I'll believe it when I see it; I can't imagine this being anywhere on the internet. STRONGLY Agree. (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). Someone needs to get rid of these evil people to stop what they doing or get this site shut down!. Once redeemed these souls may enter heaven and start having children. 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. 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. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . No materials from this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Desired outcome: I asked that they please have the spouse or parents of that person contact me and I'd be glad to do whatever they wished but I wouldn't remove it from just that email. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. You then control exactly what's on the memorial. 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. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. I can still look at stuff, I just cant add anything, correct anything, or do ANYTHING at all. 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. Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. This is not precious. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. the important is all funeral and headstone photos must be authorized and legitimate and the owner let you use. I really do not care what other people think, or if it is public record. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. The info on him was compiled by several members, and info from members of the Montgomery county Md. They do have a number and findagrave is owned by Ancestry.Com. 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. When someone has refused to transfer a grave site, I have gone on and duplicated it with an explanation. ----- I can't tell you how many old cemeteries I've documented that were in such total disrepair and vandalism that you couldn't read the stones even after you put them back together. FindAGrave Can Hold Off on the Recently Deceased | Rootdig.Com A. Not you wish to steal you go steal, then claim that photo is own by yourself. Search Now. There are many kind and helpful people on F/A/G. Why You Might Want To Post Unmarked Graves On Find A Grave So any suggestions? But when I find it, post it and notify the requestor that are overjoyed. Quickly search more than 180 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. When I started genealogy research 2 years ago I was grateful to find information on loved ones. BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? Too bad someone doesn't start a class action lawsuit against "Find A Grave." By the time I got home 2 hours later my family was already loaded. 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 As a young man he joined. IF IT BOTHERS YOU, GO FIND THE BURIAL YOURSELF IF YOU THINK IT"S EASY. What I do know is this tracking down ancestor graves is HARD work. Again, it's only a website overrun by volunteers so move on. Find a Grave is connected to Ancestry. Findagrave.com user terms require anyone managing a memorial to turn management control over to a direct relative when requested. For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. 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. 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. Because all of a sudden there's a name on my Google profile page with my Name ( it has a couple ofe letters that R not the same spelling).This woman that passed born in 1901..died at 94. I returned home yesterday from out of town, having just attended his funeral. Please contact me within 14 business days, or you will be hearing from my attorney. actually you should not find ladybug person. Desired outcome: With no regard for the family Megan Heyl also added time sensitive material that is really none of her business i.e. Contact Us - Find A Grave Contact Us We'd love to hear from you. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? Thank you in advance for your help in resolving this stalemate. My thoughts were not on the heartless soul collectors of Find A Grave when I heard the news. The.rational .they.r.private cemeteries and have 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. 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 have contacted them and they refuse to remove it. For the record I am 75 years old and thinks it pretty [censored]ty of FindAGrave to respond in such a way. what is findagrave, answer me. Burial Solutions | Better Business Bureau Profile No. I am fighting that fight right now - mt grandparents' pages that I have rights to (by F/A/G community guide lines) are held by a random woman that posted in her biography how annoyed she is by people requesting that she fix incorrect information. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. She refused. 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. I lost my daughter in 1978. Findagrave is a profitable business. Filing a complaint with local law enforcement though, is just plain wrong, a waste of taxpayer money. Memorials of: Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected], Untrue Information Re: Memorial #[protected], Uneven application of Find a Grave guidelines, Read full review of Find A Grave and 4 comments, Read full review of Find A Grave and 6 comments, 16 years' experience in successful complaint resolution, Each complaint is handled individually by highly qualified experts, Last but not least, all our services are absolutely free. 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. That is, relatives asking that someone who lives locally go document a grave because they can't do so themselves. I am not dead, yet! Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Within 5 kilometers of your location. or "PRECIOUS HARD WORK" son. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized 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. This is not hard work. Resend Activation Email. 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. It is a numbers game and there is no effort put into true research, the bios are limited if they even provide one. STOP HOLDING MY GRANDPARENTS MEMORIALS HOSTAGE ! At the time he was a soldier in the 26th Cameronians Regiment. Not everyone who takes photos of graves is unwilling to respond. Ask the Community "How do I?" questions about the Find a Grave website. Ripoff Report | find-a-grave complaints, reviews, scams, lawsuits and Also F.A.G says they award points, so beef with them. Being bitter and calling people names because you are upset is wrong. If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. We all have ancestors we like to memorialize. 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? They steal my records, my photos and basically my deceased family. The new marker really looked nice. Grave Solutions ratings, reviews and complaints - Funeral Services I've only received 1 complaint telling me (mind you not asking me) to remove the memorial. People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. Community and Contacting Members - Find a Grave 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. It isn't about money or the amount of headstones I can download, it is about carrying on family history. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. The dead could care less what u do. If you not wish photo being shared, dont put" Voila! I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. Which legally or DNA wise is not a relation. theft is wrong. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. We welcome you to Grave Matters. 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. This complaint was posted by a verified customer. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. 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 I would say that many members provide relevant information and are not "collectors" of graves and the service they provide in invaluable. 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". that is why the remaining family can judge for the dead person. I have contacted Find A Grave and even submitted a copy of my birth certificate and they have done nothing. It's a wonderful starting point for research, though I'd never, ever take anything I found on the site as credible in itself. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. You don't have to play Looney tunes with a top contributor ever. deleting precious hard work that someone has done is very disrespectful. There is a process to get memorials transferred.