I'll believe it when I see it; I can't imagine this being anywhere on the internet. TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. I've been sent many messages of great thanks for doing so, including from many adoptees. This comment was posted by a verified customer. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. The actual property is owned by the cemetery or county/state and what you, me and the rest of the world "owns" is the space set aside for our loved ones. What is your experience with Find A Grave? Author: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Many of these memorials contain more than headstones. MANY people are SEARCHING for their relatives, and they can not afford to fly to every cemetery in AmericaThank God people CARE ENOUGH to go to the cemeteries and take pictures, and post them on the ONLY FREE SITE of it's kind, find a grave! Find a Grave - Online Search. 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. This website uses future generations as an excuse to take photos of children, babies, adults, of all ages and post them online. This is not precious. I don't see reasons for the anguish. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. For all legal purposes, it is not your loved one, it is a memorial for your loved one. This will give you a space to inform the manager of the memorial about the use of the wrong photo. Finally, ### is neither all bad or all good, but some issues need to be addressed in civilized matter and in fairness to all users. A trojan virus downloaded onto my computer when I was on Find A Grave and clicked on a family name within a memorial. Precious hard work needs to respect copyright, do u understand, sharon haywood It shouldn't be about having 7, 000 memorials, nor should anyone "own" a cemetery (I had an issue with a woman over that as well and finally decided the hell with her, if she didn't have one of the people buried, than I added it). Can I charge money as a Photo Volunteer? Please contact me within 14 business days, or you will be hearing from my attorney. Since my daughter's crime is unsolved I have reported this to the detectives on the case. NO I DID NOT! I dont think anyone takes photos of headstones to hurt anyone but only to help others find where their ancestors/relatives were laid to rest and to preserve history. So any suggestions? Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! Yes Virginia. View social follower numbers, contact emails, reviews and podcasts like Grave Matters. Find a Grave uses volunteers to assemble burial/body disposition details about individuals. compete on how many records make is useless. they have family/friends help them compete for the right and privacy. They are about a month behind in their email correspondence. unless you really know that person Several times I've asked for corrections on my Mother's memorials. People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. Megan Heyl to give my son back. A gentleman named John has added the below message concerning my mother.I and my brothers and sisters would like this to be deleted out of respect for our mother.I don't accept that an outsider can access documents and without family consent write what they deem necessary.We cannot even contact this John.Would you please delete this information.There is a family behind this message and who live to this very day thinking of their mother who was taken from them so early in life.Authorisation was not given for this message to be inserted. Mostly we are retired in any case. Then you are suspended. Ask for permission. Find A Grave - Has no check against rampant fraud. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . Hun, Your daughter's grave and headstone are in a PUBLIC PLACEpeople use find a grave for RESEARCH reasons, and to SAVE these names for posteritythey do it because THEY CARE..not for any money or fame . Sigh of relief. I have a good clue who is doing this to our flowers we leave on confederate veterans memorials. The answer is NO and she's not going to respond to emails. Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect in dealing with this. Youll find helpful information about your account here or you can use this form to send us questions about account issues. Speaking for myself the answer is NO. When someone has refused to transfer a grave site, I have gone on and duplicated it with an explanation. Use it to search for burial information and gravestone images among the 160 million online memorials volunteers have logged at Find A Grave. It's definitely not a contest. 1. Do you want your child forgotten? Owners of private property on which a cemetery or graves are located shall have a duty to allow ingress and egress to the cemetery or graves by (i) family members and descendants of deceased persons buried there; (ii) any cemetery plot owner; and (iii) any person engaging in genealogy research, who has given reasonable notice to the owner of The information on six posts are false and falsely placed according to statements of family and or records listed. In most cases they don't. If you don't have cemetery burial information they shouldn't be put up. By the time I got home 2 hours later my family was already loaded. I can google my name and find every city I've lived in, and all the way back to 1971 when I fell off a high diving board because its in the local newspaper. They email the requester and tell them that they sent a message to the memorial owner. SO HELP OUT! That's obscene. When burial details are unknown, Ancestry has a "global" index for this. For the child - the original marker withered away with the passing of time. Please include the cemetery ID number or the URL to the cemetery page on Find a Grave. how many tomb photo taken is no longer a meaning anymore. I don't know who took your daughter's photo (or anyone else in here). "Find A Grave" thrives on harvesting cemetery data with no regard to family wishes. The bottom line some families just want to be left alone. son. Find A Grave deceptive, rip off, scam Salt Lake City, UT. Solution: Make a new account, follow the rules, and be nice. now findagrave even suspended me and deleted my dead freind burial records. Being a republican or democrat should have nothing to do with findagrave and southern history of our confederate veterans memorials. They are by states of where the person was buried. