Findagrave is a nice hobby and I use it. It is connected to Ancestry.com. The people who manage the memorials are not necessarily family. They may put up obituaries, in the Bio, and leave the living members names and cities in the obituary. That breaks a rule but findagrave does nothing to correct it. When I edited some memorials by simply taking that out, and this is for my home parish cemetery, the managers, in the dozen or less I did, invariably refused. The response from one was that “there were no additions noted.” I did not do anything to counter that response. If they refuse to add the plot location, it was one person, then I responded and was told she did not know how it happened! And people will transfer to family. It is an interesting way to find out more about for instance one’s parents’ buddies during the war, or classmates who died as you can have a virtual cemetery. Looking through a graveyard in findagrave you will see family photos and learn about and remember people who you knew. As our Priest said at my dad’s funeral, they had full lives. If you can add dates, and bios, or memorials, requesting photos you will find a hobby that is helpful to others and free to do still. Mark your veterans with a “V.”
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