I can still look at stuff, I just cant add anything, correct anything, or do ANYTHING at all. To a point, I don't blame him. I agree with you Singatune, I don't see reasons for the anguish. son. Mormons believe u enter the after life based on "works" namely procreation, In life Mormons collect huge volumes of data. @, no one has to ask permission to photograph a headstone. I do not just run through grave yards and posts memorials for people I do not know or am related to. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience." I am amazed at people who have done 20, 000+ headstones, don't they have a life. I had been a member for several years. Not even the ones I paid to sponsor! She said "you can not ruin people precious hard work" which makes me underlook her. (they are in many places) Marriages and divorces? Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. The site stores over 120 million grave records, providing plenty of material. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! Sherry Maccanico, Desired outcome: Several times I've asked for corrections on my Mother's memorials. Some important ways to determine whether a cemetery exists on a particular tract of land include: (1) checking old deeds and property records; (2) checking old maps; (3) talking with long-time local residents; (4) searching for sunken areas on the property that seem to be oriented east to west; (5) looking for Vinca minor (cemetery ivy) and (6) especially if the girl is even NOT DEAD YET. These so called "major contributors" also post family photos they have swiped from the net. 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. After reading this post I know now who killed Vaudeville, Forest Lawn/LA (the cemetery of the stars) have a policy regarding photos. Non related people can steal your family (Dead family dead friends) photo/headstone, and put online in their name on creator list, when you ask them transfer to you, they said no and even claim to staff you harass they. 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. In fact, he has added pictures that he took from one of my memorials without any attribution and he cropped the picture to remove my uncle from the picture. having headstone does not mean they can not enjoy privacy. If you really not wish photo being f###ed by starngers, dont put them on line i tried to explain the situation but they stopped replying. I understand how it would feel really wrong to have a young child, recently gone, posted on the site but I really don't think there's much to be done about it. based on information from your browser. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. If u persist you are banned for harassing the top contributor who now manages the Memorial "you" created. Personal Services: Find A Grave. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. but you know sir. Find and visit a loved one's final resting place anywhere, anytime. Same thing, been on there 18 years and they suddenly said I was inactive, (I had just added 500 memorials in last 30 days) no I was very active, tried to log in but can't they won't send an email to reset password, and in looking I see that [censored] now has management of all my memorials and in last 24 hrs have given almost 50 away. I have no issue with someone adding OLD graves they found while walking the cemeteries. it's your choice to take unauthorized headstone and put on findagrave. Near the bottom of the edit page, you will see Other, press '+Suggest other corrections'. Stop awarding points like trophies. STOP HOLDING MY GRANDPARENTS MEMORIALS HOSTAGE ! Their memorials should be taken over by Find A Grave, and Find A Grave can follow the rules it sets forth. Her brother, Peter Maher, of 14 Shanowen Road, registered her death. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. They are getting fresh air and exercise. Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. I too thought that direct family should include aunts and uncles. It is a disgusting desecration on my sister's grave and memory! For all legal purposes, it is not your loved one, it is a memorial for your loved one. what is findagrave, answer me. Search famous graves, newly added graves, most popular graves. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized BEWARE of this websites. I am the last of my family and I even submitted a copy of my birth certificate showing relation. the dead person family (headstone person family or friend) can report to findagrave that you are unauthorized then your burial record on that person will be deleted immediately. Jul 19 2017. Why? U can also change photos and music any time u wantno restrictions. This person stalks and harasses me by following my flowers i leave on thousands of memorials. 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! think how bad it would mean. