What is a memorial manager?

A memorial manager is a community member who is willing to manage the memorial, collaboratively work with others on updates, and is open and receptive to requests from family members.

If I manage memorials, what are my responsibilities?

Ensure that information on the memorial is accurate.
Be available for other members to contact you.
Respond respectfully to edit requests and other contacts regarding the memorial.
If a manager is not related, we encourage allowing family members to manage memorials. Learn more in Request to Manage.

Do I have to make corrections or additions to the memorials I manage?

The Find a Grave community works together to update memorials and we are all collaborating towards a common goal. As the manager, you have an important responsibility to ensure accurate information for the memorial and other members who send suggested edits are driven by a desire to be helpful, update memorials and share researched information. If you have a question about a suggested edit, you can always contact the member who sent it.

Find a Grave memorials are works in progress. As a memorial manager, there is always the potential for a member to send you a correction or additional information. When processing suggested edits you should accept or decline the update according to your research or the research that is sent to you. When you have differing information and decline the update, include more information so the suggester understands why the suggestion was declined. If there is differing information in the historical record, as the manager you can consider explaining the sources and differing information in the biography field. When a suggested edit is sent, a manager has 21 days to review it. If the edit is not declined in that timeframe it is automatically sent to Find a Grave's edit queue for processing.

If you neglect to update memorials when valid corrections are sent to you, Find a Grave may determine that you are inactive. If that happens, Find a Grave will make corrections on your behalf or transfer management of the memorial. Learn more at Inactive Account and Reactivation.

Where can I find suggested edits for memorials I manage?

When you are signed in, click on the Suggested Edits (pencil icon) at the top right of most pages or Suggested Edits from the Contribute page. Suggested Edits for memorials you manage remain available for your review for twenty-one days, after which they will be sent to Find a Grave's edit queue for processing. More details for managers can be found at Processing Suggested Edits.

Is there a limit for sending edits?

We don’t have a limit on edits sent through Suggest Edits. Members should contact one another and work out an appropriate number if needed. If a member doesn't have a contact method on their Profile they can be contacted using "Contact Manager." Learn more at Community and Contacting Members.

If the member is sending the edits in order to update the memorial, then as the manager of the memorial, you have the responsibility to research the edits that are sent by ‘Suggest Edits.' You should accept or decline the update according to your research or the research that is sent to you.

What might cause many edits to be sent in a short period? Possibly a headstone photographer sending many updates from the stones they have photographed and uploaded. Another example could be memorials uploaded by spreadsheet that happen to have information in an incorrect field.

If the edits sent violate our Terms and Conditions or Community Guidelines, you can contact us with details and we’ll take the appropriate action.

What will happen to the memorials that I create after I pass on?

Find a Grave or your Steward will manage the memorials.

How do I add a Steward to my account?

You can appoint someone as a steward for your account so that if you leave Find a Grave for whatever reason, they can continue to manage your memorials. First speak to the member to make sure they are willing to be responsible, then contact us (select support request) to let us know. Be sure to include the member ID number of your steward in the form and we’ll make a note of this in your account.

Learn more at Who manages memorials?