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. There is a process to get memorials transferred. This browser does not support getting your location. I feel sorry for you, and I can understand about feeling like you have been exploited.At the same time though if It had not been for find a grave .com. They do have a number and findagrave is owned by Ancestry.Com. This politically correct world is becoming ridicules when we can't even tell historical facts about people .One of my relatives committed suicide because his wife left him do to he drank to much . Find a Grave is a volunteer project. BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? We all have ancestors we like to memorialize. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. I have only been a member maybe 6 months I would never delete anyones work. There is a problem with your email/password. Really? The person who took my great grandfathers memorial has captured over 50,000 souls and she cannot do a simple favor! Twice I have submitted a maiden name for a deceased relative and twice been declined - Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online. There are two types of Memorials you can create..the basic similar to Find A Grave is free. Are you going to blame the owner (Photo copyright owner) by saying that facebook is really public, every photo you put can be stolen anytime by any online person. My condolences to you and your family. I have contacted Find A Grave and even submitted a copy of my birth certificate and they have done nothing. Sure, sure if you're anal enough to enjoy all that cataloging and picture takin, etc then fine, but your getting screwed and smiling about it Might want to learn some self respect. Now the problem is that you don't have an account so there's no where to transfer the memorial to. If a family member has asked you to remove a memorial, than you do it. Approximately 1 Reports Found. To find cemetery records for New York in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps: Go to the FamilySearch Catalog Enter: New York in the Place box Click on: Search Click on: Cemeteries To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below Go to the FamilySearch Catalog Enter: New York in the Place box Click on: Search I am wandering am I, going to have to pay Ancestery .Com now for all the info that was suppose to be free on find. THAT's THE REAL DISHONOR. Yet the "manager" of this site refuses to correct the error after I informed them that I'm a family member and provided them with a link to the named cemetery which lists the names of all individuals buried there. The.rational .they.r.private cemeteries and have Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. Kind regards. We may not have all the burials in a given cemetery, just those that people have added. "Tom" Carpenter, age 84, passed from life to eternal life on Wednesday. theft is wrong. The information is public, online or not. So, it's a crap shoot, but some do turn them over. A problem occurred. If she isn't corrected, my family and I will take further action. Sad life when people have nothing better to do with their time. I have contacted the prosecutor and state police. Find a Grave is a fantastic app that allows you to add to the world's largest online cemetery database and search for graves. Find more than 951,266 complaints| Ripoff Report I want to RIP. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Kristy is an internationally known Psychic Medium and Psychic Detective. Too bad someone doesn't start a class action lawsuit against "Find A Grave." Spare me. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. 04/17/2022 I do a few memorials for family and friends. Every one listen, this website is a blessing to everyone that's on it, it was put here to view memorials and find peace. Plan to go early in the day, in case it takes you a while to find the exact location. Interesting. I live in central Va. and my father's plot is in Elliott City, there . And daily scanning of obituaries to add and having 200k memorials? if findagrave not allow, it's disrespectful to that real-dead person. Transfer management of my grandparents memorials to me, their granddaughter. The pay version is a one time 30 bucks. Meanwhile, I'm calling findagrave now. It's a wonderful starting point for research, though I'd never, ever take anything I found on the site as credible in itself. I have helped many people find long lost ancestors from several generations back with many not knowing where their ancestors were buried. A short while later while attempting to add more to the child's photo I found out I was no longer in charge of the site. It requires patience. Added almost 3000 memorials. I even put in for a forgot password thinking I had it wrong and I don't even get a email to reset it. Forever Missed's top package is something like $30.00 bucks. As for putting personal information on a memorial, unless they knew the person it can't be any more personal than what is public knowledge from the newspaper, an obituary, etc. I was wondering if they shut down. It may seem shocking to someone unfamiliar with this whos just lost someone young, but please know nothing bad is intended. I started on there when it first started as a way to link my family and friends family for future generations, but once they started making it a contest it became distasteful and grotesque. But when I find it, post it and notify the requestor that are overjoyed. Search consumer complaints, reviews and information about find-a-grave. i added family memorials for genealogy purposes so that future generations would easily track ancestors. I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. I've created over a thousand memorials and thousands of photos, some were by request, others not. If the family wants their relatives and has proved the relationship, then their request should be honored. I had to threaten legal action to get my mothers and fathers memorials transferred to me. I can see why they dropped you. Nuff said. He died on 16 Nov 1620 aboard the Mayflower, a fact which you can easily validate with a Bing search. You then control exactly what's on the memorial. When posting pictures it is proper to cite the owner of the photograph. Stop awarding points like trophies. STOP HOLDING MY GRANDPARENTS MEMORIALS HOSTAGE ! I understand you way too well, and I am so sorry that they lack enough common sense to put that sort of private information up online. