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    1. Re: [STATE-COORD] Find A Grave
    2. JLA
    3. "So how did they just happen to get a photo of it?" The image was uploaded by somebody to FindAGrave. Under the image it will say: Added by: and a link will be available. Clicking on that link will take you to a profile page with contact information. Why not ask this person how they got a image of a memorial stored in your backyard? If there is no profile or contact information you can certainly lodge a compliant with the site itself. Best Wishes, Joan Asche On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Mike & Diane <[email protected]> wrote: > I totally agree with you Jan. I do have some FAG contributors that send me > duplicate photos first then upload them to FAG. > However, I went to FAG looking for a clarification on a name someone was > looking for and found a photo of my own fathers headstone on their site > which # 1 I did not give them permission to use, # 2, the stone hasn't even > been set in the cemetery as yet! It is sitting in my backyard and I know I > haven't given anyone permission to come in my backyard to take a photo of it >  It can't be seen unless you walk in my yard around the back of the house > around the porch and uncover it from the tarps it is under. So how did they > just happen to get a photo of it? They swiped that one for sure! There are > some definite thieves that work on FAG, now mind you, there are some great > people that volunteer there, I have a few that go out and take duplicate > photos of the headstones in the cemeteries so that they can send me a set > for the counties I maintain and they can upload a different set to FAG, that > way they don't break FAG's copyright violations, but when I saw the photo of > my father's headstone on there I went ballistic. I personally won't send FAG > anything and wouldn't P on them if they were on fire at this point. > JMHO, > Diane >

    12/30/2009 04:44:23