Individual grave records may contain dates and places of birth and death, biographical information, cemetery and plot information, photographs (of the grave marker, the individual, etc.), and contributor information. American cemeteries are organized by state and county, and many cemetery records contain Google Maps (with GPS coordinates supplied by contributors) and photographs of the cemeteries and gravesites. The website contains listings of cemeteries and graves from around the world. In November 2017, the new site became live and the old site was moved to

Sometime between May 29 and July 10 of that year, the beta website was migrated to, and a new front end for it was deployed at. In March 2017, a beta website for a redesigned Find A Grave was launched,. Burial information is a wonderful source for people researching their family history.' In a September 30, 2013, press release, officials said they would 'launch a new mobile app, improve customer support, introduce an enhanced edit system for submitting updates to memorials, foreign-language support, and other site improvements.' ДЄs of October 2017, Find A Grave contained over 165 million burial records and 75 million photos. In 2013, Tipton sold Find A Grave to, saying that the genealogy company had 'been linking and driving traffic to the site for several years.

The site later expanded to include graves of non-celebrities, in order to allow online visitors to pay respect to their deceased relatives or friends.

Find A Grave was launched as a commercial entity in 1998, first as a trade name and then incorporated in 2000. The site was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of celebrities.

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