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized What I do know is this tracking down ancestor graves is HARD work. I feel this infringes on my privacy, copyright laws and personal property of mine being placed on the internet for advertising purposes. Totally agree. Find A Grave continues its mission to provide a collaborative community where members can contribute memorials and record burial dispositions If you have any questions regarding this or any other matters pertaining to Find A Grave, please do not hesitate to contact senior administration directly at support@findgrave.com Sincerely, Find A Grave You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Your second argument of unknown dispositions do not make sense, especially in the cases of my and Eddie Jones' Reviews. Findagrave.com user terms require anyone managing a memorial to turn management control over to a direct relative when requested. Wasted my timeFind A Grave has changed a lot since it changed hands. That is true, however I have requested several times even sent the find a grave and as you said they dont care. but you know sir. They just would not listen. I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. Its directed at those whos compulsion is to have as many as they can for their own greedy ego. The person who has my grandparents on his list of memorials has 25, 000 and has been there for 15 years. For consumers, it can happen through online feedback forms or customer service countersbut consumer complaints are a separate matter. State, Local, and Tribal Governments Find contact information for state, local, and tribal governments. So much unneccesary stress its to the point I consider suicide. This was a second marriage for Mary Ann when she had been widowed and married James Payne in 1862, A message inserted under my mother's name Anne McKay at Templeogue cemetery by John, Read full review of Find A Grave and 5 comments, Complaint against a contributor who creates duplicate memorials, Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down, Read full review of Find A Grave and 3 comments, Aggressive elderly man is mad at me because I made his memorial famous, People who hate memorials listed as "burial details unknown", Transfer management of my grandparents memorials to me, their granddaughter. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. I take GREAT pride in linking people with their deceased family members to connect these families, piece them back together, after death. Not happy about it. "When someone creates a memorial, that means they were either related to this person or a close personal friend." Did I post the information of the drunk teenager that killed her? I didnt even get an email from Find A Grave to warn me. The prosecutor says that I can file a civil complaint about this infringement against the guy who took and posted the picture. the important is all funeral and headstone photos must be authorized and legitimate and the owner let you use. Ask for permission. I told her I would not give her the death notice or pictures, she harassed me and it was done anyway without our knowledge. Another example is Captain Samuel Chew, who died on 4 Mar 1778. Historical Society. It's not on the tombstone and it was a nickname given to him by coworker where he worked for 4 years from [protected]. Well for all the money findagrave is apparently making if they want my help fulfilling the hundreds of requests in my local graveyard then they'e going to have to pull some money out of that old sock and put up. family names are listed incorrectly, incorrect spellings of names, incorrect places of birth, incorrect pictures of where bodies are buried and, incorrect lineage noted. In other words, if the contact person is "not accepting messages, " and they do this intentionally, you won't be able to reach them, to request management control. People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. When I protested FindAGrave blocked my isp and booted me out. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." 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. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. For example, I have a cousin whose memorial was posted, no picture of the headstone, no information on all her pass husbands ( she was married 6 times, only one mentioned because it was on her obituary which was posted in an El Paso, Texas newspaper. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. Not even the ones I paid to sponsor! So Ancestry is breaking Find a Grave's guidelines. