Genealogy Chat

Thanks Glitter...I've changed it.....you're always telling me off! :-(

GlitterBaby, Flick is a SHE and not a MALE?

I must look it up in baby names book to confirm this :-D

Don't scare me :-D I was married once ;-)

Roy

Oh dear I hope Flick does not read this as SHE is not a male

It's the same no matter what site the tree is on including this one so not just on ancestry

My top tip is never take anyone's tree as accurate, one wrong entry will send that entire branch off into a fantasy land,

Do your own research, their is no fun in copying some else's work,
If you are stuck and think you have hit a brick wall ask for help,

If still hitting a brick wall, either put it on the back burner and return to it later because as time goes on more and more records are becoming available

or

If you must look at other tree's for info then make sure you check the info is true and accurate and don't just accept it because some one has it in their tree.



Roy

Relieving a rant can be very good for one's health :)

Actually you need to be wary of trees from any source, not just Ancestry. They should only be taken as a guide. You should check the original sources of all data from any tree that you are interested in.

Derek. I try not to look too much at Trees on Ancestry that refer to my family. Most of them are incorrect, and have had people admit they copied them from other trees on there.

Carol :-(

I noticed a post somewhere by our highly respected contributor FLICK on someone's Thread in which she bemoaned the lack of accurate research on Ancestry Trees.
I'm sure she was also implying that we should nail a very common practice that is to be severely cautioned.
Ancestry trees are NOT resources, to dive into and quote willy nilly on here, and at best should be used maybe as a guideline..and if one appears authentic and well researched, it should be checked before passing it on.with a severe health warning.

I spent five hours in Matlock records Office yesterday totally trashing one Tree..thatt had been severally repeated...i.e deliberately filched from whoever first posted the tree....this happens repeatedly..likr my mother is buried in three different US States......when i seem to remember interring her ashes in 2001 in Bristol UK...

Don't do it..its not big and its not clever....at best its careless...in the middle somewhere it's unfair to others..and at worst its a means of acquiring falsely many many thousand so-called "relatives" to brag about.

So beware of Ancestry Trees..and any information you gain from them to pass on...please attach the Health Warning..as I know many of you do.

Rant over..for now!!.

Derek.