This will give you a space to inform the manager of the memorial about the use of the wrong photo. They are allowing another Administrator SMS to steal and/ or remove original profiles to make it their own. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. FindAGrave has more than 154 million memorials on its site and is a valuable research tool. About the company This site has been active for more than 20 years, first appearing online way back in 1995. For the record I am 75 years old and thinks it pretty [censored]ty of FindAGrave to respond in such a way. I can see why they dropped you. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized No one asked you to meddle in family ties Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. Each memorial on Find a Grave has a manager who is responsible to update or correct the memorial. How do messages work? 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. Have you read Find A Grave's Help section on what to do if your Edit is declined? Then why do you think they have the Burial Unknown Mechanic, Lee? having headstone does not mean they can not enjoy privacy. Desired outcome: TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. Billion graves have a lot of stones too. Although, I bet you could associate ANY activity as a contest - you seem to have a GIANT chip on your shoulder about this. I can see that people have different points of few, but some posts here have been rather tackless, almost cruel and cruel. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a loved one's memorial. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. "if you can prove you are a direct relative"How is proving done over the internet to a stranger ? Really? Within 5 kilometers of your location. 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. Showing 1-1 | Showing Page 1 of 1. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Find a Grave singles out only certain people. 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. If that means I have a rock to mark my burial site, so be it. people would mistaken that she had died. All I can add is just be respectful, if someone asks you to transfer a family member or asks you to take something down, I would go ahead and do it. Findagrave has a rule, family and friend of dead can report stolen headstone photo to findagrave staff and staff can remove the page down and suspend that member (Creator), your daughter photo is not their property but your property, this site has problems of using other person photo. You might be surprised to know that many people find the image of their ancestor's headstone more real than a photo of them taken when they were alive. "Find A Grave's" support generally ignores family requests in favour of their cyber ghouls who r constantly on the lookout to create just one more memorial in hopes of hitting the million mark. SO HELP OUT! In most cases they don't. This is stealing/theft/vandalism. For more information about the cemetery or burials within it or buying a plot, you should contact the cemetery directly. Desired outcome: see that photo on findagrave site. Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. All in all, I will say it again. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! Precious hard work needs to respect copyright, do u understand, sharon haywood A guy named NEMIS is mad at me because he owned a memorial by the name of "Marcel Loubens" which is supposed to be listed as a famous memorial. 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 ###. Author: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Find contact information for federal, state, and local government officials. Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. Explore All Topics and Services on USA.gov Top They don't care if their site is riddled with viruses and unsuspecting computer catch it. Salt Lake City UT. I am sorry that your loved one has passed. I looked at this persons profile and it showed this person had over 1, 000.000 memorials posted, only been a member for 5 years. Prehistoric grave sites contain fragile, easily destroyed remains. waste of taxpayer money. 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). cemeteries found in Pimpama, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. I contacted the support team and had two replies, then nothing but silence for close to a month now in regards to managing the pages of the people that raised me (blood related). Stone doesn't last forever . If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. Chances are you will find the cemetery you are looking for. IF IT BOTHERS YOU, GO FIND THE BURIAL YOURSELF IF YOU THINK IT"S EASY. Learn how to play nice. The person who stole them claims to be related although they arent and they have never met any of my family. Hey James, That's a lot of money. If you complain to FindAGrave's hierarchy you are either suspended or blocked from the site. 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. Oftentimes, there is information about about other members of that persons family included. Plan to go early in the day, in case it takes you a while to find the exact location. 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. Why would anyone think it's OK to post biographical information like this about an 8 year old? I've received over 100 thank you emails from people who were searching for a loved one and happened upon the memorial or the photo of the loved one or their headstone. if NJ harass, report to findagrave. I find a lot of family history in find a grave. They play upon emotion. 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. Choose a topic below to begin. Totally agree. 04/17/2022 I do a few memorials for family and friends. The whole point of a grave stone is to publicly honor the person's life. So you consider adding a memorial on there before the person is even buried as empathetic? theft is wrong. I refuse to wait 2 weeks, which is what I've been told by "Findagrave". Method 1 Searching Individual Headstones 1 Visit the cemetery if you know where it is. 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. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." This is totally wrong. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. My estranged sister became Manager on my fathers site and added a nickname to his name on the site. In many cases these ghouls comb local obits and reprint them on Find A Grave. Please contact me within 14 business days, or you will be hearing from my attorney. how many tomb photo taken is no longer a meaning anymore. