Mostly we are retired in any case. Community and Contacting Members - Find a Grave This complaint was posted by a verified customer. From there this dysfunctional woman took over my mother's memorial in addition to the already 50,000 memorials she has under her belt. People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. Find A Grave - Access to findagrave and a complaint about a comment left on a findagrave page. Memorials of: Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected], You get no place trying to get find a grave ghouls to transfer memorials back to the family even though it is protocal to do so. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. Copyrights are used for written material for the purpose of "making lawful copies". This is true even on Newspapers.com (also owned by Ancestry). You are one of a kind, Findagrave administrators steal my family pages from me and change them. Can I charge money as a Photo Volunteer? They steal my records, my photos and basically my deceased family. This is a cemetery site, not just a memorial site. People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. Then you are suspended. 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 even put in for a forgot password thinking I had it wrong and I don't even get a email to reset it. I wanted to create a memorial for my grandfather and grandmother on Find A Grave. This is totally wrong. 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. It has nothing to do with a grave or burial plot. Guidelines, Laws, And Frequently Asked Questions - Tennessee Send Find a Grave a PM on FB and let them know you want memorials transferred. Ask for permission. they suspended you like how they suspended me right today. I had to threaten legal action to get my mothers and fathers memorials transferred to me. When confronted they claim they r performing.a service if families want it or not. Choose a topic below to begin. R. L. "Tom" Carpenter (1933-2018) - Find a Grave Memorial i added family memorials for genealogy purposes so that future generations would easily track ancestors. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. FindAGrave Administrators- Caleb, Mikenna, and Amber. REMOVE THE SUBJECT MEMORIAL: [protected], This person Brenda Beatty McGraw, working for Find a Grave constantly documents false vital statistics concerning my family tree. 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. They are getting fresh air and exercise. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. While the gravesite or plot is purchased and owned by the person who will be buried there, or by a family member as needed when someone passes, it cannot be sold (thus it is not property owned). I got a kick from this off their faq page: Findagrave does not help with suggested edits. Search above to list available cemeteries. 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. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? Man it's their photo not your photo. Find a Grave is a fantastic app that allows you to add to the world's largest online cemetery database and search for graves. I was born in 1978 but sorry for your daughter. 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. Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. This is the result of 698 total reviews. Consider it a blessing. I returned home yesterday from out of town, having just attended his funeral. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. You put it there to honor them and share your love for them in a public place for anyone who is in the cemetery to see, behold and treasure for generations to come. think how bad it would mean. U can add unlimited photos in addition to music mp3 files + plus videos. - had parents of someone posted in the wrong cemetery, so I photocopied the page from the cemetery book & posted it on the pages for her parents to show correct place of burial, Ladybug threw a fit, reported me & I got the boot; Ladybug was rude as heck to me in several emails, but I guess that doesnt matter. people would mistaken that she had died. But the practice of find a grave to "award" people for creating memorials has become a disgusting practice whereas in order to get the numbers they lose all sense of humanity and compassion. I would say that many members provide relevant information and are not "collectors" of graves and the service they provide in invaluable. I want to add to my comment above that it is only a numbers game with a few individuals. I have been a member of Find a Grave for almost 16 years, and work constantly to upgrade other Find a Grave memorials. The "known disposition" is the key - you have to know the disposition BEFORE you add a memorial. Find a Grave cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. My response is that there are too many members on Find A Grave who do NOT follow the rules. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. Did you include a link to your profile or your member number? Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. yes ask findagrave admin delete that photo. What is your experience with Find A Grave? family names are listed incorrectly, incorrect spellings of names, incorrect places of birth, incorrect pictures of where bodies are buried and, incorrect lineage noted. The answer is NO and she's not going to respond to emails. Some person going by Ladybug (member #[protected]) {note doesn't even use a REAL name, address, email, etc.} Then why do you think they have the Burial Unknown Mechanic, Lee? A system error has occurred. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. I have contacted Find A Grave and even submitted a copy of my birth certificate and they have done nothing. so, u guys can also see that, steal people family/friend funeral is stupid. Complaining usually happens in the wake of a negative. Find A Grave Review - Genealogy Explained 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. If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. Best wishes, Sad life when people have nothing better to do with their time. For all legal purposes, it is not your loved one, it is a memorial for your loved one. Have you read Find A Grave's Help section on what to do if your Edit is declined? However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. Please reset your password. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but yes I have been there, and what your feeling now, will not be shared by other relatives 50 years from now as they look at your daughters memorial with love or to research their kin. Was unaware of postings for my 8 year old daughter and recently deceased mother-in-law. So I've been a member of [censored] for about About 3 months now, and the only reason I entered the website was to find my ancestors and connect a few branches. so please everyone do not turn this beautiful website into a horror story. The dead have no right to privacy. This comment was posted by a verified customer. FindAGrave Addicts - Genealogy Wise He was the Captain of the brig Resistance during the Revolution and was killed in action at sea north of Barbados. because if her friends/her classmates/classmates parents. Then they boot you out or ban u. send in corrections! The person who took my great grandfathers memorial has captured over 50,000 souls and she cannot do a simple favor! For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. The new "Complaints" page was created by the same person, Mr. Pritchard, who contributed the 13 complaints. Find a Grave singles out only certain people. Not true! You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. Manager bases their reasoning for not correcting this on a cemetery advertisement that was below my loved one's obituary and responded that "you don't know what you're talking about." Use it to search for burial information and gravestone images among the 160 million online memorials volunteers have logged at Find A Grave. I am sure you can find another forum for that discussion. The information is public, online or not. I don't love how Find A Grave is run and it irks me that much of the information on the site is really terribly inaccurate, but presented in a manner that makes many people take it as fact, and impossible to correct or contribute to with the territorial attitude that the managing of memorials seems to foster. based on information from your browser. This is not hard work. if findagrave not allow, it's disrespectful to that real-dead person. 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. Find a Grave - Wikipedia Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. just disappeared ? all people have their own rights or privacy even if they die. I am having trouble, I manage several of my family graves and I am not able to log in and no one is returning my emails, I haven't been able to find a phone number. I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. And sharon shout out loud "this is my precious hard work" Review the Help section for answers to the most common questions. Find A Grave | FindAGrave.com User Reviews you have no right to privacy. But what they did do is give control to someone who claims to be related through my third great grandfathers brother. These so called "major contributors" also post family photos they have swiped from the net. I got threatened with police action because the evil administrators refused to give my account back after it was removed.
