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Comment by Carol Harris on January 10, 2011 at 7:30pm

It just came back up for me also

Comment by Fluttergirl on January 10, 2011 at 7:26pm

It's working for me, albeit rather slowly.

Comment by Cindy Abrams on January 10, 2011 at 7:00pm

Me too! It says "Network error"

Comment by Carol Harris on January 10, 2011 at 6:49pm

Having the same problem can't do anything on it  Michael Lee Stills

Comment by Michael Stills on January 10, 2011 at 6:46pm

Findagrave.com appears to be down.  Any news?

Comment by Sarah Coles on December 23, 2010 at 10:25am

Wow, Eric, that is some story!  I'd be very leary of a site like that to
begin with.  I am overly cautious about identity theft besides so that
site would never be for me.  It's pretty bad that you had that
experience.  It reminds me of a recent post I made about people
"stealing" others information on public trees that is done all the time
on Ancestry.com.  I can't understand why this administrator of the site is
banning you either for no reason and deleting your work.  That all is
just appalling to me.  I wonder what kind of recourse you have in the
matter.  I don't blame you for being so angry!  It all sounds pretty
underhanded to me.  Maybe someone will have some suggestions of further actions you can
take. Good you reported it to the BBB at least.

Comment by Eric Andrist on December 23, 2010 at 9:49am

BEWARE of findagrave! They have a "C" rating with the Better Business Bureau and I have just filed my own complaint against them and wanted to share it with you here. They can delete all your memorials at their own whim!

Findagrave is a website that catalogs obituaries and burial places for genealogists. One can create "memorials" for their loved ones and others and list their burial locations for future generations. Many people also use it as a hobby and put in endless hours of cataloging obituaries and burial locations of strangers so that other people might be able to find their loved ones.  In the last few months I have logged a hundred or more hours creating memorials and had over 300. I cataloged my family, people I've worked with in show business and alumni from my high school. I also linked my high school alumni memorials to a website I run for my school. Yesterday an issue arose from a memorial I created for a famous actor that passed away. Their rules state that you are always to do a search before creating a memorial. If one already exists, you're to work with the creator of that memorial on any changes or additions. Another person came along and knowingly created a NEW memorial for the actor. I made it known to her and she defiantly would not take it down. So I contacted the administrators for help. They actually sided with her, even though she admitted to breaking the rules, and gave her credit for the memorial. After a couple of heated emails with administrator Robert Edwards (who goes by the screen name "bobnoxious") He sent me an email stating that he was banning me from the site. So I went in to my account and sure enough had no access. I looked up my mother's memorial and it was gone! Further research showed that ALL of my memorials were gone...they had all been deleted! All that work I spent entering these memorials was for nothing. And they weren't just punishing me, they were punishing all the people that would have used those memorials in the future. It also rendered all the links on my alumni website useless. I have since written to the owner of the website Jim Tipton a few times, with no response. Since then I've been doing online research and have found that I am not the only one that they have done this too. Wikipedia lists conflicts with this company stating: "allegedly arbitrary actions by administrators particularly with regard to "memorials" and "privacy" concerns of families and relations regarding recent deaths." The website pissedcustomer.com has quite a few detailed descriptions of problems not dissimilar to mine at: http://find-a-grave.pissedconsumer.com/. Another detailed description here: http://deathreferencedesk.org/2010/03/15/crowd-sourcing-genealogy-a.... Look, if I broke rules, fine. But let me know and allow me to correct my ways; but don't just ban me and delete all my work! But I DID NOT break the rules. In fact it was because I showed them that I hadn't broken them and that they rewarded another member FOR breaking the rules, that they arbitrarily banned me and deleted all my work. They should not be allowed to do this to people. We are talking about special, precious and often emotional memories of our loved ones. This should NOT be taken lightly. You don't delete people's work that helps anyone who visits the site, simply because you have a beef with that person. You don't offer a service to catalog information, get bent out of shape and then resend the offer. If they can arbitrarily delete anyone's work at their whim, what's the point of anyone working on making their site better and more complete? Sure, it is a free site, but they take in money from website advertising that bombards you while you work, and charge $5 if you want special privileges on a memorial. Even if you pay the $5, the possibility of that memorial disappearing forever is very, very possible.

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on December 20, 2010 at 2:09pm

Please, FindAGrave addicts, if any of you live in Shelby (or Jefferson) County, Alabama, and happen upon a gravesite/headstone for a PEEL or PEAL ancestor, please could you post to FindAGrave?  I live in northwest Indiana & I have been researching my Peel/Peal ancestors who primarily lived in Shelby County (but also may have filtered into Jefferson County later).  There are some Peal's listed on FAG already who are related to me, but I am still looking, specifically, for my Grandmother's grave -- LACY PEEL (or possibly recorded as Peal on a headstone).  She was born 1841 and I cannot find a date of death for her.  Thank you!!

Comment by Loretta P. Lisowski on November 23, 2010 at 10:25am

Anyone in this group from Ontario? I found relatives listed on the 1861 census in Reach Township (current day Ontario County) in Ontario. John Pencil/Pencille was 76 years old on this census so I suspect he was buried in Reach Township. I have not found any cemetery records online. The religion he was listed as was Adventist. I know other members of the family were Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist. Other info indicates that he may have been buried in Waterloo. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Comment by Judy Week on October 10, 2010 at 3:39pm

I don't know if this is appropriate for this group or not. But, I have a delicate situation with someone who added a relative to findagrave. My relative died in 1960. He and his wife were buried in a local cemetery. A new cemetery was opened in late 1973. Their family paid to have my relative and his wife were moved to the new cemetery.

The new cemetery is located on land that was once owned by a member of my relative's family.
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I sent a private e-mail to her listing the name and location of the new cemetery. I included the name of the county cemetery book and page number where the couple were listed.

I don't want to offend her, but I want her to correct the information. I was wondering if anyone has encountered a similar situation.

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