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online. If you not wish photo being shared, dont put" All because they are not respectful of families and not responsible for the content. "Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect dealing with this." The site stores over 120 million grave records, providing plenty of material. View social follower numbers, contact emails, reviews and podcasts like Grave Matters. The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world's largest free online collection of burial information. Contact Us - Find A Grave Contact Us We'd love to hear from you. Unfortunately anonymity is not one of "Find A Grave's" strong points. This is wrong! Mostly we are retired in any case. If they deny, I would then forward the email to support@findagrave.com, to request an immediate release of ownership of memorial, from current owner to you. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. 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". If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. Findagrave is gross and obscene. Not you wish to steal you go steal, then claim that photo is own by yourself. 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. Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. but you know sir. I had my fathers memorial, my grandfathers, my grandmother, my great grand parents stolen from my control by someone who isn't related. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. especially towards Chinese superstitious people. When posting pictures it is proper to cite the owner of the photograph. listed divorce dates, ex spouses names and material of a more private nature our family did not want to share with the world. i tried to explain the situation but they stopped replying. Find a Grave has the right to delete any User, for any reason. Their memorials should be taken over by Find A Grave, and Find A Grave can follow the rules it sets forth. That is, relatives asking that someone who lives locally go document a grave because they can't do so themselves. You haven't done anything wrong. BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? Interesting. A person by the name of Joan Donnelly Ellis stole my partners photo from the funeral home web site and changed the obituary, she had no business doing that. 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. "Tom" Carpenter, age 84, passed from life to eternal life on Wednesday. putting undead people photo on die site. I am absolutely revolted! 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." 1. To a point, I don't blame him. Many people enjoy walking through cemeteries and taking pictures. Resend Activation Email. Find a Grave is a fantastic app that allows you to add to the world's largest online cemetery database and search for graves. A system error has occurred. If you have information that would help us update details about a cemetery on the site, please let us know. Not true! Sad life when people have nothing better to do with their time. This was a second marriage for Mary Ann when she had been widowed and married James Payne in 1862. Often obituaries are no longer findable, after a certain length of time. A findagrave monitor is removing our confederate veterans tokens of respect and replacing them with hideous looking fake purple violets. It was not put here for it to be a tug of war or a battleground everyone must follow the rules and regulations and not step on anyone's feet. It requires patience. or else. The "known disposition" is the key - you have to know the disposition BEFORE you add a memorial. You don't not belong on complaintsboard. That's obscene. Not everyone who takes photos of graves is unwilling to respond. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. they have family/friends help them compete for the right and privacy. Do you want your child forgotten? So yeah! 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". I thank them for their time and move on. File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Forever Missed's top package is something like $30.00 bucks. 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. Desired outcome: When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. Search consumer complaints, reviews and information about find-a-grave. Please reset your password. Once redeemed these souls may enter heaven and start having children. Go find something else to do, and remember when you're a VOLUNTEER that means YOU CHOOSE to do the work without any payment. Says their third great grandfather was the brother of my third great grandfather. Search 502,691 cemeteries in 243 different countries. Contact Your Local BBB Your local Better Business Bureau can assist you with finding businesses and. 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. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. 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) Now the problem is that you don't have an account so there's no where to transfer the memorial to. 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. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. Open your mind, open your heart a bit, have some respect for fellow Users and please utilize other websites if you don't like a specific one. To suggest an update, go to the memorial and click the Suggest Edits button below the birth and death information. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. Some people do not want their family members in the site, and its not your God-given right as a volunteer to ignore that. I am not going to get into a long heated debate with anyone on here so let me get that out of the way first. Nothing is sacred here. all people have their own rights or privacy even if they die. 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. Nothing has been done and I'm upset! And Nothing was ever done. So I took it upon myself to purchase a brand new grave marker. There is a contributor on here named Running Deer who has created a memorial for a nephew of mine. All this and more with just a few taps. I, just like you, add individual memorials so that future generations can utilize the information as they may need or want. 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. The new marker really looked nice. This is a cemetery site, not just a memorial site. send in corrections! Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. I hate it that Find A Grave's eager beavers invades family privacy by creating various memorials with links 2'other branches without permission from the family. U can also change photos and music any time u wantno restrictions. That's what you want the memorials you want to control transferred to you. I am now being stalked by these administrators and they dont stop. God Speed. I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. 