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. For what it is worth, when I fulfill a photo request, I never stand on a grave. For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. It requires patience. FindAGrave is pure grossess. This monitor controls about 300,000 or more memorials and is on a power trip and politics. The whole point of a grave stone is to publicly honor the person's life. There are tons of memorials created every day with information about surviving relatives; but Find a Grave allows it, as long as nobody says anything. It's a wonderful starting point for research, though I'd never, ever take anything I found on the site as credible in itself. things I will never get back now. Once the memorial is completed Findagrave turns the memorial over to one of their major contributors who thus adds personal information about the deceased and their families they have swiped from the net. Son of Edward Chandler, a labourer. I want to RIP. Failure of Wendy Ebenstein Norman to transfer my grandfather's Memorial Page to me, after numerous requests. I've done a small number of photo requests from the site at a local cemetery. I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. you are lucky enough to find findagrave steal your daughter photo but it's just a fortune you find out, many people online may use your daughter photos already. I find a lot of family history in find a grave. Method 1 Searching Individual Headstones 1 Visit the cemetery if you know where it is. Wowmost of you really need to get a life. not all people know your daughter had not really died. STRONGLY Agree. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. I've corrected Ms. DiMarco's errors and removed info the family doesn't want to share. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. Not just steal. just disappeared ? FindAGrave is 4 bored people who gave up all their vices have nothing better to do than being cyber undertakers and stick their nose I'm everyone's business. Find a Grave Team November 17, 2020 at 10:42 am Hi Marsha, please contact support@findagrave.com and explain this situation with details and we'll look into this further. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. You can suggest additions or corrections and the manager can choose to use those to improve the memorial. 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). As a young man he joined. Desired outcome: An alternative - Forever Missed. This is not hard work. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. I have a person doing that with my relatives on my grandparents side of the family and he refuses to turn them over to me. Precious hard work needs to respect copyright, do u understand, sharon haywood Chuck's claim to fame is being an expert at useless knowledge. The same thing has happened to me and my suggestion never went through. BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? FindAGrave Administrators- Caleb, Mikenna, and Amber. That's life. Being bitter and calling people names because you are upset is wrong. The answer is NO and she's not going to respond to emails. Findagrave.com user terms require anyone managing a memorial to turn management control over to a direct relative when requested. When confronted they claim they r performing.a service if families want it or not. Within 5 kilometers of your location. BS..Find A Grave is a hang out for graveyard ghouls. Stop awarding points like trophies. Find a Grave is connected to Ancestry. We may not have all the burials in a given cemetery, just those that people have added. The info on him was compiled by several members, and info from members of the Montgomery county Md. My complaint is with the new change to the website, I lost the links that were on the old webpage that linked my family members together. 1. Some person going by Ladybug (member #[protected]) {note doesn't even use a REAL name, address, email, etc.} Findagrave has mounted information against my permission, and I'm having to retain an attorney because of find-a-grave's unscrupulous behavior. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. I use it to the best of my ability to help others. It all boils down to how well you play with others. So you consider adding a memorial on there before the person is even buried as empathetic? Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! Ruby is right. Janet, directly under the memorial's information, select 'suggest edits'. The person who stole them claims to be related although they arent and they have never met any of my family. I have been a member of FindaGrave for many years. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. He died on 16 Nov 1620 aboard the Mayflower, a fact which you can easily validate with a Bing search. Features: + Access the largest online collection of burial info for free. I couldn't care less about the number of memorials I create (you refer to these as "points"; I assure you, they are not); have GREAT empathy, compassion and respect when it comes to the dead, and certainly don't chase bodies. 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. I asked for a transfer but got NO RESPONSE. This account has been disabled. Several plans available. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. Owner block you. listed divorce dates, ex spouses names and material of a more private nature our family did not want to share with the world. She's also violating her fiduciary role as a "Findagrave" volunteer. However she has not had a burial service, I'm looking at her urn right now and her obituary stated "private internment held at a later date". It's that easy. So yeah! 3. Find a Grave - Online Search. So I am very sorry for your loss, as I still have pot gotten over mine, fortunately for me, I now have a nine year old granddaughter from my son. i was disappointed because i have been looking for his interment for years but i was even more disapointed when the owner of the memorial refused to change the listed cemetery i emailed find a grave about this and it took them 1 month to respond they told me that if i could not prove they aren't buried there then they will help. