Genealogy Chat

Sara, by firmly in my family I mean that they not only quote names but show some sort of proof of tracing them, quote dates etc. maybe I have just been lucky. Ann glos

yep this has happened to me as well, like everyone says you know whats right and if they want to copy and get it wrong thats their look out and they cant be that serious about the research can they! yvette

Well, vengeance is yours LOL Just think of all the time these people are going to waste, going back through generations - and none of it true. What a waste of time. Cliff

Debbie, wasn't our family was it? lol

Hi Tom No, it's not the Coalwood's.....All my Coalwood contacts are great!! Actually, I only have two of them and one is you. lol Deb

Hi , I'm new to this even though I have been at it (very Slowly mind you) since 2000. You are all moaning about sharing your trees and people 'stealing' (so to speak ) your information but isn't the purpose of doing a family tree, to step backwards in history down your family line in order to find where new paths into the future lead. My immediate family are the only living links I have to my ancestors. Because my grandfather came to Australia very young and alone and my contact with him was limited(other sides of the country) all I definately know is that he had aleast 1 brother and 1 sister.He told me where he was born. From there I have search all free records becuase I don't really know who I'm looking for.I have peiced bits together by census birth & marriage records. Through building what I have found on my tree and making it availiable to ANYONE , I am hoping that I will get Information from other people that will give me a direction to look to ensure that I order the correct certificates etc. By doing this I have since found a lady who we share a great great great grandmother with.Maybe with our combined information more people will also find a common link and as such we will each build on our trees. Please remember that some people have no time to look but plenty of money to buy information and others have no money to spend but will spend hours scourering every availiable resourse . If we all share then we will find that we really are all one big family!! Anyway ,whatever your method , good luck with your trees.

Leann Surely the purpose of this thread is the moan about people copying wrongly rather than 'just copying'. I have had access to trees where the info is totally wrong and sloppy to say the least. My attitude is, if you cant do it properly, then dont do it at all. Even when errors are pointed out, with proof, they still persist in their version. Margaret

I agree with Margaret - its people copying information that does NOT belong to their relatives, either deliberately (because they are name collectors) or because their own research has been so sloppy they just ASSUME mine is theirs, that is the problem. I am very willing to share everything I have done over 40 years, but only with my genuine, proven relatives. There is simply no point otherwise. OC

It's a hard life isn't it!!!!! Because of all this I'm now copying all mine onto Word, then I'll delete the damned tree. It's taking forever!!! Jean

Is it over yet????? the footy that is. I have problems with the GR tree, I am unable to enter anything beyond my grandmother. The 'tab' is stuck down on add and will not let me do ought about it.....So, my tree is a hard copy, I have a working, scruffy one, and a best tidy one. It is so easy to sat with it in front of me whilst using the computer. I have been very fortunate in meeting up with some rellies at the top of some of my branches, and they have given me info and vice versa. I think long and hard before ordering certs, its the miser in me I think. I have only ordered the wrong info once, but I cried for that £7 lol lol lol Kathlyn

Margaret, Ann and Old crone Thanks for pointing that out......I am not against sharing, infact I do it all the time but the problem is when people take my very well reasearched info (without asking) and copy it in to their tree's and don't take the time to get it right. I just have to say...I have copied from other people's trees before but I always ask first and I only copy the branch that is of interest to me and most importantly I double check all the info I copy so that I know it is right! I just wish others followed these simple rules, I think it's just common curtesy. Deb