Published price
Human-assisted memorial search
Help locating a grave when the details are incomplete.
Share names, dates, cemetery clues, records, or photographs. A coordinator reviews the evidence and explains whether desk research or a field visit fits.
Requests accepted nationwide with local availability confirmedPermission checked before field workWritten scope and price before approvalPrivate documentation after reviewed care
Begin with a local availability check
A grave search begins with evidence, not a guessed match.
Online cemetery indexes can be helpful, but no single source contains every burial, plot change, spelling variation, private cemetery record, or unmarked memorial. Graveshine combines the information you provide with available records and human review.
The result is explained as confirmed, likely, or still needing review. If desk research cannot establish sufficient confidence, an in-person field locate may be proposed where cemetery access and local availability permit.
Details that can help a memorial search
- full name, maiden name, nickname, or alternate spelling
- birth and death dates, obituary, funeral notice, or military information
- cemetery name, city, county, section, lot, row, or plot card
- photographs, nearby family names, monument descriptions, or prior visit notes
Pricing guidance from the current catalog
Know the starting point before you inquire.
Credited toward approved memorial care of $300 or more.
Planning guide
Field Locate & Condition Snapshot
From $195An in-person cemetery visit to locate the memorial, confirm its position, and capture an initial condition snapshot.No field care begins from this page. Graveshine first confirms the memorial or program, authority, applicable cemetery requirements, scope, local availability, timing, exclusions, and complete written price.
A process with human checkpoints
Two levels of locating help
- 01
Coordinator review
A human reviewer reconciles the family and cemetery details you provide with available information.
- 02
Confidence outcome
The result records whether the memorial is confirmed, likely, or still needs more evidence.
- 03
Field confirmation when needed
An approved cemetery visit may locate the memorial, confirm its position, and capture an initial condition snapshot.
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Care only after identity
Cleaning, tribute placement, or stewardship is scoped only after there is sufficient confidence in the exact memorial.
What the selected starting point covers
Assisted locating includes
- Human record review
- Cemetery-detail reconciliation
- A documented location outcome
- $95 credit on qualifying care
Limits stated before care
Search limits stated plainly
- Public and third-party burial records can be incomplete, duplicated, delayed, or inaccurate
- A matching name is not enough when dates, cemetery, or family details conflict
- Field access, cemetery cooperation, marker condition, unmarked plots, and local availability can affect the outcome
- Graveshine does not guarantee that every requested grave can be located
Questions worth answering first
Clear expectations before the request.
Memorials, cemeteries, weather, and family circumstances differ. These answers explain the decision points that commonly affect this service.
Can you find a grave with only a name?
Submit the name and anything else you know. A name alone may produce several possible matches, so dates, location clues, relatives, records, and photographs can materially improve confidence.
What does a grave-locating service cost?
Assisted Memorial Locating is $95. Field Locate & Condition Snapshot is From $195 when an approved on-site search is the appropriate next step.
Will you clean the memorial when it is found?
Not automatically. Locating and care are separate decisions. The memorial’s condition, material, cemetery rules, suitable local coverage, scope, and price must be reviewed before any care is approved.