"Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online," wrote the user. I am the last of my family and I even submitted a copy of my birth certificate showing relation. Desired outcome: theft is wrong. Someone needs to get rid of these evil people to stop what they doing or get this site shut down!. send in corrections! Mostly we are retired in any case. This person will not answer my emails and the police have located him. Not even the ones I paid to sponsor! This was a second marriage for Mary Ann when she had been widowed and married James Payne in 1862, A message inserted under my mother's name Anne McKay at Templeogue cemetery by John, Read full review of Find A Grave and 5 comments, Complaint against a contributor who creates duplicate memorials, Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down, Read full review of Find A Grave and 3 comments, Aggressive elderly man is mad at me because I made his memorial famous, People who hate memorials listed as "burial details unknown", Transfer management of my grandparents memorials to me, their granddaughter. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. If anyone asks me to remove their family members headstone I will gladly do so, if you can prove you are a direct relative. 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! They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. As a young man he joined. Sharon Haywood. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." Owner block you. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Not everyone who takes photos of graves is unwilling to respond. It's not on the tombstone and it was a nickname given to him by coworker where he worked for 4 years from [protected]. For immediate removal: Please remove Memorial #[protected]. ^^^^^Seems to me that they are taking advantage of the people doing the photography. Is this your company? 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 ? File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. My nephew passed on new year's eve. 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. I thank them for their time and move on. Find a Grave has the right to delete any User, for any reason. By CVal, 2 hours ago. After finding this woman on Facebook, I can confirm Ms. DiMarco wouldn't be allowed into my parents or grandparents homes while they were living, so WHY should she be allowed to manage their memorials ? 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. Not happy about it. We can resolve this issue. This is not hard work. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Action, and change of name on Memorial or transfer to myself so I can put pertinent information on the Memorial. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. The rationale: They do not want a resting place for the dead to be devourered by FindAGrave's cyber knowitall undertakers. son. 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. I could not have been able to see my fathers grave plot at all. Copyrights are used for written material for the purpose of "making lawful copies". They steal my records, my photos and basically my deceased family. Findagrave is gross and obscene. 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. if you put your daughter photo online, anyone can also use it without letting you know Even when you use facebook other person photo, u must also ask owner permission. He must of went through the grave yard and saw this grave with my nephews middle name and last name on his temporary marker. I have only been a member maybe 6 months I would never delete anyones work. Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. The person who stole them claims to be related although they arent and they have never met any of my family. Then they boot you out or ban u. if NJ harass, report to findagrave. This commonplace.Memorial Park themed cemeteries. Complaint Experience N/A Complaint Resolution Index (CRI) Membership Information I was born in 1978 but sorry for your daughter. I arrived on this page because I just had a conversation with my husband that when I pass away not to have an obituary published in newspaper and to only have a headstone with my name, no date of birth or death. This is wrong! That sucks. Gatsey, check Find A Grave's Help section to make sure you are sending your messages to the correct email address. Click here to get notifications about new complaints of Find A Grave. Many of these memorials contain more than headstones. I am absolutely revolted! To use this feature, use a newer browser. My heart goes out to you. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. If you do not want others to see you name or your daughter's do not put it on the stone. A findagrave monitor is removing our confederate veterans tokens of respect and replacing them with hideous looking fake purple violets. However with "Forever Missed" you r the creator and nobody can come along and take control. Youll find helpful information about your account here or you can use this form to send us questions about account issues. Get those cheap skates to pay you! It is purely disgusting what they do, I understand the bit of finding relatives and such, however adding details like that is just revolting. 3. We are not associated with the cemetery and don't have any information beyond what the community has added. Only family can create memorials under 90 days and Id suggest a year. not all people know your daughter had not really died. If you don't have cemetery burial information they shouldn't be put up. People add information about cemeteries to the site to help identify the final disposition information of people buried there. Over 226 million memorials created by the community since 1995. Billion graves have a lot of stones too. After reading this post I know now who killed Vaudeville, Forest Lawn/LA (the cemetery of the stars) have a policy regarding photos. Historical Society. Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! Their top contributors do not research people. Really? they think that, if your photo is put there, you will die fast. I really do not care what other people think, or if it is public record. Most people defending this site use finding a passed family member from hundreds of years ago as an excuse, and I understand that, however I do not understand that they take pictures of children only recently passed. 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. Please, get your morals together, get in touch with reality, and then get back to me and clear up what you have stated. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. Most likely FindAGrave will also threaten u with law enforcement for stalking in addition to legal action. 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 because if her friends/her classmates/classmates parents. 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. Thank you in advance for your help in resolving this stalemate. Being bitter and calling people names because you are upset is wrong. 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. No one asked you to meddle in 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. The answer is NO and she's not going to respond to emails. Choose a topic below to begin. Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down. 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. That is true, however I have requested several times even sent the find a grave and as you said they dont care. Says their third great grandfather was the brother of my third great grandfather. A kind, generous, and gentle man, he was born on August 18, 1933 in Claiborne County. Transfer management of my grandparents memorials to me, their granddaughter. I haven't had any problems with anyone or them, so don't have a clue what is going on. 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. 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. if you think dead has no privacy, WRONG. But the living do have feelings and find grave ghouls violate confidentiality. I think Find a Grave is a great site, but, I'm a little concerned with some certain people postings, especially on my ancestors that have been posted by people who do not do the research or who put in the wrong information. You're not alone in your complaint. It's actually not "funny" (your word) that other people are skirting the Find A Grave rules while you attempted to do so as well. Search above to list available cemeteries. