My primary goal is to make the family history information that I have collected available to future generations. This includes photos and biographical information that to the extent possible give a sense of what people did and experienced in their lives, in addition to when they were born and died and where they lived. Find A Grave memorials can be a good way to do this.

Because of the increasing threat of identity theft and scams from obituaries and genealogy, the memorials that I manage exclude certain information for deceased persons with living children. Specifically, for memorials with living children: (a) only the first names of living children are given, and not where they currently live or their spouse's name; (b) only the counts of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are given, and not their names or locations; and (c) only the year of birth and state in which a person was born for the deceased person. Given the wide variability in the content of obituaries and gravestones, these restrictions are not noticeable.

I expect increasing us of artificial intelligence (AI) to search for information to steal identities and conduct scams. Find A Grave unfortunately will probably become a major source of information for identity theft. I want to minimize the potential for my relatives to be easy targets.

Copying photos I have posted on Find A Grave and posting them or otherwise using them elsewhere is ok with me IF the caption for the photo is also copied and kept with the photo. The caption tells who or what is in the photo and how the photo was obtained. Posting a photo without the information in the caption severely degrades the historical value of the photo and ultimately does more harm than good.

The biographical information that I have written and posted on Find A Grave can also be copied and used elsewhere. However, these are works in progress and subject to subsequent revision. The writings that have changed frequently and are likely to change in the future have version dates that should be kept with the writing.

My primary goal is to make the family history information that I have collected available to future generations. This includes photos and biographical information that to the extent possible give a sense of what people did and experienced in their lives, in addition to when they were born and died and where they lived. Find A Grave memorials can be a good way to do this.

Because of the increasing threat of identity theft and scams from obituaries and genealogy, the memorials that I manage exclude certain information for deceased persons with living children. Specifically, for memorials with living children: (a) only the first names of living children are given, and not where they currently live or their spouse's name; (b) only the counts of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are given, and not their names or locations; and (c) only the year of birth and state in which a person was born for the deceased person. Given the wide variability in the content of obituaries and gravestones, these restrictions are not noticeable.

I expect increasing us of artificial intelligence (AI) to search for information to steal identities and conduct scams. Find A Grave unfortunately will probably become a major source of information for identity theft. I want to minimize the potential for my relatives to be easy targets.

Copying photos I have posted on Find A Grave and posting them or otherwise using them elsewhere is ok with me IF the caption for the photo is also copied and kept with the photo. The caption tells who or what is in the photo and how the photo was obtained. Posting a photo without the information in the caption severely degrades the historical value of the photo and ultimately does more harm than good.

The biographical information that I have written and posted on Find A Grave can also be copied and used elsewhere. However, these are works in progress and subject to subsequent revision. The writings that have changed frequently and are likely to change in the future have version dates that should be kept with the writing.