Genealogy Chat

When something is mis transcribed on Ancestry, even after you´ve submitted a correction it still downloads incorrectly on to your tree, which is what had happened in my case.
I just hadn´t had chance to go through and correct it & now, being b****y minded, I have left it exactly as it appears on Ancestry.

Don't take any notice, the guys an idiot, he has no right to criticise what you do with your tree. Block him and let him get on with his sad little life.

I wish the person was doing a one-name study of my maiden name. I wonder what he would have to say to people who have my sister m to a man b in 1723 when they have her father b in 1899? But then the person you mention is probably innumerate like the couple of hundred people who have my sister in their trees. They dont want to know about the error.

Huia.

What a plonker.

Brings to mind a line in Blackadder when Baldrick said he thought for years his second name was Off. When BA asked him why that was he replied that all the kids at school used to call him S** O** Baldrick.....!

It certainly is!

even though I am an aussie,
I still know that residents of Birmingham are often referred to as Brummies

is that not so?

Ken.
No idea if he is a member of GOONS. He just said he was doing a one name study into the surname I entered.!!
Can´t see that he has a tree on Ancestry unless it´s a private one so that no one can criticise it.

Moonbi.
That puzzled me a bit. Even if he doesn´t like modern spellings, how does he cope with pre Victorian ones?

attitude

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"because he prefers the Victorian spellings"

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enough said?

If he (or she) is a member of the Guild Of One Name Studies then report them to the guild if you feel annoyed.

Ken (G.O.O.N.S)

Good thinking Tooty Fruity!!

Nobody has the right to tell you how to enter the information on your tree. I tend to enter it as it appears on the census which also contains abbreviations.

It is also up to him to enter information into his tree as he sees fit. I think I would say I prefer my way so perhaps it is he that should be amending the entries to my way to keep the equilibrium.

As far as I´m aware, public trees on Ancestry can be viewed by any members. I don´t have to give specific permission.
I like to keep my tree public as I tend to get more response from researchers following my family. I´m perfectly happy for them to extract info, but what they see is what they get. If they want it differently it´s up to them to amend it.
I´m equally happy for others to advise me if my info is wrong, so that I can check and amend it where necessary.
As I have never had problems with spelling in my life (well, not often) I object to his attitude. How would he react to someome who genuinely does have problems. Is he implying that their info is inferior.?
Have had a reply from Ancestry saying that I need to refer the complaint to a different section.
Would have thought they could just pass it on. It went to Customer services because the report abuse button wasn´t working.

just a little aside

I found that when importing a gedcom into family tree maker
there were many place names that were highlighted as errors and unknown places. when I fixed the SPELLING as the program required, the reports all printed out effortlessly.

Could it be that this chap, wants to import your info and then print it out; but is too lazy to do the fixing himself; that the program requires?
thats if he IS using FTM.

either that or he is a spelling bee champion, as well as compulsive obsessive.
as my mum would say "just let it go in one ear, and out the other"

I don't think Ancestry have started employing people to police the trees looking for spelling mistakes & typo´s. No doubt he appointed himself to that role.

Am I missing something here? Surely you have to specifically grant a person access to your tree before they can see such details as the spelling of place names. Or is there some way I don't know about for someone I've never had contact with to leech all the goodies from my tree?
In the first case, just accept that there are some right wally's about, remove his access to your tree and move on.
In the second case, I'd get really worried and report it to GR as a privacy issue or hacking.
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Dave

I have to aggree with all yor replies He has nothing else to do with his sad little life but to pick on others I would say do your tree as you think fit no one has to look at it if they don't want to it's YOUR TREE TO DO AS YOU THINK FIT

Good Luck to you foget the little snake ;-)

Would really pee me off to get someone like that dictating,cos that is what he is doing, Sounds a real jobsworth,
What authority does he have to police peoples trees and then treat them like naughty schoolkids.That sort really gets my hackles up and I.m afraid I would tell him to s.d orf !! :-P

Thanks Potty.
I have reported him to Ancestry because I found the tone of his messages unpleasant to say the least.
Have every intention of blocking him, but am just waiting to see if he comes back to me after my query as to whether he is employed by Ancestry to police the trees.

Marion

If you click on his name on one of his messages, you can block him from contacting you.

Jan. As an ex Brummie myself, I usually refer to it as Brum, though not on my tree obviously.
To be honest, he has no intention of accepting that anyone except him is right.
I´ve always been happy to swap info with other people & always check everything as I would expect others to do, but really I never comment on peoples spellings of names, places etc. If I think they are wrong, I input it as I want it.
Lindsey.
That´s my next move if he comes back to me again.
It was like being back at school & being told off by the teacher for the presentation of my work.
Annie.
My feelings exactly. If he wants to copy my research, fair enough, but he either accepts what I have put or amends it himself.
Marion