Photo of graves?

AlainaLambert

Is it weird to add a photo of graves onto the memories page? Is there a different spot for photos of graves?

maryellenstevensbarnes1

@AlainaLambert Photos of graves & gravestones not weird at all - did you use Find-A-Grave? It's free also I have access to Ancestry and happy to help if you provide basic id for deceased person(s).

AmberML1

@AlainaLambert

This is why FamilySearch has Memories—yes, add photos of gravestones.

Another reasonable place to add gravestones is in the Sources section. You can upload a Memory from there and add the pertinent data.

Nyx773

If you yourself took the picture of the grave marker, then it is perfectly acceptable to add it to memories.

However, it gets complicated for any photo that was taken/uploaded by another person and posted on a different website such as Find a Grave, BillionGraves, Ancestry, etc. Make sure that you have their permission beforehand.

e.g. On Find a Grave, read the photographer's profile (not the memorial manager's profile). They often will state their requirements for uploading photo's to FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc. Most of them will want you to give credit to them. Some have really stringent rules.

AlainaLambert

@AmberML1 @Nyx773 @maryellenstevensbarnes1 Thank you so much for all of your insights! I feel I have a better understanding now.

Dennis J Yancey

why is it weird?
Grave markers are made just for that purpose - so we reMEMBER.
its just as appropriate a memory as any other.