Search consumer complaints, reviews and information about find-a-grave. 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. Search 502,691 cemeteries in 243 different countries. Do u know. Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for every-day and famous people from around the world. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. I don't know who took your daughter's photo (or anyone else in here). They are about a month behind in their email correspondence. Find A Grave does not allow Photo Volunteers to charge money for volunteering. Well, Sharon Haywood, many of the volunteers here don't even hold an ounce of respect when they do this. So I'm VERY CURIOUS. aged 43, married this is serious violation to your daughter's personal image/reputation. 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. Chances are you will find the cemetery you are looking for. Desired outcome: SO HELP OUT! Salt Lake City UT. 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. Stop awarding points like trophies. 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. I've corrected Ms. DiMarco's errors and removed info the family doesn't want to share. SO HELP OUT! Don't buy into it. This includes both general and info of a more private nature that most families do nor want published on the net. When I started genealogy research 2 years ago I was grateful to find information on loved ones. So any suggestions? better not put personal photos online(esp girl naked photos). I feel this infringes on my privacy, copyright laws and personal property of mine being placed on the internet for advertising purposes. Send that to the person clearly outlining your direct relationship. The bottom line some families just want to be left alone. This comment was posted by a verified customer. I returned home yesterday from out of town, having just attended his funeral. 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. He hated the nickname and when my father and mother divorced in 1969; he moved back to his home town in NC and was never even called anything been a member since 2016 and i dont log in often, and i just discovered that someone made a memorial for my great grandfather john flint #[protected]. people would mistaken that she had died. Running Deer takes his memorial [protected] down. Remove the name of the original creator & the number from their count when the memorial is transferred to a family member. An alternative - Forever Missed. Find A Grave is a free website providing access to and an opportunity to input cemetery information to an online database of cemetery records. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. So what does that tell you about this person with over 1, 000, 000 memorials added? You must include a valid cemetery ID or URL. 2. Explore All Topics and Services on USA.gov Top Yes Virginia. I live in central Va. and my father's plot is in Elliott City, there . cemeteries found in Pimpama, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. unless you really know that person 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. Kind regards, I can only hope I outlive him, so I can reclaim my family. There should be no emotional attachment on the part of a picture taker. The family story and history is greatly important; to me, and to others. I am a contributor with over 800 memorials added, mostly from the 1800's. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Some families just want 2 be left alone without rehashing family ties. This person stalks and harasses me by following my flowers i leave on thousands of memorials. "if you can prove you are a direct relative"How is proving done over the internet to a stranger ? waste of taxpayer money. This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. How may I get my issues addressed? "Findagrave" has been given 24 hours to transfer Robert Paul Carmichael #[protected] and Jessie Jacobs Carmichael #[protected] memorials into my care. It was not put here for it to be a tug of war or a battleground everyone must follow the rules and regulations and not step on anyone's feet. I would email the cemetery asking if they could please verify whether or not John Flint, birth date-death date, is indeed buried there. Now This person is going after my family full bore on FamilySearch and refusing me my own family as per FINDAGRAVES rules. 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." A Grave .Com ? Ask the Community. Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. Findagrave is gross and obscene. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Best wishes, All this and more with just a few taps. 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. 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. I already had a memorial created soon after my nephews passing. This comment was posted by a verified customer. Many contain personal info that many families wish 2 keep private. When I checked, I fond that somebody already did and the info is all wrong as well. Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. Learn more about requesting management here. They are supposed to transfer but don't. We are no longer private people. I don't see reasons for the anguish. It is purely disgusting what they do, I understand the bit of finding relatives and such, however adding details like that is just revolting. This is the result of 698 total reviews. My advice.. This is not precious. But the living do have feelings and find grave ghouls violate confidentiality. A trojan virus downloaded onto my computer when I was on Find A Grave and clicked on a family name within a memorial. For me, THAT is worth all the complaining offered by a few families who are upset their loved one's photo is on **** or any other site. I gladly turn them over to family members who want to put information and pictures. Good luck ! I hate it that Find A Grave's eager beavers invades family privacy by creating various memorials with links 2'other branches without permission from the family. especially towards Chinese superstitious people. I have been a member of Find a Grave for almost 16 years, and work constantly to upgrade other Find a Grave memorials. Unless you really know that person, u can directly share or steal. Go find something else to do, and remember when you're a VOLUNTEER that means YOU CHOOSE to do the work without any payment. Use this form for website feedback and suggestions to improve how the website works. I agree with you Singatune, The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. He must of went through the grave yard and saw this grave with my nephews middle name and last name on his temporary marker. My Find a Grave ID is: [protected] 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. The whole point of a grave stone is to publicly honor the person's life. Ask for permission. yes it's funeral site. 