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. A kind, generous, and gentle man, he was born on August 18, 1933 in Claiborne County. I don't see the anguish. Then they boot you out or ban u. aged 43, married Sometimes if you initiate polite conversation, they will comply or explain why they won't. So I took it upon myself to purchase a brand new grave marker. The rationale: They do not want a resting place for the dead to be devourered by FindAGrave's cyber knowitall undertakers. He hated the nickname and when my father and mother divorced in 1969; he moved back to his home town in NC and was never even called anything been a member since 2016 and i dont log in often, and i just discovered that someone made a memorial for my great grandfather john flint #[protected]. Really? For your money u can add videos, music and unlimited photos. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. I arrived on this page because I just had a conversation with my husband that when I pass away not to have an obituary published in newspaper and to only have a headstone with my name, no date of birth or death. The information on six posts are false and falsely placed according to statements of family and or records listed. All because they are not respectful of families and not responsible for the content. Get a life. This complaint was posted by a verified customer. If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. Stone doesn't last forever . You then control exactly what's on the memorial. That also shows me that this person's hobby is spending constant hours on Find a Grave for her/his number count. Reported Problem: Not accurate - Their data conflicts with my data. SO HELP OUT! Find a Grave singles out only certain people. everyone wants the records to be as correct as we can get them! This is not even "precious hard work" when you steal the headstone photo and put on your own findagrave.com I even put in for a forgot password thinking I had it wrong and I don't even get a email to reset it. The site would consist solely of faked pictures. Find A Grave is open to anyone creating a memorial for a deceased person with a known disposition. I feel this infringes on my privacy, copyright laws and personal property of mine being placed on the internet for advertising purposes. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." now findagrave deletes burial records and members now. waste of taxpayer money. That sucks. They play upon emotion. They email the requester and tell them that they sent a message to the memorial owner. There should be no emotional attachment on the part of a picture taker. I have been in a cemetery when a church group of about 30 swooped in and started downloading headstones. . so, u guys can also see that, steal people family/friend funeral is stupid. Cannot contact him because he is not taking questions His name is Jeff Hubbard. These indexes on Ancestry.com are free to use by everyone, whether you have a subscription or not. Take William Butten's find-a-grave memorial. You're not alone in your complaint. How ridiculous! If a family member has asked you to remove a memorial, than you do it. This website uses future generations as an excuse to take photos of children, babies, adults, of all ages and post them online. But this past month has been a nightmare. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. I didnt even get an email from Find A Grave to warn me. Another example is Captain Samuel Chew, who died on 4 Mar 1778. All that info is gone now! This appears to be especially true for African American individuals and other individuals deemed to be not important enough, I am guessing. + Locate grave sites of your loved ones through . She refused. because if her friends/her classmates/classmates parents. Plan to go early in the day, in case it takes you a while to find the exact location. Often obituaries are no longer findable, after a certain length of time. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. REMOVE THE SUBJECT MEMORIAL: [protected], This person Brenda Beatty McGraw, working for Find a Grave constantly documents false vital statistics concerning my family tree. if NJ harass, report to findagrave. I would email the cemetery asking if they could please verify whether or not John Flint, birth date-death date, is indeed buried there. Learn more about requesting management here. True Crime. The fact alone that you are completely disregarding this mothers concerns shows how much you actually care. If the family wants their relatives and has proved the relationship, then their request should be honored. There are ads on most pages from which they make revenue, and they charge family members to remove the ads from their loved one's profile. "if you can prove you are a direct relative"How is proving done over the internet to a stranger ? Only family can create memorials under 90 days and Id suggest a year. However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. Anne Maher McKay Again, it's only a website overrun by volunteers so move on. There is a problem with your email/password. Your argument is that findagrave is an open, safe space for individuals who can create memorials of family members and friends. If you not wish photo being shared, dont put" This is true even on Newspapers.com (also owned by Ancestry). Salt Lake City UT. I'll write again to let everyone know the outcome of this. Many Find A Grave ghouls r also members of ancestry . There is a process to get memorials transferred. Solution: Make a new account, follow the rules, and be nice. 