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Boots13 · 02-09-2013, 08:41 PM

I was able to assist one of our East Coast BFP members in locating a close family member interred in the State of Washington. It was a 6 week detective job consisting of information gathering, cold calls, records requests and essentially spamming every cemetary in Northwestern Washington consisting of the word Green, past or present (ie: Green Acres Cemetary, Greenwood Cemetary, Green...) . Even the new ones (Dignity, Acacia) used to be known as GreenVine Cemetary, etc.

The leads came slowly, but finally narrowed it down.

And yesterday, against some amazing odds, the family member was located in Seattle ! The headstone was under one name and the burial roster was under different name.

The smile is this:

I trained my K9 tracking dog on the roads running directly past the site for
years ! I mean less than 5' (yes, feet) away.

And I am still getting e-mails, offers, and suggestions from cemetary's around the state. And I suspect this will be happening for quite some time, considering how many of them I contacted requesting record checks and suggestions.

I still cant believe what a small world it is we live in...

02-09-2013, 08:41 PM	#12825
Boots13 Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: No Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PNW Posts: 823 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,387 Thanked 2,314 Times in 428 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I was able to assist one of our East Coast BFP members in locating a close family member interred in the State of Washington. It was a 6 week detective job consisting of information gathering, cold calls, records requests and essentially spamming every cemetary in Northwestern Washington consisting of the word Green, past or present (ie: Green Acres Cemetary, Greenwood Cemetary, Green...) . Even the new ones (Dignity, Acacia) used to be known as GreenVine Cemetary, etc. The leads came slowly, but finally narrowed it down. And yesterday, against some amazing odds, the family member was located in Seattle ! The headstone was under one name and the burial roster was under different name. The smile is this: I trained my K9 tracking dog on the roads running directly past the site for years ! I mean less than 5' (yes, feet) away. And I am still getting e-mails, offers, and suggestions from cemetary's around the state. And I suspect this will be happening for quite some time, considering how many of them I contacted requesting record checks and suggestions. I still cant believe what a small world it is we live in...