nobody would really be happy with findagrave anymore.! I have helped many people find long lost ancestors from several generations back with many not knowing where their ancestors were buried. Search above to list available cemeteries. findagrave can no longer secure any dead grave names. It's a wonderful starting point for research, though I'd never, ever take anything I found on the site as credible in itself. Don't buy into it. If that means I have a rock to mark my burial site, so be it. "Findagrave" has been given 24 hours to transfer Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected] memorials into my care. I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. Unlike Western thought Mormons do not believe in a trinity and some deny Christ as the son of God. There is a process to get memorials transferred. It was sudden, he was in the prime of his life. Personal Services: Find A Grave. When someone creates a memorial, that means they were either related to this person or a close personal friend. A kind, generous, and gentle man, he was born on August 18, 1933 in Claiborne County. 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. ^^^^^Seems to me that they are taking advantage of the people doing the photography. Anyone who makes a free FindAGrave account can add memorial pages. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. Son of Edward Chandler, a labourer. In most cases they don't. Stop awarding points like trophies. My estranged sister became Manager on my fathers site and added a nickname to his name on the site. My complaint was with those who rush to submit the memorial as soon as they can-whether they have any connection to the person, the cemetery, or the general area. Their memorials should be taken over by Find A Grave, and Find A Grave can follow the rules it sets forth. I have sent this person several messages and no response there will be action taken against her too. Please reset your password. I am absolutely revolted! TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. Saying "there is no reason" is like a petulant child plugging their ears.
Grave Solutions ratings, reviews and complaints - Funeral Services I too thought that direct family should include aunts and uncles.
Contact Us - Find A Grave THAT's THE REAL DISHONOR. They just would not listen. Desired outcome: Second, for anyone on here who has lost a loved one and finds the work we do (freely without pay and out of the kindness of our hearts most of us anyway) "disgusting, or that it infringes on your privacy, copyright laws and personal property", I am sorry that you feel that way. They steal my records, my photos and basically my deceased family.
How to Find a Person's Grave - dummies Does it occur to them that maybe just maybe its a memorial site and that the FAMILY might want to create the memorial and have correct information on their loved ones memorials. Ask the Community. dead people have no privacy (when people die privacy is gone) it's not right. 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). Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. I assume this means that they can't transfer the memorial to family members, because you didn't mention that (Which was pretty much, the whole point of the complaint). Its directed at those whos compulsion is to have as many as they can for their own greedy ego. Many private cemeteries have banned FindAGravd's top contributor cyber ghouls from taking photos of tombstones. I've got 10 memorials, TEN, and have been a member for 14 years on Find a Grave. because if her friends/her classmates/classmates parents. Open to both member questions and member answers. 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. They are allowing another Administrator SMS to steal and/ or remove original profiles to make it their own. John married Eliza (or Elizabeth) Moody at St Ann, Belfast, Northern Ireland on Christmas Eve 1864.
Locating Unmarked Graves - Texas Historical Commission People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. I check notifications daily so that any family with closer ties may contact me and have their memorial transferred to them (especially since that is supposed to be how it works). The new "Complaints" page was created by the same person, Mr. Pritchard, who contributed the 13 complaints. Some of us are private people and just want to be left alone. Meanwhile, I'm calling findagrave now. No. We had collected written history of his life and contributions to Montgomery county Md. I can spend DAYS combing a cemetery with over 15, ooo headstones to find just one. The rationale: They do not want a resting place for the dead to be devourered by FindAGrave's cyber knowitall undertakers. Use it to search for burial information and gravestone images among the 160 million online memorials volunteers have logged at Find A Grave. You don't not belong on complaintsboard. FindAGrave is LSD an extension of the Mormon Church. It may seem shocking to someone unfamiliar with this whos just lost someone young, but please know nothing bad is intended. And Nothing was ever done. 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. Nothing has changed and no one has contacted me regarding the matter. There is a problem with your email/password. If you look closely at Find A Grave you will notice that all of the memorial information is on the right-hand side of the page and there is a space on the left-hand side of the page that contains these huge banner ads. The whole point of a grave stone is to publicly honor the person's life. My thoughts were not on the heartless soul collectors of Find A Grave when I heard the news. Thank you in advance for your help in resolving this stalemate. 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. E arlier this year, a distraught parent posted on Complaints Board, a third-party review site, that they'd made a horrifying discovery: their six-year-old daughter's headstone had been photographed and posted on Find A Grave without their knowledge. Mormons view of religion is a little different than Western thought. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Sad life when people have nothing better to do with their time.
