Graveyard protocol for uploading

[Beeonthebay]

So here I am on holiday in North Devon and the past few days visited 3 graveyards as you do..........

The first attached to a church has very old graves, then one a bit further down the road has them a bit newer but more like a field, no church, and today I saw what looks like a council gated cemetery with very much newer graves, so I'm guessing here it's a progression as the church graveyard got full up and so on.

I was taking some photo's and planned to transcribe them and upload the photo onto Find A Grave when I get around to it.  I've found 2 or 3 on that site myself which have proved very useful especially one in the USA.  So time to pay it forward a little.

But when I was walking around the newish cemetery I felt very intrusive and didn't take any photo's as it just felt wrong.

Is there a point at which we shouldn't take photo's, transcribe and upload them onto a public site?  I mean like a cut off year of say 50 years ago?

What do you think?

[ScouseBoy]

I see and understand your point.

From my knowledge of some of my mothers  sisters,   I think one of those sisters just preferred to totally obliterate from her mind the deceased members of her family.      I am not sure why,  but she even used the euphemism RIP  to mean a deceased person. 

If that is any help to you.

[CeeBowditch]

I'm sure I read somewhere on another 'find a grave type' website that they only show graves which are more than 30years old.

[The Yokel]

My Mums grave is on one of these sites, she died in 2009

[dawnsh]

Ask the church or local authority who maintains the cemetery before you do.

This isn't the first news item of this type I've seen

http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/jewellery-quarter-research-trust-banned-10808767

[Beeonthebay]

Ask the church or local authority who maintains the cemetery before you do.

This isn't the first news item of this type I've seen

http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/jewellery-quarter-research-trust-banned-10808767

I'm not really bothered enough to do that, I was just asking a general question as it kind of popped into my head as a moral dilemma.

Re the article, I think that's ridiculous.  If every churchyard or cemetery was like this there would be no MI's or online databases to help us with our family history.

[Beeonthebay]

I'm sure I read somewhere on another 'find a grave type' website that they only show graves which are more than 30years old.

Thank you I'll look into it.

[Beeonthebay]

My Mums grave is on one of these sites, she died in 2009

I thought it wasn't the right thing to do, so I didn't.  Sorry if this subject has upset you

[pinefamily]

Are you still in the area, BotB? I might have a request or two if it is in your area, if that is ok.