Last October my wife and I attended the CGSI (Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International) conference in Pittsburgh — it was awesome! You can read more about it on the CGSI website. Anyway, after one of the sessions I struck up a conversation with another guy in the audience, his name was also Jim. Turns out we both have relatives from Sambron, Slovakia. I mentioned to Jim that I had visited Sambron a couple times and I had taken photos and videos of the cemeteries. I told him I’d look through my pictures and see if any of them have the surname of his relatives. Well, I didn’t find any, but that’s not the end of the story.
Fast forward a few months and I’m putting together information for my grandfather Peter Marsinick’s page. I go out to Find A Grave and find Peter’s memorial page. I’m grabbing the source citation information and there he is, the same Jim that I happened to run into at the CGSI conference is the person who submitted the memorial for my grandfather. I guess we were supposed to meet.
Following Jim’s urging I’ve now created memorials for my great grandparents, Peter’s parents. These 2 memorials for my great grandparents John and Mary Marsinick are my first memorials on Find A Grave. I’ve used the site for years as a research tool but I’ve never submitted a memorial. I think I’ll start adding more.
