Die webtuiste is in 1995 deur Jim Tipton van [[Salt Lake City]] begin om hom te help met inligting vir sy stokperdjie om grafte van bekendes te besoek.<ref name="Jim">{{cite web|year=2007|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=1|title=Find A Grave Contributor: Jim Tipton|publisher=Find a Grave|accessdate=11 Mei 2012}}</ref> Hy het later ’n aanlyn forum bygevoeg.<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Maynard
| first = Meleah
| title = Grave Matters: Minnesota's dead are only a click away
| newspaper = City Pages
| location = Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota
| accessdate = 8 September 2012}}</ref> Find a Grave is in 1998 as ’n kommersiële webtuiste van stapel gestuur.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=2442925-0151 |website=Utah Secretary of State |title=Entity No. 2442925-0151|accessdate= 11 November 2011|date=1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=4729413-0143 |website=Utah Secretary of State|title= Entity No. 4729413-0143|date=2000|accessdate= 11 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |website=Delaware Department of State|title= Division of Corporations Entity File No. 3168328|date=2000|accessdate= 11 November 2011}}</ref>
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Die webtuiste is later uitgebrei om die grafte van onbekendes in te sluit om aanlyn besoekers in staat te stel om eer te betoon aan aan afgestorwe familielede en vriende. Op 30 September 2013 het Ancestry.com aangekondig hulle gaan dit koop.<ref name="Ancestry.com Acquires Find A Grave">{{cite web|title=Ancestry.com Acquires Find A Grave|url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/30/ancestry-com-acquires-find-a-grave/?hootPostID=4138bfc02be3bbeec497222fbff15920|website=Ancestry.com|accessdate=1 Oktober 2013}}</ref> In 2016 het Find a Grave reeds oor meer as 152 miljoen begrafnisrekords beskik,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/|title=Find A Grave|website=Find a Grave|accessdate=2016-09-12}}</ref> asook 75 miljoen foto's wêreldwyd.<ref name="Ancestry.com Acquires Find A Grave"/>
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Bydraers moet registreer en net die huidige bestuurder van ’n inskrywing mag daaraan verander. Lede mag korreksies en versoeke vir individuele inskrywings instuur, asook boodskappe en foto's van blomme, vlae en godsdienssimbole. Lede mag ook vra dat ander lede foto's van grafte instuur.<ref name = "fag">{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=listFaqs#73 |title=Find A Grave FAQ: 'How do I submit a photo request?' |website=Find a Grave|date= |accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref>
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Find a Grave het ook skakels na monumente van byvoorbeeld ontvangers van eremedaljes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=ctf&FSctf=28 |title=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor Recipients |website=Find a Grave |date= |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> godsdiensfigure,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=ctf&FSctf=16 |title=Claim to Fame: Religious figures |website=Find a Grave |date=11 Oktober 1954 |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> opvoeders<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=ctf&FSctf=20 |title=Claim to Fame: Educators |website=Find a Grave |date= |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> en ander beroemdes. Die webtuiste oefen beheer uit oor die inskrywings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=bios |title=Famous Bio Guidelines |website=Find a Grave |date=1935-05-02 |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref>
