Roger First of all thank you for all your work taking these photos. I can understand the sensitivity of the situation. Perhaps the correct thing might be to appease the relative requesting the removal would be instead of posting the actual picture of that stone, to insert in the space just a written info(ex: John Doe, husband of-----born----- died-------) since that information would be public domain anyway. That way, anyone searching for that "stone" would at least have the information and know which cemetery it was in. This is just a thought I know I was delighted to have found pictures and location of a couple of my illusive family members.. Michelle Green MTs. of Vt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Nowlan" <RNowlan@primus.ca> To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:33 AM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Cemetery photos: permission required? > Greetings to all Listers! > > As some of you may know I have several pictures of Co. Carlow tombstones > at my website > (see http://www.nolanfamilies.org/gallery/index.php?cat=16 for Memorials > section), predominantly for deceased Nolans. > > I have now recently received a request from a relative to remove a > particular tombstone picture. > The question therefore arises as to the legality and practice of posting > pictures of tombstones to the Internet. > > I did a Google search in the hope of finding some guidance as to what the > current practice/law might be for Co. Carlow but I could only find > someting for Canada and the United States (see text at end of this note). > In essence, the guidance offered states that “there is no legal > requirement that a family consent” but that one should “pull a photo, if > requested”. > > Of the tombstones photographed, many were weathered and hard to decipher. > It would be a shame to limit the dissemination of such information , let > alone the memory of those deceased, to only those able to visit the > cemetery in person. > > I would appreciate any comments as regards accepted practice or legal > requirements > *** in Co. CARLOW *** > for photographing tombstones and posting pictures of them to the Internet. > > Thank You all, > > Roger > > http://nolanfamilies.org > > > ************************************************************** > Reference: LEGAL OPINION for Canada and the United States > ************************************************************** > Excerpt from Blog posting at > http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/10/22/cemetery-photos-permission-required/ > > Judy G. Russell says: > October 22, 2012 at 10:41 am > Russ, there’s no legal requirement that a family consent to having its > loved one’s tombstone photo placed online. It’s not an invasion of > privacy, though people often think it is. However, if the family truly > objects, I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t agree to take the image down as > a matter of courtesy. You can still supply the image to any family member > who wants it while not offending those who are deeply troubled by having > such information online. > > This whole business of having so much information available online is new > to us all, and while the law is pretty clear, the protocols and courtesies > involved are still developing, and I think we all need to be mindful that > many people are truly unhappy with what they perceive as a loss of privacy > in this online world and as a discourtesy to living and dead alike. > > Reply > -------- > Russ Worthington says: > October 22, 2012 at 7:17 pm > Judy, > > Thank you very much. > > I was hoping that was your answer. > > I certainly would pull a photo, if requested and I have even sent my > photos to family when requested. > > I have also found some relationship’s in Find-A-Grave that may not be > clear in other online repositories. A couple of Obituaries as well, they > point to the actual newspaper for that obituary. > > Thank you, > > Russ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message