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. Instead, FindAGrave turned the memorial over to one of their major contributors, a Megan Heyl on the grounds she was the expert concerning my family. Good luck! Like Fish1452, I only manage a very few memorials and I have been a member of [censored] for over 20 years. When posting pictures it is proper to cite the owner of the photograph. Nothing has been done and I'm upset! Well then I emailed Running Deer to let him be aware that this is my nephew, and that I didn't disclose that at first because I have caught him at this before. Nasty sorry this happened to you it certainly shouldnt happened. There are very few privately owned cemeteries in the US. This was a second marriage for Mary Ann when she had been widowed and married James Payne in 1862. Find A Grave is not owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But thanks for hijacking this thread. Even if it's only photo share, if you not ask owner. In my case I created a memoral 4 my Grandmother and also a memorial for a favoured child who died in infancy. having headstone does not mean they can not enjoy privacy. I got a kick from this off their faq page: I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. 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. Jul 19 2017. The site would consist solely of faked pictures. Use this form for website feedback and suggestions to improve how the website works. I lost my daughter in 1978. Even if it's only photo share, if you not ask owner. Too bad someone doesn't start a class action lawsuit against "Find A Grave." Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 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). Man it's their photo not your photo. Please include the cemetery ID number or the URL to the cemetery page on Find a Grave. 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. Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. If you have a complaint about Find a Grave, first contact the site administrator. You then control exactly what's on the memorial. I am now being stalked by these administrators and they dont stop. The faithful go there to have extended families, extended spouses and an eternity of children/ For those who don't make it there a lower levela work camp of sorts kind of like a purgatory. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. On the Obituary for Stacy Bradburn Billings [protected] the person has inserted a picture of a person Stacy Bradburn who is still alive. Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. Nothing has changed and no one has contacted me regarding the matter. I have contacted find a grave through their website and received one response but no corrections! Find A Grave is eventually going to be sued and it will undoubtedly take down the site and their business. 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. The bottom-lineNot every family wants to be part of "Find A Grave's internet kingdom." Within 5 miles of your location. Have you tried contacting him on the memorial's Edit page? If someone was cremated and the ashes given to someone, there is no cemetery. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. Not true. So yeah! i visited the cemetery he is buried at and i did not find his grave. Why would anyone think it's OK to post biographical information like this about an 8 year old? Terminate Brenda Beatty McGraw. For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. Desired outcome: Users upload photos of headstones and memorials, transcriptions of engravings, biographical information and links to family members. Your second argument of unknown dispositions do not make sense, especially in the cases of my and Eddie Jones' Reviews. 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. STOP HOLDING MY GRANDPARENTS MEMORIALS HOSTAGE ! everyone wants the records to be as correct as we can get them! A community of members that work together, share information and help people from all over the world to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience. I take GREAT pride in linking people with their deceased family members to connect these families, piece them back together, after death. I am sure you can find another forum for that discussion. My lawyer has been contacted. because findagrave should NOT allow people take unauthorized headstone and claim "DEAD PEOPLE PRIVACY IS GONE". So I took it upon myself to purchase a brand new grave marker. Previously, I had a friend write me my other experience on 'people who hate memorials listed as burial details unknown'. You haven't done anything wrong. If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. Find A Grave contributors are not responsible for the content of the memorials they create. 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 is a fantastic app that allows you to add to the world's largest online cemetery database and search for graves. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. 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. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. They don't care if their site is riddled with viruses and unsuspecting computer catch it. And daily scanning of obituaries to add and having 200k memorials? Find a Grave singles out only certain people. . 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. By scanning the Internet, you can find and save more than 180 million graves worldwide. I had my fathers memorial, my grandfathers, my grandmother, my great grand parents stolen from my control by someone who isn't related. Find A Grave is one of the free resources online that you can tap into to get the clues that you are after. Find A Grave deceptive, rip off, scam Salt Lake City, UT. I am a private person in life and I want privacy when I die. 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 I have helped many people find long lost ancestors from several generations back with many not knowing where their ancestors were buried. Just so you know. Stone doesn't last forever . But when I find it, post it and notify the requestor that are overjoyed. The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. Find a Grave - Online Search. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. 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 and your account will be suspended. I have contacted the prosecutor and state police. I couldn't care less about the number of memorials I create (you refer to these as "points"; I assure you, they are not); have GREAT empathy, compassion and respect when it comes to the dead, and certainly don't chase bodies. I don't see the point in the complaint. Once redeemed these souls may enter heaven and start having children. They need to be documented while they still exist so future family members can honor their memory too. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. I live in central Va. and my father's plot is in Elliott City, there . If you have information that would help us update details about a cemetery on the site, please let us know. 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. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. Find a Grave used a photo of me for someone else. Legally and geneticly they are not related at all. 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. These indexes on Ancestry.com are free to use by everyone, whether you have a subscription or not. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! the site should really remove that photo especially if your 6-yr daugther had not died. This is not even "precious hard work" when you steal the headstone photo and put on your own findagrave.com Claim it and get a lot of features. He died on 16 Nov 1620 aboard the Mayflower, a fact which you can easily validate with a Bing search. Kristy is an internationally known Psychic Medium and Psychic Detective.
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