I never heard back so it's still there. Some of us are private people and just want to be left alone. We are not associated with the cemetery and don't have any information beyond what the community has added. Consider it a blessing. 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. 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. Why do you care so much? 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. TeeJLee, From my and others' experience, findagrave sends messages via every email. 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. 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. if you put your daughter photo online, anyone can also use it without letting you know Man it's their photo not your photo. I even added a picture of my relative and the person told@ me to take it down. Removing pics at their request is Respect. The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world's largest free online collection of burial information. I was wondering if they shut down. I have been a member of find a grave since it first started. i was disappointed because i have been looking for his interment for years but i was even more disapointed when the owner of the memorial refused to change the listed cemetery i emailed find a grave about this and it took them 1 month to respond they told me that if i could not prove they aren't buried there then they will help. This complaint was posted by a verified customer. or "PRECIOUS HARD WORK" The point hasn't anything to do with the validity of Find A Grave, but rather do you want you family added to their lists and plastered all over the net. If so, we already had this talk. It is purely disgusting what they do, I understand the bit of finding relatives and such, however adding details like that is just revolting. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. There was a find a grave worker in Bastrop County, Texas I made a photo request of one of my great great great uncle who was born in the 1800's this gentleman took his time to go and take that picture when it was uploaded on the website and I got a email that the pictures once there I was in tears and was so grateful because I do not live near the county.So will everyone please calm down and do not turn this into a savage match, because this website is a blessing to some of us maybe not all but there are some of us out here that appreciate this website and wish it to stay on the website. They typically do that when a member has a long history of violating their site policies. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. Imagine if people were making money from posting these photos. For the record I am 75 years old and thinks it pretty [censored]ty of FindAGrave to respond in such a way. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. Not everyone who provides this service (and yes it is a service maybe not to you NOW but to future generations who will be very happy someone like me gifted my time and love for family history to make sure their ancestor could be found.. definitely). 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. Not you wish to steal you go steal, then claim that photo is own by yourself. 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. Explore All Topics and Services on USA.gov Top Approximately 1 Reports Found. When confronted they claim they r performing.a service if families want it or not. Findagrave is gross and obscene. She flatly refuses to give it up. if you not know the person, you take their headstone, put on findagrave. As a young man he joined. If the family wants their relatives and has proved the relationship, then their request should be honored. For consumers, it can happen through online feedback forms or customer service countersbut consumer complaints are a separate matter. "Find a grave.com photographed my 6 year old daughter's headstone and put it online," wrote the user. Personal Services: Find A Grave. 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. Jul 19 2017. This allows people to add tombstones they come across in their cemetery explorations . Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. She claims she has THE RIGHT to document what she pleases. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. answer me one thing. they suspended you like how they suspended me right today. They stated I was 'harassing' them, despite me trying to calm the situation to get my account restored. No, that's not what it means. Find a Grave states that this is against their guidelines. Sad, because I do not want to return to the site now. And, if so, where. Caleb, Mikenna, Amber are sending me emails asking to send them names and numbers of all my dead family and my parents and siblings names, I think they are doing this to find info on them and steal them from me. I am the last of my family and I even submitted a copy of my birth certificate showing relation. This account has been disabled. 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. The day of publicly available data is here and increases daily. Often obituaries are no longer findable, after a certain length of time. Ms. DiMarco is a complete stranger who has NO familial ties to these memorials. The "known disposition" is the key - you have to know the disposition BEFORE you add a memorial. Good luck! For what it is worth, when I fulfill a photo request, I never stand on a grave. Yes Virginia. You are one of a kind, Findagrave administrators steal my family pages from me and change them. findagrave can no longer secure any dead grave names. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. Quickly search more than 180 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. It requires patience. deleting precious hard work that someone has done is very disrespectful. Do you want your child forgotten? So contact ancestry.Com about this. We have set your language to 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! ti's not "HARD WORK. " This is true even on Newspapers.com (also owned by Ancestry). that is why the remaining family can judge for the dead person. this fraud is a sociopathic means of lying and a person getting their false praise and getting money for their prostitution. 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. Hun, Your daughter's grave and headstone are in a PUBLIC PLACEpeople use find a grave for RESEARCH reasons, and to SAVE these names for posteritythey do it because THEY CARE..not for any money or fame . 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 The dead could care less what u do. 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. We are no longer private people. Contact Your Local BBB Your local Better Business Bureau can assist you with finding businesses and. unlist the current cemetery. I don't see the anguish. 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. Visit Website Email this Business (919) 862-3704 This business has 0 complaints File a Complaint Burial Assistance Delivery Service Monuments Caskets Overview Never Forgotten Memorials delivers. Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. Chances are you will find the cemetery you are looking for. 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 comment was posted by a verified customer. Salt Lake City UT. They steal my records, my photos and basically my deceased family. see that photo on findagrave site. The emotional stress this is causing my family is tremendous ! Truly pathetic. Why? Gatsey, check Find A Grave's Help section to make sure you are sending your messages to the correct email address. posts. The bottom-lineNot every family wants to be part of "Find A Grave's internet kingdom." So Ancestry is breaking Find a Grave's guidelines. Sigh of relief. Its directed at those whos compulsion is to have as many as they can for their own greedy ego. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Find contact information for federal, state, and local government officials. What is the Find a Grave Community? I don't see the point in the complaint. It was sudden, he was in the prime of his life. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. I have only been a member maybe 6 months I would never delete anyones work. You create a Memorial for a deceased loved one. Findagrave sucks. Ask for permission. Anyone walking a cemetery can find DOB. But unlike FindAGrave you are in control and its you who decide on what data is included in the memorial. Have you read Find A Grave's Help section on what to do if your Edit is declined? Find a Grave used a photo of me for someone else. If you have information that would help us update details about a cemetery on the site, please let us know. everyone should be equal and should have privacy. 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 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. A person by the name of Joan Donnelly Ellis stole my partners photo from the funeral home web site and changed the obituary, she had no business doing that. This is a cemetery site, not just a memorial site. It is a place to record cemeteries. This person has harassed me even on created memorials I worked hard on. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. I'll believe it when I see it; I can't imagine this being anywhere on the internet. I think it's very selfish to want to keep them to yourself. And almost as many gravestone photos. Search famous graves, newly added graves, most popular graves. That Find a Grave be consistent. Prehistoric grave sites contain fragile, easily destroyed remains. Learn how to play nice. A kind, generous, and gentle man, he was born on August 18, 1933 in Claiborne County. For all legal purposes, it is not your loved one, it is a memorial for your loved one. So any suggestions? I do not care how many countless hours "Find A Grave's cyber ghouls put into it. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 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. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. I understand why it is a blessing to some people, however it does in fact invade the privacy of many families. 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. My comment is not directed at those who do it for their own genealogy or add friends. So I'm VERY CURIOUS. We'd love to hear from you. If you don't want her known, then remove her headstone or put her in a more private place (urn). But thanks for hijacking this thread. 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 ? Ask for permission. I was aghast when it popped up on my monitor. unless you really know that person Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. Contributors need to respect that, Desired outcome: (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). I tried to inform Find A Gave of the issue but to no avail. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. I have contacted the prosecutor and state police. Janet, directly under the memorial's information, select 'suggest edits'. I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. 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! Some people do not want their family members in the site, and its not your God-given right as a volunteer to ignore that. They're making a tidy bundle off of your work. if you think dead has no privacy, WRONG. I am absolutely revolted! Reported Problem: Not accurate - Their data conflicts with my data. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. This is an ethics issue here ! I am sorry that your loved one has passed. The new marker really looked nice. The dead have no right to privacy. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. The rationale: They do not want a resting place for the dead to be devourered by FindAGrave's cyber knowitall undertakers. If prehistoric or unmarked burials are encountered, stop work immediately and contact the THC's Archeology Division for advice at 512-463-6096, or archeology@thc.texas.gov. The fact alone that you are completely disregarding this mothers concerns shows how much you actually care. 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. Not true! BEWARE of this websites. My last name - there only 7 of us suppose to be as.Actually only 2ofbus and the rest wife and children. I can spend DAYS combing a cemetery with over 15, ooo headstones to find just one. Other details can be found and verified on one of the family history websites - some of which are free. 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. So, NO the I wouldn't trust anyone who did genealogy research using Find A Grave. No. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. 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. 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), your daughter photo is not their property but your property, this site has problems of using other person photo. 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 would email the cemetery asking if they could please verify whether or not John Flint, birth date-death date, is indeed buried there. BBB Scam Tracker Still Need Assistance? If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. 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. If you not wish photo being shared, dont put" Search above to list available cemeteries. 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. 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. Historic Oakland Cemetery No materials from this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. It isn't about money or the amount of headstones I can download, it is about carrying on family history. 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. I live in central Va. and my father's plot is in Elliott City, there . Kind regards. She means, if she goes around grave, to glorify herself and her findagrave records. I have had Bios i wrote stolen and posted elsewhere with no mention of me writing those. All because they are not respectful of families and not responsible for the content. I refuse to wait 2 weeks, which is what I've been told by "Findagrave". This browser does not support getting your location. Did I post the information of the drunk teenager that killed her? Get a life. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Filing a complaint with local law enforcement though, is just plain wrong, a compete on how many records make is useless. Unfortunately anonymity is not one of "Find A Grave's" strong points. Sharon Haywood. Says their third great grandfather was the brother of my third great grandfather. I am a contributor with over 800 memorials added, mostly from the 1800's. If people want to keep stuff private, then they shouldnt print obituaries. their family and freinds HAD EVERY RIGHTS TO ASK FINDAGRAVE REMOVE THAT RECORD. 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. She manages OVER 8,600 memorials and made a ton of mistakes on my parents memorials. They are by states of where the person was buried. John married Eliza (or Elizabeth) Moody at St Ann, Belfast, Northern Ireland on Christmas Eve 1864. if you harass the creatoer or the grave page owner, they will report you harass them and they will ban your profile in findagrave. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. i tried to explain the situation but they stopped replying. Their top contributors do not research people. Well, Sharon Haywood, many of the volunteers here don't even hold an ounce of respect when they do this. I have visit grave site that someone had taken a picture of headstones by the time I got there years later the headstone was clean and more visible. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience." All the information I had compiled on John Hanson Gassaway2 . If you complain to FindAGrave's hierarchy you are either suspended or blocked from the site. At the time he was a soldier in the 26th Cameronians Regiment.