Ripoff Report | find-a-grave complaints, reviews, scams, lawsuits and When confronted they claim they r performing.a service if families want it or not. I gladly turn them over to family members who want to put information and pictures. Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. God bless you all ! FuryH, It's definitely not a contest.
Find A Grave Review - Genealogy Explained Then rebaptize the dead into the Mormon faith. 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. Unfortunately anonymity is not one of "Find A Grave's" strong points. You're not alone in your complaint. Filing a complaint with local law enforcement though, is just plain wrong, a waste of taxpayer money.
The Three Types of Complaining | Psychology Today I don't know who took your daughter's photo (or anyone else in here).
Drawbacks to Find-a-grave's "non-cemetery burials" 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 BS..Find A Grave is a hang out for graveyard ghouls. When you're visiting a cemetery, the app lets you upload inscription data and photos of graves you visit, and fulfill others' requests for pictures of their ancestors' gravesites. #HYPOCRITES, Desired outcome: Added almost 3000 memorials. Which legally or DNA wise is not a relation. This experience is similar. She manages OVER 8,600 memorials and made a ton of mistakes on my parents memorials. They are more interested in grabbing a tombstone in hopes of getting brownie points. My Find a Grave ID is: [protected] Can I charge money as a Photo Volunteer? how many tomb photo taken is no longer a meaning anymore. In many cases the correct markers can't be located or definitely identified, especially when they are old. The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. That's what you want the memorials you want to control transferred to you. things I will never get back now. all people have their own rights or privacy even if they die. The info on him was compiled by several members, and info from members of the Montgomery county Md. Within 5 kilometers of your location. people would mistaken that she had died. All in all, I will say it again. For all legal purposes, it is not your loved one, it is a memorial for your loved one. This appears to be especially true for African American individuals and other individuals deemed to be not important enough, I am guessing. A. now findagrave even suspended me and deleted my dead freind burial records. Create a findagrave.com account and then click "suggest edits" and then there will be an option to request management of the memorial. The site would consist solely of faked pictures. 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). People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. their family and freinds HAD EVERY RIGHTS TO ASK FINDAGRAVE REMOVE THAT RECORD. It all boils down to how well you play with others. The mechanics do not work like you were brainwashed to believe. There are also the ones on a power trip that treat memorial pages like Pokemon(TM) cards. If you find a memorial for someone you are related to within four generations and would like to manage that memorial, you can request to have that memorial transferred to you. Then they boot you out or ban u. Yes, I know what they are supposed to do.. Findagrave sucks. better not put personal photos online(esp girl naked photos). Sometimes if you initiate polite conversation, they will comply or explain why they won't. Read full review of Find A Grave and 2 comments. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. if the person died, findagrave must let the person stay in their site, even if they had not have tombstone/headstone. Contributors need to respect that, Desired outcome: 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) Being a republican or democrat should have nothing to do with findagrave and southern history of our confederate veterans memorials. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE.
Government Agencies and Elected Officials | USAGov Removing pics at their request is Respect. That's a lot of money.
Ripoff Report | Find A Grave complaints, reviews, scams, lawsuits and If you know the cemetery where someone is buried but you're not sure exactly which plot is theirs, take a trip to the graveyard. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. They play upon emotion. Find and visit a loved one's final resting place anywhere, anytime. 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. everyone should be equal and should have privacy. Kind regards. She flatly refuses to give it up. Findagrave is gross and obscene. God forbid you had a famous relative? cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. We may not have all the burials in a given cemetery, just those that people have added. The nice thing about "Forever Missed" the memorial is yours. All this and more with just a few taps. Find A Grave is not owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. BEWARE of this websites. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. Contact Us - Find A Grave Contact Us We'd love to hear from you. 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. But this past month has been a nightmare. Running Deer creates a duplicate, and I told him this was a friend of mine, Then Running Deer refuses to take his memorial down and reported mine as a duplicate. 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. 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. Good luck! 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. Find a Grave is an online community project. Desired outcome: From there this dysfunctional woman took over my mother's memorial in addition to the already 50,000 memorials she has under her belt. 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! If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. Find A Grave continues its mission to provide a collaborative community where members can contribute memorials and record burial dispositions If you have any questions regarding this or any other matters pertaining to Find A Grave, please do not hesitate to contact senior administration directly at support@findgrave.com Sincerely, Find A Grave 04/17/2022 I do a few memorials for family and friends. 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 . They are about a month behind in their email correspondence. answer me one thing. 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.