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. When someone creates a memorial, that means they were either related to this person or a close personal friend. Not true. If you spend gas and money doing this on your own, tough [censored], you can't complain about anything, YOU CHOSE to do the work, get over it. Wowmost of you really need to get a life. You're not alone in your complaint. if you harass someone they will report to Findagrave staff and your account will be ban, Ladybug is just one of those rude f## people. Then rebaptize the dead into the Mormon faith. I hope in the near future that there will be a legal challenge to ### as to whether they have a property right to post gravesites without permission for those who have passed away "after" a set period of time, similar to release of census records. I don't see the point in the complaint. It is purely disgusting what they do, I understand the bit of finding relatives and such, however adding details like that is just revolting. It is a wonderful thing we all do here, but historians need to not only just walk the grave yards then make a memorial so they can get their numbers up. Search tips Photo of Antioch Pioneer Cemetery by Harold & Wanda Blackwell On this day Tony Meehan was born on this date in 1943. FindAGrave Administrators- Caleb, Mikenna, and Amber. They are more interested in grabbing a tombstone in hopes of getting brownie points. A findagrave monitor is removing our confederate veterans tokens of respect and replacing them with hideous looking fake purple violets. To suggest an update, go to the memorial and click the Suggest Edits button below the birth and death information. Man it's their photo not your photo. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. It all boils down to how well you play with others. Prehistoric grave sites contain fragile, easily destroyed remains. Find a Grave has the right to delete any User, for any reason. I have visit grave site that someone had taken a picture of headstones by the time I got there years later the headstone was clean and more visible. Hey James, It's only a website. The site stores over 120 million grave records, providing plenty of material. Then they boot you out or ban u. Some person going by Ladybug (member #[protected]) {note doesn't even use a REAL name, address, email, etc.} Contacted manager of my daughter's "site" who has refused to remove information I object to from daughter's bio or agree to transfer the memorial to me. I have complained to Find A Grave several times about misinformation on my family site (father, grandfather, grandmother and great grandparents) and use of their head stones without my permission. I want to add to my comment above that it is only a numbers game with a few individuals. We are all individuals of different expectations of this site. My sister's grave is on this site, Eilleen Sien of Colonia, N.J Contacted me by phone and Face Book, my Family DID NOT WANT this information posted! An alternative - Forever Missed. You haven't done anything wrong. There was a problem getting your location. This monitor controls about 300,000 or more memorials and is on a power trip and politics. These indexes on Ancestry.com are free to use by everyone, whether you have a subscription or not. are you saying that STEALING PEOPLE HEADSTONE WITHOUT AUTHORIZE IS CALLED PRECIOUS HARD WORK So when someone dies; and their obituary states that they were predeceased by their parents and their spouse, the only way to find their relatives is through an obituary search. My nephew passed on new year's eve. FindAGrave has more than 154 million memorials on its site and is a valuable research tool. How do messages work? I only post a headstone photo that I personally have taken and sometimes link a person to a spouse. Further harassing a Find A Grave employee on a different website (this one) only proves that there is a serious problem with your unreasonable, childish behavior. Even if it's only photo share, if you not ask owner. I cannot get back in F.A.G. She refused. I assume this means that they can't transfer the memorial to family members, because you didn't mention that (Which was pretty much, the whole point of the complaint). This complaint was posted by a verified customer. And Nothing was ever done. Which legally or DNA wise is not a relation. Desired outcome: I'm pretty sure I know whose behind this, I have figured it out. dead person family can still object if they dont want. Put a new memorial or photo on an existing one, and use the memorial's location and photo to make it more visible. So you are one of those obnoxious [censored]s who think that if there isn't a burial, then there isn't a point in adding it? The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. Ancestry provides a myriad of beneficial services; Find A Grave is yet another website providing beneficial information. I only record what is mentioned on the stone. Many f## people are very unfriednly, when ladybug reported you, findagrave banned you so you can NOT see anything. The person who has invaded my family's privacy has created 55 thousand of these things. Janet, directly under the memorial's information, select 'suggest edits'. 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. This commonplace.Memorial Park themed cemeteries. things I will never get back now. My daughter was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered and the manager posted numerous newspaper articles about this in the bio section. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. FindAGrave is LSD an extension of the Mormon Church. This person has harassed me even on created memorials I worked hard on. He then served for four and a half. For those who have the fee-subscription database of Ancestry.com, they have the Find A Grave indexed when you are searching for an ancestor. All because they are not respectful of families and not responsible for the content. I lost my daughter in 1978. Choose a topic below to begin. This is true even on Newspapers.com (also owned by Ancestry). if the person died, findagrave must let the person stay in their site, even if they had not have tombstone/headstone. And, if so, where. This is totally wrong. We welcome you to Grave Matters. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. If that means I have a rock to mark my burial site, so be it. Ancestry has SO many complaints already, they don't want any more. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! She claims she has THE RIGHT to document what she pleases. That sucks. Therefore, those records are not searchable. As a young man he joined. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint.
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