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. The bottom-lineNot every family wants to be part of "Find A Grave's internet kingdom." There have been 250K claims filed against the government. Brought in dead to The Meath Hospital, Heytesbury Street, Dublin, having had a Coronary Occlusion & Paroxysmal Tachycardia, certified Not true. 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. And Nothing was ever done. Chuck's claim to fame is being an expert at useless knowledge. Speaking for myself the answer is NO. Son of Edward Chandler, a labourer. But thanks for hijacking this thread. Search Now. I personally manage a few sites that are people related to me through marriage, and several relatives more than one generation removed from me. 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. Grave Matters Chuck and Kristy Robinett. 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. based on information from your browser. I am also a member of Ancestry which owns FindaGrave, yet there has been no correction and no help. Jul 19 2017. If anyone asks me to remove their family members headstone I will gladly do so, if you can prove you are a direct relative. There are many kind and helpful people on F/A/G. You will get no place arguing with FindAGrave's hierarchy or major contributors. Sometimes someone doesn't live up to our expectations. "Be mindful of what you say and you must have respect dealing with this." This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. It's bad players like these that makes you question the motives of some of the [censored] contributors. 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. Also F.A.G says they award points, so beef with them. ----- 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. everyone wants the records to be as correct as we can get them! if you put your daughter photo online, anyone can also use it without letting you know Take William Butten's find-a-grave memorial. Q: Where did you see anything at all, ANYWHERE, about Find A Grave themselves "saying" they "award points"? Doesn't bring back my daughter, but at least helps. This is not even "precious hard work" when you steal the headstone photo and put on your own findagrave.com 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. I can see that people have different points of few, but some posts here have been rather tackless, almost cruel and cruel. In many cases these ghouls comb local obits and reprint them on Find A Grave. 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. 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. 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. I tried to inform Find A Gave of the issue but to no avail. You haven't done anything wrong. Ancestry has SO many complaints already, they don't want any more. (They want to email Ms. DiMarco to ask if shes related to MY grandparents). The process of asking findagrave to give you a memorial someone else is managing? These ghouls harvest photos from non private trees and then post the info on Find A Grave. Wow! Ancestry provides a myriad of beneficial services; Find A Grave is yet another website providing beneficial information. I do not care how many countless hours "Find A Grave's cyber ghouls put into it. Sharon Haywood. I am 13 years old and I understand this more than the adults doing this out of "the kindness of their hearts." If a family member has asked you to remove a memorial, than you do it. I'm pretty sure I know whose behind this, I have figured it out. 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. Mormons believe u enter the after life based on "works" namely procreation, In life Mormons collect huge volumes of data. My lawyer has been contacted. That also shows me that this person's hobby is spending constant hours on Find a Grave for her/his number count. Concerns Anne McKay buried in Templeogue cemetery,Dublin,Ireland- date of death 13 February 1962. Resend Activation Email. 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. You must ask permission from the deceased person's family before you take those headstone photos. The nice thing about "Forever Missed" the memorial is yours. About the company This site has been active for more than 20 years, first appearing online way back in 1995. They email the requester and tell them that they sent a message to the memorial owner. Gin, if Find A Grave has taken over management of your memorials, your account has been shut down by Find A Grave. Man it's their photo not your photo. Their top contributors do not research people. now findagrave even suspended me and deleted my dead freind burial records. How ridiculous! listed divorce dates, ex spouses names and material of a more private nature our family did not want to share with the world. My heart goes out to you. However she has not had a burial service, I'm looking at her urn right now and her obituary stated "private internment held at a later date". 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. (they are in many places) Marriages and divorces? Reported Problem: Not accurate - Their data conflicts with my data. Please include the cemetery ID number or the URL to the cemetery page on Find a Grave. The person who took my great grandfathers memorial has captured over 50,000 souls and she cannot do a simple favor! Removing pics at their request is Respect. Click here to get notifications about new complaints of Find A Grave. I've only received 1 complaint telling me (mind you not asking me) to remove the memorial. If u r family or tourists u can take photos. 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. It was founded in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident, Jim Tipton. 