Earlier in the year my Cousin told me about people on Find A Grave - taking control of others digital memorials - by scraping data and refusing to hand over the official Find A Grave digital entry to manage by their own families.

Today, I went for look on Find A Grave to see who holds my Fathers digital entry. I discovered exactly what my cousin had warned me about months ago.

Some low life calling themselves - woo woo, has scraped 17 million records of peoples family members digital entries. That is, woo woo controls 17 million peoples grave records.

The internet needs to show woo woo - what happens to people who try and ransom people over their loved ones digital Find A Grave entry.

Woo woo you are a low life and if the internet or @FindaGrave doesn’t hold you to account, I hope the justice system does.

How to take down woo woo control of your family members digital Find A Grave.

STEP 1: Request Memorial Transfer from Find A Grave
Even though "woowoo" doesn’t accept direct messages, you can formally request control of your father's memorialusing Find A Grave’s tools.
✅ How to do this:
1Go to the memorial page for (your family members) (Memorial ID: …………).
2Click “Suggest Edits” under the SHARE/SAVE TO buttons.
3Then select “Suggest other corrections” → choose “Transfer Memorial”.
4Include a message like:
“I am (insert deceased name) biological daughter and next of kin. I respectfully request transfer of this memorial to me under Find A Grave’s direct relatives transfer policy. My username is [insert your Find A Grave username here]. Thank you.”
Find A Grave’s transfer policy gives preference to immediate family members, and this request should meet their guidelines.

I am chatting with ChatGPT about 2023 Referendum, Reconciliation and Closing The Gap. Here is Chat GPT 4.0 conclusion:

“While there has been progress in recognizing and protecting Indigenous rights, much work remains to achieve true reconciliation and close the gap in socio-economic outcomes. A multifaceted approach that includes strengthening Indigenous leadership, increasing public awareness, promoting economic empowerment, and providing culturally appropriate services is essential for making meaningful strides toward these goals. Continued advocacy, education, and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians are key to ensuring a more equitable and just future for all.” Analysis of Indigenous Australians' Rights Protection, Reconciliation, and Closing the Gap
Current Status and Challenges
1Rights Protection
◦Legal Frameworks: Indigenous Australians have seen progress in legal recognition of their rights, such as through the Native Title Act 1993 and various land rights legislations. However, there are ongoing challenges in fully realizing these rights due to complex legal processes and opposition from various stakeholders (Wikipedia).

Does anyone else have this? If you open a post and flick up the posts change to a number of different posts behind the post you have open. It’s as if the algorithm is like a cog and each post has a multiple different posts aimed at others preferences. Is this a thing I’m just learning today? Visualise, a pokie machine. The cog spins and the algorithm decides what you are interested in and shows those posts. But behind the post is a possibility of very different posts on a very different topic. 👇🏼