Planning & How-To
8 guides on Planning & How-To, from choosing flowers to getting them placed.
Finding a grave or plot, using Find a Grave, and arranging flowers for a grave anywhere in the country.
Planning & How-To
How to Leave Flowers at a Grave, Step by Step
A simple step-by-step guide to leaving flowers at a grave: checking the rules, where to put them, keeping them upright in wind, and what to do with old flowers.
Planning & How-To
How to Find a Veteran's Grave: The VA Gravesite Locator and Other Tools
Step-by-step ways to find where a veteran is buried: the VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator, Arlington's search, overseas cemeteries, and Find a Grave.
Planning & How-To
The Headstone Isn't Set Yet: When It Goes In and How to Place Flowers Meanwhile
Why a headstone often goes in months after the burial, how long it usually takes, and how to place flowers at a grave that only has a temporary marker.
Planning & How-To
One Delivery or a Plan? How to Choose Dates for Flowers at a Grave
Single delivery, one a year, or a seasonal schedule: how families decide, which dates they pick, and how to build a year of flowers at a grave that runs without anyone remembering.
Planning & How-To
How to Find Out Where Someone Is Buried: Records, Databases and Who to Call
Seven ways to find where someone is buried, in the order that works: obituaries, Find a Grave, BillionGraves, the VA locator, funeral homes and county records.
Planning & How-To
How to Create and Manage a Find a Grave Memorial for a Loved One
Find a Grave is the largest public record of American graves. How to search for an existing memorial, create one, add photos and the plot, request a headstone photo, and take over management of a memorial someone else made.
Planning & How-To
How to Find a Grave in a Cemetery: Records, Find a Grave and Reading a Plot Map
Find the grave online first with Find a Grave, the VA gravesite locator and cemetery records, then use the section, lot and plot map to walk straight to it.
Planning & How-To
Can You Have Flowers Delivered to a Grave?
Yes. Here is how graveside flower delivery works, who actually places the flowers, what it costs compared with a florist, and how you know they arrived.