Findagrave.com is a free website dedicated to grave sites. Users may search the site's database for the graves of famous people, or of friends and relatives. Search options include by date of death, and by date of birth. Users may also browse by location, 'recently added names', and 'most popular searches'. The site also contains 'interesting' epitaphs and monuments, a surname index, an 'online cemetery' and discussion forums.
The information available on the graves of famous people is much more extensive than what is available for genealogy purposes. The majority of the listings have been contributed by volunteer members of the site. Contributions include biographies and various photographs when available. The photos may include images of the cemetery, grave markers and/or the deceased.
Registered users may request photographs of certain graves and these requests may be 'claimed' by photo volunteers local to the requested area for uploading to the site. Members may also submit burial records to the site and several tools are available for this. Registered members also have the option to upgrade a memorial on the site for a one-time fee of $5. Upgrading increases the allowed photo limit and permanently removes all advertisements from the memorial.