Does anyone else love historical markers and add them to profiles?

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I love historical markers and the Historical Marker Database is a great way to find markers in the United States that could coordinate with WikiTree profiles and pages

They seem to have a similar business model over there. Everything is contributed by volunteers and anyone can contribute. Income seems to come from ad revenue.

All I've done so far is add a link to sources in a profile bio for one related marker for Patrick Henry http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35014 Rural Plains.
WikiTree profile: Patrick Henry
in The Tree House by Sandi Wiggins G2G6 Mach 6 (69.5k points)
Great website - thank you.  Found markers for a family I'm currently adding/connecting. Then clicked on a nearby marker, which led to finding an online book with the history of that family and marriages linking them to my current family profiles project :D

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I also love historical markers. The way you've added the link to the marker is excellent. We get to look at the marker and see other information about the marker and it's subject, and no copyright laws have been broken.

As a caution to wikitreers in general: Photos that you did not take, belong to the person or agency that took them. They are copyrighted and as such should not be copied to Wikitree without permission. Sandi's example is perfect.

Link don't copy - This goes for Find a grave also.
by Anne B G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
selected by Sandi Wiggins
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The answer to your question is Yes. Thank you for the link.
by John Noel G2G6 Pilot (744k points)
I'd love to see an example of how you used HMDB in a profile.
Sorry Sandi I haven't added any to a profile yet. I do love to read them.
Oh! I see what you were saying now.

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