This is stealing/theft/vandalism. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? Learn more about requesting management here. This includes both general and info of a more private nature that most families do nor want published on the net. Voila! It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton. so please everyone do not turn this beautiful website into a horror story. Nobody is asking you to do anything so don't worry about it. Then someone sends a correction I will ask if they are family. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. 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. These ghouls harvest photos from non private trees and then post the info on Find A Grave. The.rational .they.r.private cemeteries and have if NJ harass, report to findagrave. The bottom line some families just want to be left alone. Nothing is sacred here. TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. This is a cemetery site, not just a memorial site. 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. The free plan is basic. They are doing this to my family because I reported SMS to FamilySearch for messing with my family AFTER I had asked how he was related and tried 70 times to ask he/she to stop. Search above to list available cemeteries. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. It is a numbers game and there is no effort put into true research, the bios are limited if they even provide one. My Find a Grave ID is: [protected] 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. Desired outcome: Ancestry has SO many complaints already, they don't want any more. I don't see reasons for the anguish. Findagrave does not help with suggested edits. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. Removing pics at their request is Respect. if realy so (if so). Please include the cemetery ID number or the URL to the cemetery page on Find a Grave. Search Now. Find A Grave is one of the free resources online that you can tap into to get the clues that you are after. For more information about the cemetery or burials within it or buying a plot, you should contact the cemetery directly. Put a new memorial or photo on an existing one, and use the memorial's location and photo to make it more visible. "Findagrave" has been given 24 hours to transfer Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected] memorials into my care. 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. I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. I dont like findagrave too. Your second argument of unknown dispositions do not make sense, especially in the cases of my and Eddie Jones' Reviews. Reported Problem: Not accurate - Their data conflicts with my data. Mostly we are retired in any case. Don't buy into it. 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. It may seem shocking to someone unfamiliar with this whos just lost someone young, but please know nothing bad is intended. 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. 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. 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. My computer system is set up to alert me if something downloads without my permission so it was caught almost immediately. I am a private person in life and I want privacy when I die. Author: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Once you r booted out the personal data is cateloged and deceased loved one is rebaptized into the Mormon faith. Complaint Experience N/A Complaint Resolution Index (CRI) Membership Information I am sure you can find another forum for that discussion. 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. A. Ask for permission. They play upon emotion. She can even risk to take grave photos unauthorized You don't not belong on complaintsboard. Desired outcome: If you are not satisfied with the response, you may contact the customer support team. Billion graves have a lot of stones too. I had to threaten legal action to get my mothers and fathers memorials transferred to me. Gin, if Find A Grave has taken over management of your memorials, your account has been shut down by Find A Grave. There is a process to get memorials transferred. Dear Sirs, What the hell is wrong with people. 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! I understand you way too well, and I am so sorry that they lack enough common sense to put that sort of private information up online. 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. Historical Society. It's that easy. Explore All Topics and Services on USA.gov Top this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. 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". And sharon shout out loud "this is my precious hard work" Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online. Assure them you'll go legal and watch then cave. That is, relatives asking that someone who lives locally go document a grave because they can't do so themselves. Please enter your email and password to sign in. dead person family can still object if they dont want. U can also change photos and music any time u wantno restrictions. 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. He must of went through the grave yard and saw this grave with my nephews middle name and last name on his temporary marker. Do you want your child forgotten? 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. I understand why it is a blessing to some people, however it does in fact invade the privacy of many families. This commonplace.Memorial Park themed cemeteries. They play upon emotion. Be aware, many of these idiots will NOT give you management and when you contact findagrave.com they don't care. Also sending me arrogant emails in response to my disapproval. Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect in dealing with this. It is invasion of privacy, and simply does not follow any morals. send in corrections! 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. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. 