Find A Grave: Insecure and Undependable Website 11 January 2012 Reviewer: Beth from New Mexico, USA
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Clearly, this is not a genealogical website that I would recommend to anyone. Initially, it seemed to be very useful for those who wished to share their genealogical research. However, I discovered that the site is insecure and that your entries can be altered without your knowledge or permission. This was extensively done in my case. The security damage included the altering and removing of biographical data that I had entered, the removal and relocation of my entry photographs, the changing of my own and other contributors' names, and the incorrect switching around of cross reference numbers to my different family memorials. Importantly, this experience demonstrated that the information available on this website could be extremely unreliable to any viewers. My efforts to delete my entries, a stated option, proved very difficult since they were put back on the site afterwards with my name changed to "anonymous." When I objectively complained of this, I was never given any explanation. Rather, I was blocked from being able to access my account and my own extensive family virtual memorial collection with the word "unauthorized!" showing up on my account. Later, this hostile response also resulted in my not being able to access the website itself to see whether my account information was still being used by it. As a result, I strongly feel the unknowing public should be advised of this blatantly condemnatory conduct on the part of Find A Grave.
In summary, I would not recommend Find A Grave to a friend.
