FindAGrave citations listed.  This is typically what I would do.  But the new cemetery report lists it as an issue or a data conflict. My guess is that I should put a “sameas=no” in that Easter citation but that isn't really true.  So I seek an answer to how this should be documented since I am sure we will have more as we resolve the issues indicated in the new cemetery report in the CIB boxes in the category.

Answer 1

Per the relevant Help:Find A Grave page, you can use the FindAGrave template for each, with the actual burial site sameas=yes and the cenotaph sameas=no.

From that Help page:

“ [Sameas=no] can also be used in case of multiple memorials for the same person on FindaGrave (CENOTAPH, MEMORIAL SITE, need merge on FG, ...)

Answer 2

Personally I would suggest that a cenotaph is not 'real' and could be mentioned, without the memorial number, if you see fit. I prefer to ignore cenotaph entries where there is a documented actual grave.

Answer 3

I'm managing the profile and will mark the one as saneas=no,

It's what I've done on others like this

Comments

Thanks