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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
   Re: Find-A-Grave website   
   21 Jul 18 00:03:57   
   
   From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Keith Nuttle   
    writes:   
   >On 7/20/2018 5:29 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   >> On 20/07/2018 21:45, Keith Nuttle wrote:   
   >>> On the page of the person, go to the bottom and find Created by:   
   >>>with  the name of the person.   
   >>> The next line is the date added, followed by the Find A grave   
   >>>Memorial  number.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you click on the person who created the sites name, it brings up   
   >>>a  way to send them a message.   
   >>  That brings up the page with the "Send a message" button, which then   
   >>requires me to register.   
   >>   
   >That is different.  I have used that to contact people in the past, so   
   >Ancestry must have made it more difficult to contact the contributors.   
   >   
   >Probably a security problem as with the rootsweb sites.   
   >   
   I don't think it'll be Ancestry: usually if Ancestry links to   
   FindAGrave, it dumps you into the FindAGrave website (warning you that   
   it's doing so); thereafter, you're not under Ancestry's control any   
   more.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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