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 They are horrible! Find A Grave is also owed by Mormons who get browie points 4 baptising the dead into their faith. Many contain personal info that many families wish 2 keep private. Saying "there is no reason" is like a petulant child plugging their ears. yes ask findagrave admin delete that photo. When posting pictures it is proper to cite the owner of the photograph. I started on there when it first started as a way to link my family and friends family for future generations, but once they started making it a contest it became distasteful and grotesque. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. That's a lot of money. If you are having problems with your account or have questions about content on the site, please use the Account Question or Support Request option. There was a problem getting your location. I do it because it helps many people to feel closer to a loved one. What they do believe in concerning an after life is an eternal plain that is tended by a mother and father God. 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. I have a person doing that with my relatives on my grandparents side of the family and he refuses to turn them over to me. Then they boot you out or ban u. I don't see the anguish. Often obituaries are no longer findable, after a certain length of time. This is wrong! Findagrave is a profitable business. their family and freinds HAD EVERY RIGHTS TO ASK FINDAGRAVE REMOVE THAT RECORD. My problem is with the company who does not do a better job of arbitrating with people who want to hoard other people's relatives. It shouldn't be about having 7, 000 memorials, nor should anyone "own" a cemetery (I had an issue with a woman over that as well and finally decided the hell with her, if she didn't have one of the people buried, than I added it). This should only be about putting up memorials and helping people find their loved ones, THAT'S IT. Just so you know. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. Ms. DiMarco is a complete stranger who has NO familial ties to these memorials. ^^^^^Seems to me that they are taking advantage of the people doing the photography. State, Local, and Tribal Governments Find contact information for state, local, and tribal governments. Too bad someone doesn't start a class action lawsuit against "Find A Grave." However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. 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). The person who took my great grandfathers memorial has captured over 50,000 souls and she cannot do a simple favor! 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. 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. All this and more with just a few taps. Anyone who makes a free FindAGrave account can add memorial pages. Twice I have submitted a maiden name for a deceased relative and twice been declined - Desired outcome: I am also a member of Ancestry which owns FindaGrave, yet there has been no correction and no help. Ask the Community "How do I?" questions about the Find a Grave website. I lost my daughter in 1978. Kind regards. Ancestry provides a myriad of beneficial services; Find A Grave is yet another website providing beneficial information. TeeJLee, What process? I wanted to create a memorial for my grandfather and grandmother on Find A Grave. Solution: move the ad block below the flowers or thin it out so that it's not as intrusive - in fact, that's the solution for ALL of the ads on Find A Grave. It is in fact not precious hard work, it is simply walking around and taking pictures of graves. Truly pathetic. 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. If is is not removed by Friday June 3rd 2022 there will be action taken against ancestry and find a grave. There's an etiquette to these things, whether anyone follows it or not. Find A Grave contributors are not responsible for the content of the memorials they create. Some of us are private people and just want to be left alone. 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. Ask for permission. 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! This complaint was posted by a verified customer. Wowmost of you really need to get a life. A findagrave monitor is removing our confederate veterans tokens of respect and replacing them with hideous looking fake purple violets. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. FuryH, 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. Hey James, And They do not need member ID or profile link. What is your experience with Find A Grave? There are two types of Memorials you can create..the basic similar to Find A Grave is free. A trojan virus downloaded onto my computer when I was on Find A Grave and clicked on a family name within a memorial. I dont think anyone takes photos of headstones to hurt anyone but only to help others find where their ancestors/relatives were laid to rest and to preserve history. It should be "well I've got more than you do" what are you 5? FindAGrave has more than 154 million memorials on its site and is a valuable research tool. They were being my managed by Patsy Lubben DiMarco who IGNORES transfer requests. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. 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. The new "Complaints" page was created by the same person, Mr. Pritchard, who contributed the 13 complaints. They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. I only post a headstone photo that I personally have taken and sometimes link a person to a spouse. if you harass someone they will report to Findagrave staff and your account will be ban, Ladybug is just one of those rude f## people. Open to both member questions and member answers. There are ads on most pages from which they make revenue, and they charge family members to remove the ads from their loved one's profile. I am now being stalked by these administrators and they dont stop. 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. When someone has refused to transfer a grave site, I have gone on and duplicated it with an explanation. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. Janet, directly under the memorial's information, select 'suggest edits'. nobody would really be happy with findagrave anymore.! Find A Grave is open to anyone creating a memorial for a deceased person with a known disposition. SO HELP OUT! Bill Sky-Eagle. 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). BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? 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).