I will transfer memorials for relatives with these close relationships: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin.

If you would like a transfer of a memorial outside of those guidelines, you can demonstrate that you have a special connection to that particular memorial by supporting FindaGrave and sponsoring the memorial prior to requesting transfer. Then, unless I am also connected to that person, I will likely make the transfer. Other than the volunteer work I did photographing many thousands of gravesites at my own expense and many hours of creating memorials, I have no connection to the service or its owners, and I get no money from you sponsoring a memorial... but it does help keep a valuable online service available to everyone without membership fees.

I tend to view this resource as a way to document information found at cemeteries, not as a free repository for every type of genealogy information. That said, I may not put much effort into adding information not found at the cemetery. Census information, notes about who someone thinks their siblings might have been, etc are not typically carved on the headstone nor kept in the records of the cemetery office. My personal basic guideline is that if it isn't the type of thing you might put at the gravesite, FindaGrave might not be the best place for it either.

I will transfer memorials for relatives with these close relationships: child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin.

If you would like a transfer of a memorial outside of those guidelines, you can demonstrate that you have a special connection to that particular memorial by supporting FindaGrave and sponsoring the memorial prior to requesting transfer. Then, unless I am also connected to that person, I will likely make the transfer. Other than the volunteer work I did photographing many thousands of gravesites at my own expense and many hours of creating memorials, I have no connection to the service or its owners, and I get no money from you sponsoring a memorial... but it does help keep a valuable online service available to everyone without membership fees.

I tend to view this resource as a way to document information found at cemeteries, not as a free repository for every type of genealogy information. That said, I may not put much effort into adding information not found at the cemetery. Census information, notes about who someone thinks their siblings might have been, etc are not typically carved on the headstone nor kept in the records of the cemetery office. My personal basic guideline is that if it isn't the type of thing you might put at the gravesite, FindaGrave might not be the best place for it either.