This is what happens when folks care more about being in the game, than in doing the right thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erica Voolich" <voolich@gmail.com> To: "Genealady" <genealady@gmail.com> Cc: "TGF" <TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 12:42:08 PM Subject: Re: [TGF] Find-A-Grave Dana My condolences on your loss. That is terrible. I thought the family should be the "owner" of the page on a person if there was one available. If you don't want your brother up, I think you should ask them to take it down. Erica On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Genealady <genealady@gmail.com> wrote: > I was shocked to find someone had put my brother on findagrave when he > died last week. The information was taken from the newspaper and he was NOT > buried. He was cremated and we don't even have his ashes yet. I am still > sorely tempted to ask them to remove it. Erroneous and disrespectful in my > opinion. > > Dana > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 10:21 AM, "Donna McR" <donna316@tx.rr.com> wrote: > > > Silly me. Until recently, I thought the postings on Find-a-Grave were > > sourced from literally reading the gravestones and/or taking photographs. > > In the absence of these, I thought at least some evidence was available > that > > the person was buried there---by cemetery records or at least by personal > > knowledge that the grave actually existed in that place. Any dates > attached > > to the posting I thought were sourced with one or all of the above. > > > > However, lately I have been seeing graves posted, along with birth and > death > > dates and information about immediate family, that are just incorrect. > The > > erroneous information just happens to match some incorrect information > also > > passed around on internet family trees. > > > > These persons are posting **as fact** information that has no basis of > > proof. It weakens the credibility of the whole project. > > > > So frustrating. > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > Donna > > > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Erica Dakin Voolich •Genealogist, check out my genealogy blogs http://genea-adventures.blogspot.com http://ursulawright.blogspot.com •President The Somerville Mathematics Fund, an Affiliate of Dollars for Scholars Chapter, Winner of the 2011, New England Chapter of the Year Award Chapter, Winner of the 2003-2004 *Golden Tassel* Service Award We celebrate and encourage mathematics achievement in Somerville MA! http://www.somervillemathematicsfund.org Become a fan on our Facebook page: Facebook | Somerville Mathematics Fund Check out my blog: http://somervillemathematics.blogspot.com/ The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message