I love Find A Grave

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Prairie on June 19, 2010 at 4:17pm

Cindy,

That is a great idea! I may borrow that if that is OK.

Sandy

Permalink Reply by Russ Worthington on June 19, 2010 at 4:33pm

Cindy,

Not sure what your question is, but IF you 'own' the memorial, you can Edit it and put other information for that individual AND you can like to other memorials.

If you are not the 'owner', you can request the 'owner' to add the information OR then can Transfer the ownership over to you.

Russ

Permalink Reply by Kelly Glenn on June 19, 2010 at 9:34pm

I do the same and have had incredible results. I now have over 500 people on my family tree found on findagrave.

Permalink Reply by Ms. Gerry Hill on December 21, 2011 at 5:22pm

I love findagrave also=but when I ask permission from one lady to use her picture there, she wanted to know where=was it for my personal genealogy or a "Paid" site??? I had never run into that before. I am a regular contributor for over 3 years now, and anyone is welcome to my pictures etc. But be sure to ask. I have seen a lot of comments on that-and folks who don't.

Permalink Reply by Dixie on February 4, 2012 at 5:46am

Folks, according to the Ancestry Terms & Conditions, you MUST have permission to add someone else's original content (such as a photo). The photos are not "free for the taking" - as stated in Find A Grave's "FAQs". Copying photos without the photographer's permission is copyright violation, which Ancestry takes very seriously.  When a copyright holder (photographer) files an infringement claim with Ancestry, the family tree owner gets a "take down" notice. If you continue to do it, your account could be terminated!
The best thing to do is what you learned as a child:  ask first!  If told no, accept it graciously - don't be childish and copy it anyway!