Contrary to current coverage, a social networking site or online community for remembering the dearly departed is hardly a revolutionary creation of Jeff Taylor of Monster.com. Respectance.com started in 2006. As the first social network for memories it has allowed users to create tributes for family members, friends, icons, etc., and invite others to pay their condolences. The following blog sheds some more light on the matter:

http://blog.respectance.com/2008/05/14/first-on-the-block/