Find A Grave is not owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Please wait a few minutes and try again. FindAGrave Addicts - Genealogy Wise Second, for anyone on here who has lost a loved one and finds the work we do (freely without pay and out of the kindness of our hearts most of us anyway) "disgusting, or that it infringes on your privacy, copyright laws and personal property", I am sorry that you feel that way. Many private cemeteries have banned FindAGravd's top contributor cyber ghouls from taking photos of tombstones. About the company This site has been active for more than 20 years, first appearing online way back in 1995. Desired outcome: Community and Contacting Members - Find a Grave My problem is with the company who does not do a better job of arbitrating with people who want to hoard other people's relatives. Create a findagrave.com account and then click "suggest edits" and then there will be an option to request management of the memorial. ti's not "HARD WORK. " My complaint was with those who rush to submit the memorial as soon as they can-whether they have any connection to the person, the cemetery, or the general area. My comment is not directed at those who do it for their own genealogy or add friends. What I do know is this tracking down ancestor graves is HARD work. I do it because it helps many people to feel closer to a loved one. Author: Kalamazoo, Michigan. The point hasn't anything to do with the validity of Find A Grave, but rather do you want you family added to their lists and plastered all over the net. posts. I have helped many people find long lost ancestors from several generations back with many not knowing where their ancestors were buried. I don't see reasons for the anguish. Several plans available. If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. My older brother was put up on findagrave without my family's permission, which my mother found out about years ago, and she wasn't given a reply when she requested to have it removed. Mostly we are retired in any case. How Ancestry.com's Find A Grave Encourages Bad Actors and Bad Data Twice I have submitted a maiden name for a deceased relative and twice been declined - This will give you a space to inform the manager of the memorial about the use of the wrong photo. If prehistoric or unmarked burials are encountered, stop work immediately and contact the THC's Archeology Division for advice at 512-463-6096, or archeology@thc.texas.gov. Many contain personal info that many families wish 2 keep private. It is disturbing that Ancestry has television commercials depicting African Americans searching for their ancestors, when so many records remain un-indexed and hidden from discovery. I want to RIP. However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. She said "you can not ruin people precious hard work" which makes me underlook her. Although, I bet you could associate ANY activity as a contest - you seem to have a GIANT chip on your shoulder about this. Megan Heyl to give my son back. Find a Grave is connected to Ancestry. A trojan virus downloaded onto my computer when I was on Find A Grave and clicked on a family name within a memorial. However with "Forever Missed" you r the creator and nobody can come along and take control. No materials from this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Fire Sarah, the evil administrator who removed my account, and threatened to have me arrested because she refused to treat me the same as other members. It's totally against what their mission is. Ancestry has SO many complaints already, they don't want any more. It is a disgusting desecration on my sister's grave and memory! Locating Unmarked Graves - Texas Historical Commission the site should really remove that photo especially if your 6-yr daugther had not died. I am absolutely revolted! Do u know. I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. Yes Virginia. This appears to be especially true for African American individuals and other individuals deemed to be not important enough, I am guessing. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. I think Find a Grave is a great site, but, I'm a little concerned with some certain people postings, especially on my ancestors that have been posted by people who do not do the research or who put in the wrong information. I need to confirm my email address with Find a Grave..I don't know why is a leget address..I was thinking maybe all a SCAM. These so called "major contributors" also post family photos they have swiped from the net. Once you r booted out the personal data is cateloged and deceased loved one is rebaptized into the Mormon faith. because findagrave should NOT allow people take unauthorized headstone and claim "DEAD PEOPLE PRIVACY IS GONE". Desired outcome: I was aghast when it popped up on my monitor. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. If you are hoping to find the grave of a specific relative, then you will need to have some vital record information: Full name (first, middle, last) Date of birth Date of death Location of death You can find full names and birthdates on family bibles or baptismal and census records. I was wondering if they shut down. It isn't particularly onerous, but it does require patience - - - and being civil. Then you are suspended. They play upon emotion. NO I DID NOT! This comment was posted by a verified customer. FindAGrave has more than 154 million memorials on its site and is a valuable research tool. Not happy about it. Not everyone who provides this service (and yes it is a service maybe not to you NOW but to future generations who will be very happy someone like me gifted my time and love for family history to make sure their ancestor could be found.. definitely). The one who will not relinquish my relatives said his wife is a relative, however, he admitted she is only a cousin and does not even provide relevant biographical information to their "memorials". Don't buy into it. But these body chasers today don't even wait until after the funeral to post the memorial, I have had people steal watermarked photos i personally took and posted of my loved ones and they add them to other ancestry sites and pretend they are their own or they post them to totally different people. If you can't find someone on the site, it's probably just . Have you tried contacting him on the memorial's Edit page? People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. See Wikipedia for more.. Find A Grave; Genealogy data can be searched for by entering the name of a person to find where that person is buried. This is very basic courtesy. Spare me. Now the problem is that you don't have an account so there's no where to transfer the memorial to. That also shows me that this person's hobby is spending constant hours on Find a Grave for her/his number count. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. Find a Grave singles out only certain people. FINDAGRAVE and ANCESTRY.COM are owned by the same people. putting undead people photo on die site. Unless a person trespasses on to a privately owned plot/cemetery that is NOT owned or operated by a non-profit or the county/state, we are not infringing on your privacy. So any suggestions? THAT's THE REAL DISHONOR. Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. Contact Your Local BBB Your local Better Business Bureau can assist you with finding businesses and. I respect a families wishes whenever possible but in this instance it appears it was his daughter wanting it removed although her siblings wanted it to stay. This includes both general and info of a more private nature that most families do nor want published on the net. They do nothing about it. In my case I created a memoral 4 my Grandmother and also a memorial for a favoured child who died in infancy. For immediate removal: Please remove Memorial #[protected]. I'm an amateur genealogist and I've heard of the unsavory practices of Find A Grave members, so I Another member of Find a Grave is holding my grandfather's memorial page hostage. The bottom line some families just want to be left alone. I'm going to contact them again and if it's not resolved I will have to see what legal action I can take, Find A Grave's top contributor cyber ghouls r banned from photographing tombstones. I also discussed talking to attorney to see if I could get some type of restraining order to prohibit my grave site from appearing on ###. Its directed at those whos compulsion is to have as many as they can for their own greedy ego. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. And we are all volunteers. This is very basic courtesy. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. I too thought that direct family should include aunts and uncles. The.rational .they.r.private cemeteries and have @, no one has to ask permission to photograph a headstone. Get those cheap skates to pay you! I am amazed at people who have done 20, 000+ headstones, don't they have a life. It's definitely not a contest. This browser does not support getting your location. That is true, however I have requested several times even sent the find a grave and as you said they dont care. 3. When posting pictures it is proper to cite the owner of the photograph. Furthermore, nobody actually "owns" a grave. So I am very sorry for your loss, as I still have not gotten over mine, fortunately for me, I now have a nine year old granddaughter from my Search famous graves, newly added graves, most popular graves. I took a picture of that visible headstone and attach it to the memorial I did not delete someone else work that is totally disrespectful. "When someone creates a memorial, that means they were either related to this person or a close personal friend." FindAGrave was meant to help people find where someone's last resting place was. especially those from earlier days. This is totally wrong. To a point, I don't blame him. Anyone walking a cemetery can find DOB. This is stealing/theft/vandalism. Celine McKay It is essentially a long term lease from the cemetery.