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all the info that told about who he was related to, and the story that was in the newspaper is gone from his web site now . They do nothing about it. I even added a picture of my relative and the person told@ me to take it down. Sherry Maccanico, Desired outcome: 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. "Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online," wrote the user. But this past month has been a nightmare. I have been asking for four years for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman - Find a Grave ID [protected] to transfer William Ambrose Kogomo Sky-Eagle Sr. Memorial ID [protected] to me. ----- 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. findagrave can no longer secure any dead grave names. I'll believe it when I see it; I can't imagine this being anywhere on the internet. Find a Grave states that this is against their guidelines. 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. FindAGrave also threatened me with legal action if I took it any further. things I will never get back now. family names are listed incorrectly, incorrect spellings of names, incorrect places of birth, incorrect pictures of where bodies are buried and, incorrect lineage noted. However if u r a 3rd party vendor.such.is the case with.FindAGrave photo taking strictly forbidden. Not everyone who takes photos of graves is unwilling to respond. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. 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. Find A Grave is one of the free resources online that you can tap into to get the clues that you are after. Now the problem is that you don't have an account so there's no where to transfer the memorial to. However, I owe much to volunteers on the site who have posted information that I would never have been able to obtain without a major roadtrip with a quick visit to the website. I personally manage a few sites that are people related to me through marriage, and several relatives more than one generation removed from me. I can only hope I outlive him, so I can reclaim my family. Sometimes someone doesn't live up to our expectations. All in all, I will say it again. By CVal, 2 hours ago. Copyrights are used for written material for the purpose of "making lawful copies". If anyone asks me to remove their family members headstone I will gladly do so, if you can prove you are a direct relative. Top 7 Best Cemetery Apps for Locating Ancestors - Family Tree Magazine Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for every-day and famous people from around the world. Please try again later. You will get no place arguing with FindAGrave's hierarchy or major contributors. There should be no emotional attachment on the part of a picture taker. To use this feature, use a newer browser. 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. what is findagrave, answer me. I have been in a cemetery when a church group of about 30 swooped in and started downloading headstones. I am sorry that your loved one has passed. 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 day of publicly available data is here and increases daily. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. Yet, often it is the only remaining record about a person's survivors, due to the fact that Ancestry does not have all possible records indexed. Even if it's only photo share, if you not ask owner. I agree with you Singatune, Find A Grave | FindAGrave.com Review It's that simple. My condolences to you and your family. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. R.L. And, if so, where. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. Unfortunately anonymity is not one of "Find A Grave's" strong points. He died on 16 Nov 1620 aboard the Mayflower, a fact which you can easily validate with a Bing search. It is owned by Ancestry and Ancestry is not owned by the church. They are supposed to transfer but don't. Review the Help section for answers to the most common questions. If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. this is quite/very serious. Desired outcome: However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. The nice thing about "Forever Missed" the memorial is yours. So then what, do you expect to get paid anyway? This is very basic courtesy. theft is wrong. STOP HOLDING MY GRANDPARENTS MEMORIALS HOSTAGE ! When confronted they claim they r performing.a service if families want it or not. Account question or Support Request Update to memorial Update cemetery Question for the cemetery Website Feedback Find a Grave 1300 West Traverse Parkway Lehi, UT 84043 Finally, ### is neither all bad or all good, but some issues need to be addressed in civilized matter and in fairness to all users. Create a findagrave.com account and then click "suggest edits" and then there will be an option to request management of the memorial. I've created over a thousand memorials and thousands of photos, some were by request, others not. TAKE IT DOWN you ###! 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. A trojan virus downloaded onto my computer when I was on Find A Grave and clicked on a family name within a memorial. I am amazed at people who have done 20, 000+ headstones, don't they have a life. By scanning the Internet, you can find and save more than 180 million graves worldwide. Many of these memorials contain more than headstones. Many memorials are created with information about survivors. I only post a headstone photo that I personally have taken and sometimes link a person to a spouse. And daily scanning of obituaries to add and having 200k memorials? Within 5 miles of your location. Find more than 951,266 complaints| Ripoff Report The information on six posts are false and falsely placed according to statements of family and or records listed. I do it because it helps many people to feel closer to a loved one. 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. Please contact me within 14 business days, or you will be hearing from my attorney. And They do not need member ID or profile link. And, they have placed a lot of misinformation on their sites. Find A Grave Review: Scam - ComplaintsBoard.com People who hate memorials listed as "burial details unknown", Aggressive elderly man is mad at me because I made his memorial famous, Find A Grave - protects stalkers and harassments, Find A Grave - Unfair and bad membership service, Find A Grave - Added to website before a family knew a death had happened. Wowmost of you really need to get a life. 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 . How to Find a Person's Grave: 11 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. FindAGrave is LSD an extension of the Mormon Church. 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. Explore All Topics and Services on USA.gov Top 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. Caleb, Mikenna, Amber are sending me emails asking to send them names and numbers of all my dead family and my parents and siblings names, I think they are doing this to find info on them and steal them from me. We are all individuals of different expectations of this site. you regretted your parents and teachers who teach you every knowledge. No. You are entitled to what I deem a distasteful opinion that I (and others) am gathering "awards" and "trophies", have lost "all sense of humanity and compassion", and am a "body chaser". Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a loved one's memorial. He must of went through the grave yard and saw this grave with my nephews middle name and last name on his temporary marker. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. 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. I do not care how many countless hours "Find A Grave's cyber ghouls put into it. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. You really don't need all the drama FindAGrave's hierarchy throws in your face. Kind regards. Claim it and get a lot of features. Please enter your email and password to sign in. How may I get my issues addressed? A system error has occurred. U can add unlimited photos in addition to music mp3 files + plus videos. I have no way to access to my account. In my case I created a memoral 4 my Grandmother and also a memorial for a favoured child who died in infancy. Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down. When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. Truly pathetic. Relatives and Transfer Guidelines - Find a Grave News Send Find a Grave a PM on FB and let them know you want memorials transferred. I have helped many people find long lost ancestors from several generations back with many not knowing where their ancestors were buried. John married Eliza (or Elizabeth) Moody at St Ann, Belfast, Northern Ireland on Christmas Eve 1864. My heart goes out to you. He was the Captain of the brig Resistance during the Revolution and was killed in action at sea north of Barbados. People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. When burial details are unknown, Ancestry has a "global" index for this. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. Find A Grave deceptive, rip off, scam Salt Lake City, UT. 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. That's life. On Ancestry, in the "global" index for body dispositions that are unknown, surviving relatives are mentioned on those find a grave memorial pages. Find a Grave is connected to Ancestry. Desired outcome: That shows me they DID NOT do the research correctly on the memorial. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. Hey James, Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. Thanks for your help! It's not on the tombstone and it was a nickname given to him by coworker where he worked for 4 years from [protected]. having headstone does not mean they can not enjoy privacy. Then someone sends a correction I will ask if they are family. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. "Find A Grave" thrives on harvesting cemetery data with no regard to family wishes. (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). Only family can create memorials under 90 days and Id suggest a year. based on information from your browser. I don't see reasons for the anguish. In many cases these ghouls comb local obits and reprint them on Find A Grave. 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. Findagrave sucks. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. Why would anyone think it's OK to post biographical information like this about an 8 year old? The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. so, u guys can also see that, steal people family/friend funeral is stupid. Stealing ppl headstone on your camera and put online on your own findagrave page, is not even hard work, it's vandalism, Reading sharon haywood post i just wanna laugh at her. With no regard for the family Megan Heyl also added time sensitive material that is really none of her business i.e. 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 information is public, online or not. who never knew her. they suspended you like how they suspended me right today. Precious hard work needs to respect copyright, do u understand, sharon haywood Every one listen, this website is a blessing to everyone that's on it, it was put here to view memorials and find peace. send in corrections! Go find something else to do, and remember when you're a VOLUNTEER that means YOU CHOOSE to do the work without any payment. 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. Many Find A Grave ghouls r also members of ancestry . If someone was cremated and the ashes given to someone, there is no cemetery. 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! This should only be about putting up memorials and helping people find their loved ones, THAT'S IT. 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; (iii) any person engaging in genealogy research, who has given reasonable notice to the owner of So I'm VERY CURIOUS. The same thing has happened to me and my suggestion never went through. Reported Problem: Not accurate - Their data conflicts with my data. So I took it upon myself to purchase a brand new grave marker. 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 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. yes ask findagrave admin delete that photo. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. They are horrible! What burns me up is when people sitting at home are too lazy to go out and take real photos and instead make a memorial from an obituary with useless or private information about the deceased and family members and add the obituary photo of the deceased. especially if the girl is even NOT DEAD YET. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. 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. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . I am also a member of Ancestry which owns FindaGrave, yet there has been no correction and no help. For more than 15 years we have helped nearly 50000 customers resolve their issues and will never stop striving to ensure further improvements on our platform for a better communication between companies and customers. Removing pics at their request is Respect. information was given on three people is on people that are still alive ; so cause of death listed incorrectly, since people are still alive, not d e a d! Quickly search more than 180 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. 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. Filing a complaint with local law enforcement though, is just plain wrong, a waste of taxpayer money. They told me they have the right to delete my account because I put a link in my bio to another website (which is absolutely safe). Consider it a blessing. He then served for four and a half. That's a lot of money. Personal Services: Find A Grave. Please include the cemetery ID number or the URL to the cemetery page on Find a Grave. No, that's not what it means. 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. Thank you in advance for your help in resolving this stalemate. 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. Because you are not their ONLY relative and others requested or may want to see it. I noticed that this "TeeJLee" person likes to read reviews from complaintsboard, take out a small piece of the review he doesn't agree with or can easily rebute against, and reply to the reviewer's complaint with full-out nonsense and insult. Author: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. As someone who does genealogy work I find Find a Grave invaluable. Not you wish to steal you go steal, then claim that photo is own by yourself. I find the time that I put in is 99.9% of the time greatly appreciated by family that is looking to connected to those ancestors or family members that have left this world. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized I returned home yesterday from out of town, having just attended his funeral. Like Fish1452, I only manage a very few memorials and I have been a member of [censored] for over 20 years. Dear Sirs, Voila! 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. I would email the cemetery asking if they could please verify whether or not John Flint, birth date-death date, is indeed buried there. Find A Grave | FindAGrave.com User Reviews If you want to create a memorial for a loved one and be free of Find A Grave ghouls go to "Forever Missed." You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. com. 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. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Guidelines, Laws, And Frequently Asked Questions - Tennessee Nobody is asking you to do anything so don't worry about it. May I add most of the memorials r created by bored housewives who make a game of how many of these things they can make. Your argument is that findagrave is an open, safe space for individuals who can create memorials of family members and friends. This is very basic courtesy. Says their third great grandfather was the brother of my third great grandfather. 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 ? Did you include a link to your profile or your member number? We may not have all the burials in a given cemetery, just those that people have added. Desired outcome: I want to add to my comment above that it is only a numbers game with a few individuals. Find a Grave - Online Search. they have family/friends help them compete for the right and privacy. SO HELP OUT! You don't not belong on complaintsboard. 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 I am now being stalked by these administrators and they dont stop. Find A Grave Reviews, Complaints, Customer Service Legally and geneticly they are not related at all. We have set your language to Delete anything you don't want. I can see why they dropped you. 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. I don't see the anguish. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous !