I don't see the point in the complaint. I have been a member of FindaGrave for many years. I had to threaten legal action to get my mothers and fathers memorials transferred to me. 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. 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. Can I charge money as a Photo Volunteer? I have contacted Find A Grave and even submitted a copy of my birth certificate and they have done nothing. Contact Us - Find A Grave If you don't have cemetery burial information they shouldn't be put up. 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. The site would consist solely of faked pictures. 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. He then served for four and a half. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. Memorial: Mary Payne ([protected]) And almost as many gravestone photos. A. A kind, generous, and gentle man, he was born on August 18, 1933 in Claiborne County. "When someone creates a memorial, that means they were either related to this person or a close personal friend." But what they did do is give control to someone who claims to be related through my third great grandfathers brother. What is the Find a Grave Community? 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." For immediate removal: Please remove Memorial #[protected]. That's obscene. First, if you already asked Wendy to transfer the memorial to you and she ignored you, I would recommend contacting support@findagrave.com (if you already didn't) and ask them to give the memorial to you. Findagrave.com user terms require anyone managing a memorial to turn management control over to a direct relative when requested. Nuff said. You've closed your mind to anything other . Anyone else wants to make "corrections", like a bored housewife, YOU get to decline. 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. They play upon emotion. It is a disgusting desecration on my sister's grave and memory! I assume this means that they can't transfer the memorial to family members, because you didn't mention that (Which was pretty much, the whole point of the complaint). Some important ways to determine whether a cemetery exists on a particular tract of land include: (1) checking old deeds and property records; (2) checking old maps; (3) talking with long-time local residents; (4) searching for sunken areas on the property that seem to be oriented east to west; (5) looking for Vinca minor (cemetery ivy) and (6) 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. Please try again later. So you consider adding a memorial on there before the person is even buried as empathetic? My nephew passed on new year's eve. For the record I am 75 years old and thinks it pretty [censored]ty of FindAGrave to respond in such a way. It is in fact not precious hard work, it is simply walking around and taking pictures of graves. They are about a month behind in their email correspondence. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Personal Services: Find A Grave. 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. Man it's their photo not your photo. Each memorial on Find a Grave has a manager who is responsible to update or correct the memorial. Search above to list available cemeteries. "Findagrave" has been given 24 hours to transfer Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected] memorials into my care. Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. 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). "Find A Grave's" support generally ignores family requests in favour of their cyber ghouls who r constantly on the lookout to create just one more memorial in hopes of hitting the million mark. Action, and change of name on Memorial or transfer to myself so I can put pertinent information on the Memorial. Or at least you were, as I'm replying to this years after your post. "Tom" Carpenter, age 84, passed from life to eternal life on Wednesday. Because all of a sudden there's a name on my Google profile page with my Name ( it has a couple ofe letters that R not the same spelling).This woman that passed born in 1901..died at 94. I can still look at stuff, I just cant add anything, correct anything, or do ANYTHING at all. 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. Have you read Find A Grave's Help section on what to do if your Edit is declined? 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. Filing a complaint with local law enforcement though, is just plain wrong, a I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." Gatsey, check Find A Grave's Help section to make sure you are sending your messages to the correct email address. Then someone sends a correction I will ask if they are family. I made no comments about the timeline of adding memorials, scanning of obituaries, nor any comment about how many memorials certain people have. actually you should not find ladybug person. Several plans available. yes it's funeral site. Desired outcome: Find a Grave - Online Search. An alternative - Forever Missed. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Jul 19 2017. They just would not listen. 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. It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton. This monitor controls about 300,000 or more memorials and is on a power trip and politics. posts. Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. 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. He was the Captain of the brig Resistance during the Revolution and was killed in action at sea north of Barbados. They are supposed to transfer but don't. Find A Grave | FindAGrave.com User Reviews Son of Edward Chandler, a labourer. A gentleman named John has added the below message concerning my mother.I and my brothers and sisters would like this to be deleted out of respect for our mother.I don't accept that an outsider can access documents and without family consent write what they deem necessary.We cannot even contact this John.Would you please delete this information.There is a family behind this message and who live to this very day thinking of their mother who was taken from them so early in life.Authorisation was not given for this message to be inserted. You must include a valid cemetery ID or URL. ----- And as far as "trampling on a grave" I am ALWAYS careful to NOT step on any grave (provided there's still any indication of one) and use my zoom lens instead. So I've been a member of [censored] for about About 3 months now, and the only reason I entered the website was to find my ancestors and connect a few branches. Find A Grave is eventually going to be sued and it will undoubtedly take down the site and their business. And daily scanning of obituaries to add and having 200k memorials? Meanwhile, I'm calling findagrave now. When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. I've been bullied by dozens of people just because a memorial for a man born over 200 years ago doesn't have information on where he was buried. You really don't need all the drama FindAGrave's hierarchy throws in your face. No. What is your experience with Find A Grave? because if her friends/her classmates/classmates parents. 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. But this past month has been a nightmare. However, if you can provide me with a suitable certificate ,then I will make your change and attribute it to yourself. I dont like findagrave too. This comment was posted by a verified customer. 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. based on information from your browser. My condolences to you and your family. This is very basic courtesy. These indexes on Ancestry.com are free to use by everyone, whether you have a subscription or not. how many tomb photo taken is no longer a meaning anymore. U can also change photos and music any time u wantno restrictions. this fraud is a sociopathic means of lying and a person getting their false praise and getting money for their prostitution. Find A Grave FamilySearch Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. There is a problem with your email/password. Sometimes if you ask nicely, someone will comply with your wishes. But thanks for hijacking this thread. I feel this infringes on my privacy, copyright laws and personal property of mine being placed on the internet for advertising purposes. 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 was a second marriage for Mary Ann when she had been widowed and married James Payne in 1862. 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. Findagrave is gross and obscene. My response is that there are too many members on Find A Grave who do NOT follow the rules. The site stores over 120 million grave records, providing plenty of material. if you harass the creatoer or the grave page owner, they will report you harass them and they will ban your profile in findagrave.