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. My thoughts were not on the heartless soul collectors of Find A Grave when I heard the news. From there this dysfunctional woman took over my mother's memorial in addition to the already 50,000 memorials she has under her belt. My name is Bill Sky-Eagle. They are by states of where the person was buried. FindAGrave is pure grossess. People like that just want to get numbers and be big on the web site. Graves do not have copyrights either. Forever Missed's top package is something like $30.00 bucks. Information provided is not true. from 5 Stanford Green, Walkinstown, Dublin I am the last of my family and I even submitted a copy of my birth certificate showing relation. Begin your search by either entering the cemetery name and location (by city, county, state, or country), or you can browse cemeteries by location. they suspended you like how they suspended me right today. 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. Method 1 Searching Individual Headstones 1 Visit the cemetery if you know where it is. Truly pathetic. I have been a member of FindaGrave for many years. I have no way to access to my account. Some person going by Ladybug (member #[protected]) {note doesn't even use a REAL name, address, email, etc.} 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. However there is not a lot that can be done about it. This website uses future generations as an excuse to take photos of children, babies, adults, of all ages and post them online. The mechanics do not work like you were brainwashed to believe. It has nothing to do with a grave or burial plot. especially if the girl is even NOT DEAD YET. Added almost 3000 memorials. For example, I have a cousin whose memorial was posted, no picture of the headstone, no information on all her pass husbands ( she was married 6 times, only one mentioned because it was on her obituary which was posted in an El Paso, Texas newspaper. If u persist you are banned for harassing the top contributor who now manages the Memorial "you" created. All in all, I will say it again. Then have one of their major contributers take over ur memorial. If findagrave will call me back, i'll let them know the name of the stalker who is a contributor on findagrave. 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 My mother-in-law's site is totally inaccurate; says where she's buried. Furthermore, nobody actually "owns" a grave. It's not on the tombstone and it was a nickname given to him by coworker where he worked for 4 years from [protected]. [1] That's life. I can still look at stuff, I just cant add anything, correct anything, or do ANYTHING at all. We had collected written history of his life and contributions to Montgomery county Md. Thank you in advance for your help in resolving this stalemate. 1, Report #1386798. The other ad location that I have a problem with is the one at the end of the memorial which relegates the memorial owner/contributor ("created by") to the bottom of the page . These so called "major contributors" also post family photos they have swiped from the net. Imagine if people were making money from posting these photos. now findagrave deletes burial records and members now. My sister's grave is on this site, Eilleen Sien of Colonia, N.J Contacted me by phone and Face Book, my Family DID NOT WANT this information posted! This is wrong! I even put in for a forgot password thinking I had it wrong and I don't even get a email to reset it. To use this feature, use a newer browser. I've done a small number of photo requests from the site at a local cemetery. I am absolutely revolted! Why would anyone think it's OK to post biographical information like this about an 8 year old? It isn't about money or the amount of headstones I can download, it is about carrying on family history. They are getting fresh air and exercise. Previously, I had a friend write me my other experience on 'people who hate memorials listed as burial details unknown'. Owner block you. are you saying that STEALING PEOPLE HEADSTONE WITHOUT AUTHORIZE IS CALLED PRECIOUS HARD WORK This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. If you want to create a memorial for a loved one and be free of Find A Grave ghouls go to "Forever Missed." I didnt even get an email from Find A Grave to warn me. It requires patience. Voila! The rationale: They do not want a resting place for the dead to be devourered by FindAGrave's cyber knowitall undertakers. Find A Grave is a database of known final dispositions. FindAGrave also threatened me with legal action if I took it any further. When I confronted this whale of a whale to relinquished ownership and return the memorial back to me I was banned. Often obituaries are no longer findable, after a certain length of time. I take GREAT pride in linking people with their deceased family members to connect these families, piece them back together, after death. I am not going to get into a long heated debate with anyone on here so let me get that out of the way first. Each memorial on Find a Grave has a manager who is responsible to update or correct the memorial. "Find A Grave" thrives on harvesting cemetery data with no regard to family wishes. I lost my daughter in 1978. And he is friends with [censored] staff because he had something done to one of my postings so that it could not be edited. You really don't need all the drama FindAGrave's hierarchy throws in your face. 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. Ancestry manages Find a Grave. The family moved to the Mohawk Community in Greene County when Tom was three years old because the Norris Dam took their farm. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. and your account will be suspended. Stone doesn't last forever . I do it because it helps many people to feel closer to a loved one. A. dead person family can still object if they dont want. The information on six posts are false and falsely placed according to statements of family and or records listed. There are also the ones on a power trip that treat memorial pages like Pokemon(TM) cards. U can add unlimited photos in addition to music mp3 files + plus videos. This account has been disabled. 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. @, no one has to ask permission to photograph a headstone. 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 took a picture of that visible headstone and attach it to the memorial I did not delete someone else work that is totally disrespectful.