57-27.1. Access to cemeteries located on private property - Virginia Users upload photos of headstones and memorials, transcriptions of engravings, biographical information and links to family members. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. Choose a topic below to begin. When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. Resend Activation Email.
FindAGrave Addicts - Genealogy Wise Seriously? Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. I, just like you, add individual memorials so that future generations can utilize the information as they may need or want. Anyone walking a cemetery can find DOB. Findagrave does not relinquish hold on a memorial when their representative is not reachable to contact. you regretted your parents and teachers who teach you every knowledge. These indexes on Ancestry.com are free to use by everyone, whether you have a subscription or not. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. 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! This complaint was posted by a verified customer. It is a disgusting desecration on my sister's grave and memory! They were being my managed by Patsy Lubben DiMarco who IGNORES transfer requests. yes it's funeral site. It's that easy. Sometimes someone doesn't live up to our expectations. 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. I already had a memorial created soon after my nephews passing. 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. ti's not "HARD WORK. " 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. 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. I am a contributor with over 800 memorials added, mostly from the 1800's. They don't care if their site is riddled with viruses and unsuspecting computer catch it. Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect in dealing with this. Some people do not want their family members in the site, and its not your God-given right as a volunteer to ignore that. Is this your company? They will take a really long time to reply to you, but when they finally reply to your email, they will threaten to ignore you unless you tell them your relationship to that memorial (From my own experience), so make sure to state your relationship. I have been a member of Find a Grave for almost 16 years, and work constantly to upgrade other Find a Grave memorials. What is the Find a Grave Community? unless you really know that person not all people know your daughter had not really died. Nobody would love f## site. I have no issue with someone adding OLD graves they found while walking the cemeteries. I have contacted find a grave through their website and received one response but no corrections! I was aghast when it popped up on my monitor. Wow! I know this might be making some of you angry and further irritated with us "disgusting gravers", but the reality is no laws are broken by taking a photo of a headstone. 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).
Guidelines, Laws, And Frequently Asked Questions - Tennessee I've created over a thousand memorials and thousands of photos, some were by request, others not. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . 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 you put your daughter photo online, anyone can also use it without letting you know Owner block you. And, they have placed a lot of misinformation on their sites. Do you want your child forgotten? Why do you care so much? Copyrights are used for written material for the purpose of "making lawful copies". My heart goes out to you. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The day of publicly available data is here and increases daily.
Find a Grave - Apps on Google Play For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. But when I find it, post it and notify the requestor that are overjoyed. They stated I was 'harassing' them, despite me trying to calm the situation to get my account restored. 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 I have had Bios i wrote stolen and posted elsewhere with no mention of me writing those. Solution: Make a new account, follow the rules, and be nice. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. SO HELP OUT! The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! 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. Good luck ! What is your experience with Find A Grave? This is the result of 698 total reviews. 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. if realy so (if so). A problem occurred. who never knew her. 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. Further harassing a Find A Grave employee on a different website (this one) only proves that there is a serious problem with your unreasonable, childish behavior. My computer system is set up to alert me if something downloads without my permission so it was caught almost immediately. Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. It isn't particularly onerous, but it does require patience - - - and being civil. This is not hard work. "Tom" Carpenter, age 84, passed from life to eternal life on Wednesday. Nothing is sacred here. What I do know is this tracking down ancestor graves is HARD work. 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. This is very basic courtesy. It's only a website. It was not put here for it to be a tug of war or a battleground everyone must follow the rules and regulations Sigh of relief. Spare me. Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! Do you want your child forgotten? this is quite/very serious. Prehistoric grave sites contain fragile, easily destroyed remains. How do messages work? I have contacted Find A Grave and even submitted a copy of my birth certificate and they have done nothing. ----- 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. We'd love to hear from you. However with "Forever Missed" you r the creator and nobody can come along and take control.
Find A Grave FamilySearch Historical Society. If people want to keep stuff private, then they shouldnt print obituaries.
Find A Grave | FamilyTree.com My condolences to you and your family. If you have a complaint about Find a Grave, first contact the site administrator. You are one of a kind, Findagrave administrators steal my family pages from me and change them. FindAGrave was meant to help people find where someone's last resting place was. I can see that people have different points of few, but some posts here have been rather tackless, almost cruel and cruel. The person who has my grandparents on his list of memorials has 25, 000 and has been there for 15 years. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. Sometimes if you ask nicely, someone will comply with your wishes. it's your choice to take unauthorized headstone and put on findagrave. 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. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. In memory of your daughter, why don't you start a family tree of your own, for your relatives and descendants to enjoy. Anyone else wants to make "corrections", like a bored housewife, YOU get to decline.