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 already had a memorial created soon after my nephews passing. Well then I emailed Running Deer to let him be aware that this is my nephew, and that I didn't disclose that at first because I have caught him at this before. They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. It is a place to record cemeteries. FINDAGRAVE and ANCESTRY.COM are owned by the same people. There was a find a grave worker in Bastrop County, Texas I made a photo request of one of my great great great uncle who was born in the 1800's this gentleman took his time to go and take that picture when it was uploaded on the website and I got a email that the pictures once there I was in tears and was so grateful because I do not live near the county.So will everyone please calm down and do not turn this into a savage match, because this website is a blessing to some of us maybe not all but there are some of us out here that appreciate this website and wish it to stay on the website. There are also the ones on a power trip that treat memorial pages like Pokemon(TM) cards. I cannot get back in F.A.G. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. Find A Grave contributors are not responsible for the content of the memorials they create. Ancestry manages Find a Grave. I gladly turn them over to family members who want to put information and pictures. I contacted FindAGrave and they ignored my requests even though their new rules of conduct r very explicit that when confronted these "major contributors" supposed to turn memorials back to the family. After finding this woman on Facebook, I can confirm Ms. DiMarco wouldn't be allowed into my parents or grandparents homes while they were living, so WHY should she be allowed to manage their memorials ? their family and freinds HAD EVERY RIGHTS TO ASK FINDAGRAVE REMOVE THAT RECORD. Sad life when people have nothing better to do with their time. When burial details are unknown, Ancestry has a "global" index for this. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. However, if you can provide me with a suitable certificate ,then I will make your change and attribute it to yourself. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. All the information I had compiled on John Hanson Gassaway2 . Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. I've been sent many messages of great thanks for doing so, including from many adoptees. 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. In memory of your daughter, why don't you start a family tree of your own, for your relatives and descendants to enjoy. Find A Grave reviews & complaints 68 complaints 2 resolved 66 unresolved File a complaint Table of contents Claim listing Follow Share Complaints Contacts FAQ Find A Grave reviews 68 F FuryH of Indianapolis, GB Feb 13, 2023 7:51 am EST Verified customer Memorials and photo Ghouls Sad, because I do not want to return to the site now. Find contact information for federal, state, and local government officials. Nothing is sacred here. I mean, it's a "public" cemetery, not one in private family hands and as mentioned in a earlier post, when you die the privacy is gone, period. Because you are not their ONLY relative and others requested or may want to see it. My mother-in-law's site is totally inaccurate; says where she's buried. they have family/friends help them compete for the right and privacy. I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. When I got to my ggg grandmother, I went to connect her memorial to one of her daughter's memorials which just so happened to be managed by a person named "Scout" who LITERALLY is managing over 200,000 Ancestry company - "Findagrave" is effectively holding my grandparents memorials hostage. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. Once the memorial is completed Findagrave turns the memorial over to one of their major contributors who thus adds personal information about the deceased and their families they have swiped from the net. The nice thing about "Forever Missed" the memorial is yours. nobody would really be happy with findagrave anymore.! I tried to inform Find A Gave of the issue but to no avail. The "known disposition" is the key - you have to know the disposition BEFORE you add a memorial. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. Therefore, those records are not searchable. I have been a member of find a grave since it first started. Terminate Brenda Beatty McGraw. Ancestry provides a myriad of beneficial services; Find A Grave is yet another website providing beneficial information. My advice.. ----- And as far as "trampling on a grave" I am ALWAYS careful to NOT step on any grave (provided there's still any indication of one) and use my zoom lens instead.