Find A Grave mostly consists of good contributors 20 March 2012 Reviewer: Kevin Andrew from USA
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I've been contributing to Find A Grave for several years, beginning by adding some of my ancestors and loved ones and then branching out into fulfilling photo requests in my area and helping to document local cemeteries. I want to be sure that deceased people are not forgotten and that anyone who comes looking for them years down the road will be excited to find my work, so I don't find it weird to add the graves of strangers. I send some well wishes into the universe for each one of them when I stop by to photograph graves. I consider Find A Grave to be collaborative, so I'm happy to add new information and to transfer memorials to people who feel a connection to the deceased.
Really, the only negative is that there are some long-time contributors who frequent the forums, especially the help forum (ironically) and are truly rude and petty dictators, yet the administrators do NOT step in. These are the same people who dislike being asked to add things to memorials and definitely will not transfer memorials to non-immediate family members. It really ruins the forums and drives away the nice people.
I think Find A Grave would work better if the memorials all became the property of the website so that "ownership" was a non-issue. It's the few percent of people who ruin it for everyone.
Basically, if you use the main site, you'll probably be very happy. If you delve into the forums, eh, maybe not, and if you run into one of the few bad apples, you'll know it.
In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.
