Please make it clear that you are speaking about posting the photos on web sites -- that is a different situation from taking requested photos for family members. As one of those who volunteered to take photos, I said nothing about posting those photos to the web. That being said, the monument is something that was placed in a public place for public viewing. The people who had the monument made chose what they wanted displayed publicly (otherwise they would not have had that info put there). Are you then saying that we should never take a photo of any public monument, plaque, cenotaph, etc. etc. because somebody might not want that info to be known? Are we to be searched for paper and pencil before entering the cemetery lest we transcribe the information? Facetious question I know, but where does one draw the line? As for Ron's point about surviving spouses - my mother has her info on my Dad's stone and there is nothing there that would be of any help to anybody beyond a genealogist - only a name (that she hasn't used in almost 70 years and has changed twice since) and a birthdate. Is it not the idea of a headstone to have the information passed on so that the person is not forgotten? If the info on it was so sensitive, would they not all be marked by numbers only and cross-indexed to some book to which only the ID authorized would be allowed access? In all the years I have been taking photos in cemeteries both here and abroad, I have never yet had any objections raised by the management - even those who were fully aware of my presence and activity. Yes, they are concerned with vandalism, damage or perhaps not following the cemetery guidelines with regard to planting or decoration etc., but beyond that they really don't seem to care. Perhaps I am mistaken here, but I am just going by previous experiences. Katie Patricia Copeland wrote: >On re-reading my original posting regarding cemetery photos, I don't think I >made myself very clear. How do you handle a situation where by a person >goes to their local cemetery with their trusty digital camera and >photographs all the headstones and sends them to this list for posting on >the website. Should permission be obtained from the owner of the cemetery >first? Just curious. Ron is right in that surviving spouses could have >their info on the headstone. > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/05