If that means I have a rock to mark my burial site, so be it. It's a wonderful starting point for research, though I'd never, ever take anything I found on the site as credible in itself. And sharon shout out loud "this is my precious hard work" Not even the ones I paid to sponsor! It is purely disgusting what they do, I understand the bit of finding relatives and such, however adding details like that is just revolting. Go find something else to do, and remember when you're a VOLUNTEER that means YOU CHOOSE to do the work without any payment. I respect a families wishes whenever possible but in this instance it appears it was his daughter wanting it removed although her siblings wanted it to stay. What is your experience with Find A Grave? I returned home yesterday from out of town, having just attended his funeral. And, they have placed a lot of misinformation on their sites. 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. They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. The pay version is a one time 30 bucks. Meanwhile, I'm calling findagrave now. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. 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. They need to be documented while they still exist so future family members can honor their memory too. People add information to the site by walking a cemetery and taking pictures, or from obituaries, other records or from information they have about family members. if you not know the person, you take their headstone, put on findagrave. By CVal, 2 hours ago. View social follower numbers, contact emails, reviews and podcasts like Grave Matters. I probably could get it back if I bought Megan Heyl a cart load of cheezos. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Chuck's claim to fame is being an expert at useless knowledge. You wrote: Nothing has changed and no one has contacted me regarding the matter. 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 have been a member of FindaGrave for many years. My thoughts were not on the heartless soul collectors of Find A Grave when I heard the news. This is not hard work. Forever Missed's top package is something like $30.00 bucks. they think that, if your photo is put there, you will die fast. Find A Grave | FindAGrave.com Review yes ask findagrave admin delete that photo. I even added a picture of my relative and the person told@ me to take it down. Cannot contact him because he is not taking questions His name is Jeff Hubbard. 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 email is from his daughter (she claim it's his daughter) but sounds like it's pretending his daughter. not all people know your daughter had not really died. so, u guys can also see that, steal people family/friend funeral is stupid. You don't not belong on complaintsboard. There is a contributor on here named Running Deer who has created a memorial for a nephew of mine. I have been a member of Find-A-Grave for close to 9 months and submitted over a thousand photos and memorials that many people are grateful to find. 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. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. Wowmost of you really need to get a life. I really do not care what other people think, or if it is public record. + Locate grave sites of your loved ones through . Anyone who makes a free FindAGrave account can add memorial pages. Ms. DiMarco is a complete stranger who has NO familial ties to these memorials. Editor's Review: Find A Grave is a free resource for finding burial places and headstones around the world. FindAGrave Administrators- Caleb, Mikenna, and Amber. @, no one has to ask permission to photograph a headstone. Every one listen, this website is a blessing to everyone that's on it, it was put here to view memorials and find peace. Failure of Wendy Ebenstein Norman to transfer my grandfather's Memorial Page to me, after numerous requests. I've corrected Ms. DiMarco's errors and removed info the family doesn't want to share. 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. internet is free to use. Spare me. On the Obituary for Stacy Bradburn Billings [protected] the person has inserted a picture of a person Stacy Bradburn who is still alive. When burial details are unknown, Ancestry has a "global" index for this. Copyrights are used for written material for the purpose of "making lawful copies". The person who has invaded my family's privacy has created 55 thousand of these things. theft is wrong. Find A Grave is also owed by Mormons who get browie points 4 baptising the dead into their faith. My response is that there are too many members on Find A Grave who do NOT follow the rules. THAT's THE REAL DISHONOR. Truly pathetic. (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). Owner block you. 42.5k. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Some families just want 2 be left alone without rehashing family ties. Unless a person trespasses on to a privately owned plot/cemetery that is NOT owned or operated by a non-profit or the county/state, we are not infringing on your privacy. Saying "there is no reason" is like a petulant child plugging their ears. But the living do have feelings and find grave ghouls violate confidentiality. Q: Where did you see anything at all, ANYWHERE, about Find A Grave themselves "saying" they "award points"? Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. everyone wants the records to be as correct as we can get them! The new "Complaints" page was created by the same person, Mr. Pritchard, who contributed the 13 complaints. For consumers, it can happen through online feedback forms or customer service countersbut consumer complaints are a separate matter. everyone wants the records to be as correct as we can get them! It may seem shocking to someone unfamiliar with this whos just lost someone young, but please know nothing bad is intended. 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! Find a Grave on the App Store BEWARE of this websites. especially towards Chinese superstitious people. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. She flatly refuses to give it up. aged 43, married You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. 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. It's only a website. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. you regretted your parents and teachers who teach you every knowledge. How to Find a Person's Grave - dummies - had parents of someone posted in the wrong cemetery, so I photocopied the page from the cemetery book & posted it on the pages for her parents to show correct place of burial, Ladybug threw a fit, reported me & I got the boot; Ladybug was rude as heck to me in several emails, but I guess that doesnt matter. Because you are not their ONLY relative and others requested or may want to see it. However, there are two key areas where FindAGrave could be made better and should be made better. Find A Grave - Has no check against rampant fraud. "if you can prove you are a direct relative"How is proving done over the internet to a stranger ? Back then it was a site consisting of records of celebrities and their burial sites. if the person died, findagrave must let the person stay in their site, even if they had not have tombstone/headstone. Many contain personal info that many families wish 2 keep private. Not happy about it. Again, it's only a website overrun by volunteers so move on. Search consumer complaints, reviews and information about find-a-grave. But thanks for hijacking this thread. or "PRECIOUS HARD WORK" 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. Many memorials are created with information about survivors. TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. Method 1 Searching Individual Headstones 1 Visit the cemetery if you know where it is. Then someone sends a correction I will ask if they are family. I wish you good luck and I hope they've taken it down, I sincerely apologize for what you must be/have been going through/went through. It's bad players like these that makes you question the motives of some of the [censored] contributors. But when I find it, post it and notify the requestor that are overjoyed. That Find a Grave be consistent. Please wait a few minutes and try again. I refuse to wait 2 weeks, which is what I've been told by "Findagrave". 