Contact Us - Find A Grave For more than 15 years we have helped nearly 50000 customers resolve their issues and will never stop striving to ensure further improvements on our platform for a better communication between companies and customers. How do messages work? I am amazed at people who have done 20, 000+ headstones, don't they have a life. That's obscene. i added family memorials for genealogy purposes so that future generations would easily track ancestors. I'm going to contact them again and if it's not resolved I will have to see what legal action I can take, Find A Grave's top contributor cyber ghouls r banned from photographing tombstones. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. This experience is similar. Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. They do have a number and findagrave is owned by Ancestry.Com. I'll believe it when I see it; I can't imagine this being anywhere on the internet. 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. 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. - 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. Find more than 951,266 complaints| Ripoff Report 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. I have had Bios i wrote stolen and posted elsewhere with no mention of me writing those. This is not hard work. Search consumer complaints, reviews and information about find-a-grave. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Salt Lake City UT. Stop awarding points like trophies. It is essentially a long term lease from the cemetery. "Find A Grave" thrives on harvesting cemetery data with no regard to family wishes. see that photo on findagrave site. If you've done anything that was recorded, it's there. this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. Find A Grave should monitor this kind of behavior, and if those people refuse to follow the rules, then they should be banned. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. Find or Report a Scam using BBB Scam Tracker. I lost my daughter in 1978. So any suggestions? 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. So, it's a crap shoot, but some do turn them over. 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). There are very few privately owned cemeteries in the US. ti's not "HARD WORK. " I had been a member for several years. No, that's not what it means. I use it to the best of my ability to help others. Find A Grave is open to anyone creating a memorial for a deceased person with a known disposition. I had to threaten legal action to get my mothers and fathers memorials transferred to me. not all people know your daughter had not really died. Do you want your child forgotten? You create a Memorial for a deceased loved one. They are supposed to transfer but don't. The information on six posts are false and falsely placed according to statements of family and or records listed. If you follow the process, you can get the change made - but it isn't a speedy process. I've only received 1 complaint telling me (mind you not asking me) to remove the memorial. 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. The same thing has happened to me and my suggestion never went through. Wow! The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. I probably could get it back if I bought Megan Heyl a cart load of cheezos. Kristy is an internationally known Psychic Medium and Psychic Detective. Someone needs to get rid of these evil people to stop what they doing or get this site shut down!. Find A Grave Reviews, Complaints, Customer Service Ask for permission. putting undead people photo on die site. Seriously? Near the bottom of the edit page, you will see Other, press '+Suggest other corrections'. Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect in dealing with this. In many cases the correct markers can't be located or definitely identified, especially when they are old. I really do not care what other people think, or if it is public record. Some people do not want their family members in the site, and its not your God-given right as a volunteer to ignore that. I had my fathers memorial, my grandfathers, my grandmother, my great grand parents stolen from my control by someone who isn't related. and your account will be suspended. This is stealing/theft/vandalism. Find A Grave is eventually going to be sued and it will undoubtedly take down the site and their business. If a family member has asked you to remove a memorial, than you do it. Use it to search for burial information and gravestone images among the 160 million online memorials volunteers have logged at Find A Grave. If I was that person whose picture is there I would be very upset. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. If you spend gas and money doing this on your own, tough [censored], you can't complain about anything, YOU CHOSE to do the work, get over it. I am a private person in life and I want privacy when I die. I've done a small number of photo requests from the site at a local cemetery. When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. If someone complains about an individual contributor to Find a Grave, Find a Grave will pick on that contributor through the use of some type of monitoring technology. Find A Grave - Complaints Board - Resolving consumer complaints since 2004 Celine McKay Over 226 million memorials created by the community since 1995. If you really not wish photo being f###ed by starngers, dont put them on line (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). My name is Bill Sky-Eagle. Find a Grave has the right to delete any User, for any reason. Graves do not have copyrights either. Please wait a few minutes and try again. Legally and geneticly they are not related at all. Delete anything you don't want. Findagrave has mounted information against my permission, and I'm having to retain an attorney because of find-a-grave's unscrupulous behavior. As a result, misspelled names, incorrect dates of birth and dates of death, unrelated family members and the list goes on, are written in these memorials. Gin, if Find A Grave has taken over management of your memorials, your account has been shut down by Find A Grave. This is true even on Newspapers.com (also owned by Ancestry). This commonplace.Memorial Park themed cemeteries. Find a Grave is a volunteer project. U can add unlimited photos in addition to music mp3 files + plus videos. No materials from this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. I got threatened with police action because the evil administrators refused to give my account back after it was removed. Sure, sure if you're anal enough to enjoy all that cataloging and picture takin, etc then fine, but your getting screwed and smiling about it Might want to learn some self respect. 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. As a young man he joined. so, u guys can also see that, steal people family/friend funeral is stupid. 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. Being bitter and calling people names because you are upset is wrong. 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. It has nothing to do with a grave or burial plot. The site would consist solely of faked pictures. Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It should be "well I've got more than you do" what are you 5? If you do not want others to see you name or your daughter's do not put it on the stone. How may I get my issues addressed? As for memorials being an invasion of privacy, while I feel for the woman who didn't want her daughter's stone put up on the website, if I had a photo up and a family member asked me to remove it I would. FindAGrave Addicts - Genealogy Wise SO HELP OUT! send in corrections! Concerns Anne McKay buried in Templeogue cemetery,Dublin,Ireland- date of death 13 February 1962. Findagrave sucks. When someone has refused to transfer a grave site, I have gone on and duplicated it with an explanation. She was an infant and her headstone on find a grave is a way of keeping her memory alive with some who never knew her. She claims she has THE RIGHT to document what she pleases. I was aghast when it popped up on my monitor. The whole point of a grave stone is to publicly honor the person's life. Unlike Western thought Mormons do not believe in a trinity and some deny Christ as the son of God. The free plan is basic. However there is not a lot that can be done about it. This should only be about putting up memorials and helping people find their loved ones, THAT'S IT. They don't care if their site is riddled with viruses and unsuspecting computer catch it. I don't see the point in the complaint. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. IF IT BOTHERS YOU, GO FIND THE BURIAL YOURSELF IF YOU THINK IT"S EASY. Megan Heyl to give my son back. Desired outcome is for Wendy EBENSTEIN Norman to transfer my grandfather's Find a Grave Memorial Page to me. Now This person is going after my family full bore on FamilySearch and refusing me my own family as per FINDAGRAVES rules. Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. My comment is not directed at those who do it for their own genealogy or add friends. Can I charge money as a Photo Volunteer? God Speed. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. You then control exactly what's on the memorial. The nice thing about "Forever Missed" the memorial is yours. Some of us are private people and just want to be left alone. Many private cemeteries have banned FindAGravd's top contributor cyber ghouls from taking photos of tombstones. Sometimes someone doesn't live up to our expectations. I have been a member of Find a Grave for almost 16 years, and work constantly to upgrade other Find a Grave memorials. It's definitely not a contest. If that means I have a rock to mark my burial site, so be it. 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. Memorials of: Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected], You get no place trying to get find a grave ghouls to transfer memorials back to the family even though it is protocal to do so. Anne Maher McKay Sad, because I do not want to return to the site now. It isn't particularly onerous, but it does require patience - - - and being civil. Learn more about requesting management here. 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. Like Fish1452, I only manage a very few memorials and I have been a member of [censored] for over 20 years. It is a place to record cemeteries. 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. Find a Grave is a fantastic app that allows you to add to the world's largest online cemetery database and search for graves. 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. dead person family can still object if they dont want. 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. Now the problem is that you don't have an account so there's no where to transfer the memorial to. No materials from this website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. The answer is NO and she's not going to respond to emails. Don't buy into it. 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. Find a Grave singles out only certain people. Back then it was a site consisting of records of celebrities and their burial sites. 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. More precisely people who want to create a memorial for a deceased loved one. Find a Grave - Wikipedia Get those cheap skates to pay you! Sherry Maccanico, Desired outcome: I could not have been able to see my fathers grave plot at all. My response is that there are too many members on Find A Grave who do NOT follow the rules. Did I post the information of the drunk teenager that killed her? now findagrave even suspended me and deleted my dead freind burial records. I didnt even get an email from Find A Grave to warn me. Precious hard work needs to respect copyright, do u understand, sharon haywood 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. 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. In many cases these ghouls comb local obits and reprint them on Find A Grave. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. I have no issue with someone adding OLD graves they found while walking the cemeteries. The pay version is a one time 30 bucks. But what they did do is give control to someone who claims to be related through my third great grandfathers brother. Then why do you think they have the Burial Unknown Mechanic, Lee? There was a problem getting your location. 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 When I protested FindAGrave blocked my isp and booted me out. Burial Solutions | Better Business Bureau Profile Action, and change of name on Memorial or transfer to myself so I can put pertinent information on the Memorial. The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. Im of southern heritage and I'm betting nearly 50 percent of Ancestry.Com's paying customers are too! Do not bring up respect when you yourself seem to have never even processed the topic. For more than 15 years we have helped nearly 50000 customers resolve their issues and will never stop striving to ensure further improvements on our platform for a better communication between companies and customers. What is the Find a Grave Community? For some cemeteries, it is against their policy to allow pic taking/give plot info to non-family for security/privacy purposes. 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. I'll write again to let everyone know the outcome of this. 07:27 PM. He died on 16 Nov 1620 aboard the Mayflower, a fact which you can easily validate with a Bing search. Information provided is not true. are you saying that STEALING PEOPLE HEADSTONE WITHOUT AUTHORIZE IS CALLED PRECIOUS HARD WORK It was not put here for it to be a tug of war or a battleground everyone must follow the rules and regulations 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. BS..Find A Grave is a hang out for graveyard ghouls. or "PRECIOUS HARD WORK" 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. Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. Top 7 Best Cemetery Apps for Locating Ancestors - Family Tree Magazine My Find a Grave ID is: [protected] You will get no place arguing with FindAGrave's hierarchy or major contributors. How Ancestry.com's Find A Grave Encourages Bad Actors and Bad Data 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 dont like findagrave too. Every one listen, this website is a blessing to everyone that's on it, it was put here to view memorials and find peace. I have contacted them and they refuse to remove it. If so, why get a headstone in the first place, just use a rock so you can find her. Owner block you. There are tons of memorials created every day with information about surviving relatives; but Find a Grave allows it, as long as nobody says anything. Go find something else to do, and remember when you're a VOLUNTEER that means YOU CHOOSE to do the work without any payment. The person who stole them claims to be related although they arent and they have never met any of my family. Are you going to say "facebook is public, not yours. There are many kind and helpful people on F/A/G. how many tomb photo taken is no longer a meaning anymore. It is both hurtful and embarrassing to family members. I take GREAT pride in linking people with their deceased family members to connect these families, piece them back together, after death. this fraud is a sociopathic means of lying and a person getting their false praise and getting money for their prostitution. If so, we already had this talk. Within 5 miles of your location. Kind regards. Ancestry has SO many complaints already, they don't want any more. Find a Grave 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. If anyone asks me to remove their family members headstone I will gladly do so, if you can prove you are a direct relative. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. Sharon, if I may say, you are ridiculous. I have been a member of FindaGrave for many years. 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. They play upon emotion. If you don't like it, just log off. ^^^^^Seems to me that they are taking advantage of the people doing the photography. Find a Grave is connected to Ancestry. There should be no emotional attachment on the part of a picture taker. I can still look at stuff, I just cant add anything, correct anything, or do ANYTHING at all. Again, it's only a website overrun by volunteers so move on. Mormons view of religion is a little different than Western thought. Many of these memorials contain more than headstones. Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. The headstone is the dead and their family, not yours. People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 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. 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 understand why it is a blessing to some people, however it does in fact invade the privacy of many families. Are you upset with public death certificates published online? If someone was cremated and the ashes given to someone, there is no cemetery. You wrote: Many contain personal info that many families wish 2 keep private. 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. 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. Sometimes if you ask nicely, someone will comply with your wishes. 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. 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. I personally manage a few sites that are people related to me through marriage, and several relatives more than one generation removed from me. He was the Captain of the brig Resistance during the Revolution and was killed in action at sea north of Barbados. To suggest an update, go to the memorial and click the Suggest Edits button below the birth and death information. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. Billion graves have a lot of stones too. The info on him was compiled by several members, and info from members of the Montgomery county Md. I have been a member of find a grave since it first started. 42.5k. A problem occurred. An alternative - Forever Missed. Not even the ones I paid to sponsor! However, if you can provide me with a suitable certificate ,then I will make your change and attribute it to yourself.