tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post4263296789929769881..comments2024-02-17T03:31:13.308-05:00Comments on Mountain Genealogists: Madness Monday - The Melting PotCyndi Beane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470984285863722669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-85473323946753289742010-05-24T12:25:32.930-04:002010-05-24T12:25:32.930-04:00When I first started doing family history about th...When I first started doing family history about three years ago, I fell into this trap. I just went on happily adding people to my tree not even knowing about source citation etc. Now I find myself with a big mess. I am now going through each individual and properly researching each one. I did read Ancestry's disclaimer, but I was sucked in by the information I found on my family and got greedy for more. Now I am paying the price by redoing everything. It comes down to three lost years.Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308161163231422732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-23172364675652067602010-05-23T22:14:23.800-04:002010-05-23T22:14:23.800-04:00Such a good point on errors being perpetuated in o...Such a good point on errors being perpetuated in online trees (Ancestry.com for one)! As for why they are never corrected - here's one reason: the originator cannot get into the long-ago-merged "OneWorldTree" mishmash that Ancestry did some years ago. I tried and tried to delete or correct my tree, but to no avail. They merged the trees together assuming no explicit permission was necessary, at that time. Now of course, we would not accept such an assumption, but at that time... So I have incorrect information on some individuals, being repeated...<br />Sigh.Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-88841191903647997522010-05-17T08:06:55.413-04:002010-05-17T08:06:55.413-04:00There will always be trees that have bad informati...There will always be trees that have bad information which is one of the reasons that I have my information online with what I believe to be the correct information. I hope that when people do a search for an individual and see five trees, four unsourced and then the fifth (mine) with many sources that they will contact me.<br /><br />As for people that see all the wrong trees and want to believe them when the facts do not support them - I have no answer.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-8332050947680953332010-05-17T07:39:10.402-04:002010-05-17T07:39:10.402-04:00Oooooh, this is happening to me so much with the &...Oooooh, this is happening to me so much with the "new" cousins I find! Many tell me they have their tree on Ancestry but the details are what they found from other "new" cousins and that they haven't done the research themselves!!<br /><br />Then I find the glaring errors. I have on occasion tried to point out very diplomatically that some of their details are wrong and then never hear from them again! And no corrections are made either.<br /><br />I am also finding that these "new" cousins seek me out because we are connected and as soon as they get the tree information that's it, no more contact!! It horrifies me to think of this way of research. I delight (and have done for more than 20 years now) in digging and delving through the records, putting my detective hat on to seek out ancestors and to finding the proofs needed. If there is a doubt I say so, I don't just think "oh it fits so that must be right".<br /><br />At least there are a lot of us that are serious in our fascinating hobby and really want to prove who our ancestors are so we can proudly say so with certainty.<br /><br />It just seems sad that internet genealogy on sites such as Ancestry doesn't pay any notice genuine research and the integrity of the researcher!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com