Be aware that posting obituaries on public sites helps crooks glean personal information, while trolling through obituaries. People are inadvertently and unwittingly assisting identity thieves. Retired persons are quickly having their privacy and dignity jeopardized by criminals. Let's all have a courteous and professional manner when it comes to Find A Grave memorials.

FIND A GRAVE:
Can I add an obituary to my interment listing?
You should NOT copy obituary notices from newspapers (or from funeral home notices or web sites) to an individual's memorial record. Please do NOT include the names of living or surviving relatives in the biography. Please do NOT add photographs from obituary notices, as they are protected by copyright law. Find A Grave reserves the right to remove obituary notices and photographs from memorial records. Similarly, you may NOT scan an obituary and add it as a photograph to a memorial record.

Be aware that posting obituaries on public sites helps crooks glean personal information, while trolling through obituaries. People are inadvertently and unwittingly assisting identity thieves. Retired persons are quickly having their privacy and dignity jeopardized by criminals. Let's all have a courteous and professional manner when it comes to Find A Grave memorials.

FIND A GRAVE:
Can I add an obituary to my interment listing?
You should NOT copy obituary notices from newspapers (or from funeral home notices or web sites) to an individual's memorial record. Please do NOT include the names of living or surviving relatives in the biography. Please do NOT add photographs from obituary notices, as they are protected by copyright law. Find A Grave reserves the right to remove obituary notices and photographs from memorial records. Similarly, you may NOT scan an obituary and add it as a photograph to a memorial record.