Find A Grave Reviews

(based on 60 reviews)

434 of 853 people found this review helpful

As a Find A Grave contributor it can be rather time consuming to add all the detailed information to individual memorials. A major annoyance is archaic place names are not supported, such as Schley County Georgia was created in 1857 from parts Sumter & Madison Counties. If your person died in La Crosse, Sumter Co., pre-1857 then you are forced to enter Schley Co.

Find A Grave is often the only available source of information where cemetery records have been lost or in states such as Pennsylvania where birth, marriage and death records are difficult at best to obtain.

I have found many far flung relations on Find A Grave and have been able to adjust family genealogical data. The discovery of 2 burials in Florida lead to obtaining information on that branch living in Florida for a decade, information previously unknown.

I have mostly been pleased with the response of other contributors when offering additional information about the persons they've memorialized. Memorials to my relatives have been transferred to my care without my having asked, which is a very nice extra step for the other contributors to have taken. In exchanging information with other contributors I've found... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

410 of 805 people found this review helpful

For all of you who don't like Find A Grave - Just hop in your car and visit 25 states and search countless records in countless counties and spend countless dollars doing so. That is what I would have had to have done to find the information I have found at this site. Some geneanologist just don't like the WWW. They think you should have to drive those miles, send and pay for those records. I have found it a great resource and have found all the volunteers to be very helpful and respectful.

What I don't like about it is the management of Memorials. Though I have only had one problem with one person, it was and still is aggravating. But I always have the option of remaking that memorial to correct it.

In short - except for one person who has not responded - I think this that it is a great site. I am grateful to the volunteers there who take the time to do what they do.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

428 of 810 people found this review helpful

This website is a very specific resource, but for free it is very useful. I have gotten photos of gravesites of some of my ancestors and even found information that I didn't know from research using the best site (Ancestry.com of course).

This is not a comprehensive site such as Ancestry.com, but it provides a large database that can fill in the gaps. I'm glad it exists, and I use it.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

434 of 872 people found this review helpful

Can't argue with free. Don't give too much thought to my star ratings above since I haven't had any experience with hardly any of it except searches and I can't comment on the other negative reviews. Anyway, I have found a lot that I would not have found without this site. Searches are pretty much immediate(don't know how they do it so fast).You are limited only by the information which is has been submitted by other users. Sometimes I find nothing, and sometimes I hit the jackpot.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

460 of 825 people found this review helpful

Dear "Find A Grave" Staff,

The Name of your site makes it Very Clear.

However, For Me, your Format was misleading. Your Format seemed to have been developed to share Family Heritage. With places for Birth & Death Info, A Bio, Ability to Link family members, Up to a 5 Photo Download, the Cemetery Info. I was Thrilled - How Wonderful - I Thought.

>>> Here is My Constructive Criticism:
I have never complained about the Format in the Past. However, many cities and cemeteries are missing. There is No place for Marriage Info, Children, Religion, Occupation, Adoption Info, Immigration Info, Wills & Deeds, Cause of Death, ETC. (Many have told me that some of these bits of Info had an Impact on various Departed Loved Ones.)

After interacting with quite a few "Control Freaks" that have created Thousands of Empty Profiles - I now see, from my Actual Experiences, what your site is all about.

Profiles are created with the Cemetery Info - However, many times the Birth & Death Info is left blank, the Bios are left empty, No family Links have been made & ocassionally you might find a Gravestone Photo. So basically Thousands of Loved Ones profiles... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

427 of 801 people found this review helpful

Please check out pissed consumer. Or just google findagrave complaints. I was a member for over 5 years. I had some of my memorial deleted and reposted by another findagrave member. When I complainted they blocked me from my account. I finally got access to my account but this happened to me again. The ideal of this site is great, but the people in charge don't care. They do make money off the information people post here. Please be aware of what goes on before you put your time and hard work into posting only to have it taken away from you & credit given to someone else.

In summary, I would not recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

453 of 910 people found this review helpful

I have been a member for a while. I have found a huge amount of information for my genealogy searches. I have also been able to add a lot so others can find their families.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

433 of 878 people found this review helpful

I have found a lot of very useful information here. In addition, I have corresponded with a number of volunteers, and have always found them to be extremely pleasant and helpful.

My recollection is that, when I first started, navigating the site was somewhat confusing. But, once I got used to it, I have been able to do what I wanted quite easily.

I have had no problems with the searches. I believe that I have always found memorials where they should be. And, I have found many that I did not know existed.

Entering data, and sharing information with others has always been easy.
Overall, my experience has been very positive. I would recommend that any genealogist regularly use this site. One can obtain assistance of others, and assist others at the same time.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

386 of 772 people found this review helpful

I have been able to find a few living cousins as well as getting information on some family members cemetary locations. I think it is wonderful that many people that you don't know will come to your page and leave a memorial which can mean so much to those who are grieving for a family member or friend. Findagrave is GREAT!!

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.

404 of 829 people found this review helpful

Search is not accurate. Example: There is a memorial in a certain cemetery in a certain county. Search for that name by county, no matching records.

This makes it hard for somebody that does not have the memorial information and trying to find somebody in a specific county, knowing they are buried in that county. Numerous cemeteries in the county just creates frustration. Do you spend all day searching each cemetery? This also causes duplicate memorials.

Another similar problem: Known cemetery, try to go direct to that cemetery, no matching records. Go to county, cemetery is found alphabetically.

Another problem: Contributors do not respond to public msgs or private email. How can a member find out if the contributor is still active or not and if not, access memorials for editing, linking, updating, etc.

In summary, I would recommend Find A Grave to a friend.