I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?
Not yet. I don’t believe in an afterlife or that they’re watching over us, so before I started my family tree, I didn’t see the point.
Now that I’m researching them, I want to get the details of the grave and see where they were buried. Also, my great grandfather died during the first World War and was buried abroad. I found researching his grave to be quite interesting, and I’m going to visit the memorial to him and the other members of the military who died during the war.