Genealogy Chat

There are a number of people on here that have copied someone's tree that includes my 3XG Grandadwith all details incorrect including parents.

You would think that alarm bells would begin to ring when you see that one of his decendants died 17 years BEFORE she was born but still gave birth to 6 children!

It also goes to show how important it is to verify any information taken from another tree, especially when some members on here deliberately put incorrect info on theirs.

My husbands aunt was highly amused when I told her that she had been dead for six years. well according to a GR tree she was. The problem is that this person had passed on the duff info to others

Linda

(Added as an edit). A name collector had copied info from my open tree, but had typed in her husbands death date by mistake. As he had no real connection to her, the mistake meant nothing to him. That is one of the reasons I never open my tree anymore. If there is a proven connection, I send a full report via email. Of course any one can make a typo when adding information.

It doesn't matter how many times I have told people with hot matches to mine that there was only ONE child born to my aunt they insist on copying info that is wrong from other trees. As her son and I grew up together I know I am right.

This wrong info therefore perpetuates itself throughout these other trees.

Aaaargh...rant over

Sue