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. but you know sir. 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. Not everyone who takes photos of graves is unwilling to respond. 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 you are not satisfied with the response, you may contact the customer support team. Showing 1-1 | Showing Page 1 of 1. Find A Grave started in 1995 developed to cater to founder Jim Tipton's hobby of visiting celebrity's graves the company's mission is to post memorials, remembrances, and virtual flowers of celebrities and every-day people 180 million+ memorials, some have gravestone images and some do not BillionGraves started in 2010 Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. A problem occurred. Plan to go early in the day, in case it takes you a while to find the exact location. 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 personally manage a few sites that are people related to me through marriage, and several relatives more than one generation removed from me. Community and Contacting Members - Find a Grave And we are all volunteers. That is true, however I have requested several times even sent the find a grave and as you said they dont care. If you've done anything that was recorded, it's there. It's not on the tombstone and it was a nickname given to him by coworker where he worked for 4 years from [protected]. Sometimes if you initiate polite conversation, they will comply or explain why they won't. I have had Bios i wrote stolen and posted elsewhere with no mention of me writing those. I don't see the point in the complaint. i added family memorials for genealogy purposes so that future generations would easily track ancestors. It's definitely not a contest. My mother-in-law's site is totally inaccurate; says where she's buried. if you think dead has no privacy, WRONG. 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. This is very basic courtesy. This appears to be especially true for African American individuals and other individuals deemed to be not important enough, I am guessing. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. 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). REMOVE THE SUBJECT MEMORIAL: [protected], This person Brenda Beatty McGraw, working for Find a Grave constantly documents false vital statistics concerning my family tree. Find A Grave deceptive, rip off, scam Salt Lake City, UT. This will give you a space to inform the manager of the memorial about the use of the wrong photo. 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. 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. The prosecutor says that I can file a civil complaint about this infringement against the guy who took and posted the picture. Yes, I know what they are supposed to do.. My daughter was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered and the manager posted numerous newspaper articles about this in the bio section. Choose a topic below to begin. The person who has my grandparents on his list of memorials has 25, 000 and has been there for 15 years. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. That's life. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. Gatsey, check Find A Grave's Help section to make sure you are sending your messages to the correct email address. 07:27 PM. 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. I was wondering if they shut down. In fact, he has added pictures that he took from one of my memorials without any attribution and he cropped the picture to remove my uncle from the picture. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. I have sent this person several messages and no response there will be action taken against her too. Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. They stated I was 'harassing' them, despite me trying to calm the situation to get my account restored. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Create a findagrave.com account and then click "suggest edits" and then there will be an option to request management of the memorial. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. 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. 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. There are also the ones on a power trip that treat memorial pages like Pokemon(TM) cards. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! On Ancestry, in the "global" index for body dispositions that are unknown, surviving relatives are mentioned on those find a grave memorial pages. With no regard for the family Megan Heyl also added time sensitive material that is really none of her business i.e. If you not wish photo being shared, dont put" He had joined the army when he was about 18 and spent the first few years in Ireland. Review the Help section for answers to the most common questions. I take GREAT pride in linking people with their deceased family members to connect these families, piece them back together, after death. The new marker really looked nice. Desired outcome: or else. This experience is similar. Sharon Haywood. My lawyer has been contacted. I would say that many members provide relevant information and are not "collectors" of graves and the service they provide in invaluable. Oftentimes, there is information about about other members of that persons family included. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. However if u r a 3rd party vendor.such.is the case with.FindAGrave photo taking strictly forbidden. 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. It has nothing to do with a grave or burial plot. Totally agree. 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 ###. "Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online," wrote the user. Find a Grave used a photo of me for someone else. 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. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. She refused. All because they are not respectful of families and not responsible for the content. SO HELP OUT! Find A Grave is open to anyone creating a memorial for a deceased person with a known disposition. If she isn't corrected, my family and I will take further action. ----- 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. 57-27.1. Access to cemeteries located on private property - Virginia I don't love how Find A Grave is run and it irks me that much of the information on the site is really terribly inaccurate, but presented in a manner that makes many people take it as fact, and impossible to correct or contribute to with the territorial attitude that the managing of memorials seems to foster. Mostly we are retired in any case. 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. It isn't particularly onerous, but it does require patience - - - and being civil. If you don't want her known, then remove her headstone or put her in a more private place (urn). In most cases they don't. Find A Grave is one of the free resources online that you can tap into to get the clues that you are after. They were being my managed by Patsy Lubben DiMarco who IGNORES transfer requests. A. 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. For immediate removal: Please remove Memorial #[protected]. This account has been disabled. Therefore, those records are not searchable. 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. Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down. 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! Drawbacks to Find-a-grave's "non-cemetery burials" Barbara Jeanett Whittaker Thompson (1947-2013) - Find a Grave Memorial . Janet, directly under the memorial's information, select 'suggest edits'. They are by states of where the person was buried. . 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. yes it's funeral site. posts. 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. In many cases these ghouls comb local obits and reprint them on Find A Grave. Do u know. Find a Grave - Wikipedia Open to both member questions and member answers. Man it's their photo not your photo. 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. It is in fact not precious hard work, it is simply walking around and taking pictures of graves. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. I am having trouble, I manage several of my family graves and I am not able to log in and no one is returning my emails, I haven't been able to find a phone number.