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." I do not care how many countless hours "Find A Grave's cyber ghouls put into it. The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. Furthermore, nobody actually "owns" a grave. A. just disappeared ? They are horrible! So, it's a crap shoot, but some do turn them over. For your money u can add videos, music and unlimited photos. Review the Help section for answers to the most common questions. I am amazed at people who have done 20, 000+ headstones, don't they have a life. Many f## people are very unfriednly, when ladybug reported you, findagrave banned you so you can NOT see anything. FindAGrave also threatened me with legal action if I took it any further. They are more interested in grabbing a tombstone in hopes of getting brownie points. He was the Captain of the brig Resistance during the Revolution and was killed in action at sea north of Barbados. 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. Use it to search for burial information and gravestone images among the 160 million online memorials volunteers have logged at Find A Grave. Again, it's only a website overrun by volunteers so move on. #HYPOCRITES, Desired outcome: I gladly turn them over to family members who want to put information and pictures. State, Local, and Tribal Governments Find contact information for state, local, and tribal governments. 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. The pay version is a one time 30 bucks. Approximately 1 Reports Found. Not true. + Locate grave sites of your loved ones through . Home Funeral Services Grave Solutions Grave Solutions 224 inquiries | Funeral Services File Complaint All Photos | Videos 1134 Round Pebble Ln Reston, VA 20194-1016 | Get Directions (703) 742-4678 Company Rating B View Rating Explanation based on 0 reviews. "Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online," wrote the user. Also F.A.G says they award points, so beef with them. The new "Complaints" page was created by the same person, Mr. Pritchard, who contributed the 13 complaints. What the hell is wrong with people. Find a Grave - Online Search. What they do believe in concerning an after life is an eternal plain that is tended by a mother and father God. the important is all funeral and headstone photos must be authorized and legitimate and the owner let you use. Gatsey, check Find A Grave's Help section to make sure you are sending your messages to the correct email address. I am sure you can find another forum for that discussion. ^^^^^Seems to me that they are taking advantage of the people doing the photography. So, NO the I wouldn't trust anyone who did genealogy research using Find A Grave. 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. The info on him was compiled by several members, and info from members of the Montgomery county Md. compete on how many records make is useless. 2. And, if so, where. There was facks about my Grate grand mother that had been compiled on his web site telling where she was born in Ireland, all the exact details about her life, Who her brother was ? We are no longer private people. Megan Heyl to give my son back. Owner block you. When a member will not relinquish a memorial to a direct family member (as stated in the rules), then they are breaking the rules and they should loose their privilege to use Find A Grave. A. Best wishes, And Ancestry owns Find a Grave. Remove the name of the original creator & the number from their count when the memorial is transferred to a family member. If you want to create a memorial for a loved one and be free of Find A Grave ghouls go to "Forever Missed." She refused. I was born in 1978 but sorry for your daughter. 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. When I add names, etc. However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. I've created over a thousand memorials and thousands of photos, some were by request, others not. Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! If anyone asks me to remove their family members headstone I will gladly do so, if you can prove you are a direct relative. I did research about Marcel Loubens and emailed findagrave to ask they are ingrates, they dont allow anything negative to be said thats why i want this post to be known publis how they are prot putinist pro stalinist and WHY NEVER EVER TO SUPPORT FINDAGRAVE.COM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM! If you do not want others to see you name or your daughter's do not put it on the stone. This is an ethics issue here ! Chuck's claim to fame is being an expert at useless knowledge. I have no way to access to my account. She was an infant and her headstone on find a grave is a way of keeping her memory alive with some Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. are you saying that STEALING PEOPLE HEADSTONE WITHOUT AUTHORIZE IS CALLED PRECIOUS HARD WORK People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. Transfer management of my grandparents memorials to me, their granddaughter. The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. I have been a member of Find a Grave for almost 16 years, and work constantly to upgrade other Find a Grave memorials. Unlike Western thought Mormons do not believe in a trinity and some deny Christ as the son of God. We can resolve this issue. From there this dysfunctional woman took over my mother's memorial in addition to the already 50,000 memorials she has under her belt. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. An alternative - Forever Missed. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . It isn't about money or the amount of headstones I can download, it is about carrying on family history. It's totally against what their mission is. The bottom line some families just want to be left alone. What is your experience with Find A Grave? think how bad it would mean. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. In memory of your daughter, why don't you start a family tree of your own, for your relatives and descendants to enjoy. 42.5k. Most of us do it to honor your family member and to ensure in 100 years, their descents have a way to feel more connected. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Maybe a mom from my father who died 1974. It is a disgusting desecration on my sister's grave and memory! My parents and grandparents memorials were hijacked by Patsy Lubben DiMarco. 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 don't see reasons for the anguish. NO I DID NOT! 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 ti's not "HARD WORK. " The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. 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 . What I do know is this tracking down ancestor graves is HARD work. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. It's only a website. You really don't need all the drama FindAGrave's hierarchy throws in your face. I told her I would not give her the death notice or pictures, she harassed me and it was done anyway without our knowledge. Big, fat demented I don't want her u can have her circus freak, Megan Heyl is holding my decessed 6 month old son's memorial hostage and refuses to turn ownership back to me.