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In reply to the discussion: Anybody else having trouble with being alone? [View all]70sEraVet
(5,721 posts)I do some research and entries for findagrave.com.
It started with discovering that there is an old, neglected African American cemetery in our tiny town. Not many of the graves have markers. I went on findagrave, and found that some of the names had been entered, but others werent. So I started doing entries, and it snowballs. I would enter the name of, say, a husband, then start looking for his wife. Search for death certificates in familysearch.com or ancestry.com, hopefully the certificate would list the cemetery.
I admit, it sounds like a morose hobby. But I really get hooked on the feeling that I am uniting families, and preventing people from being forgotten.
In warmer months, a friend and I work at cleaning up the cemetery. Sometimes we find markers -- those small, aluminum markers that come from the funeral homes, or even headstones that have fallen over and covered in leaf debris.
Sorry, leftylady, for getting carried away. You were asking about being lonely. I forgot all about that!