Genealogy Chat

Had a message from a new contact today addressing me by my married name which is not listed on "My Account".

Wondering how this person has got that information when it shouldn't be available unless they have access to my tree, which they don't??

Anyone any ideas?

Your surname doesn't come up at all when I click on your name.

I had a quick google to see if I could work out how they've done it, but the most I could find is your maiden name and e-mail address. It's not on your FTM site, is it?

Maybe it's somebody who actually knows your family?

Ask them how they got it.

Rose

Mary,

Thanks for the reply.

Not anyone I know, but hadn't thought of the FTM route, tho that also contains my email addy so no need for them to have come through genes.

It is on my FTM site - by default really - didn't realise they would display it as part of the web address when I quite carefully haven't put it on the page.

Just shows how much we give away without realising it!!

Maggie

Oh, I think I've got it, I'll PM you.

Oh, no need, I see you've found it now :-)

Rose,

Have asked them, but with genes playing up still waiting for reply!!

Thanks,

Maggie

Is it possible that being related to you they've come across you in their own tree and so had done the research independantly? ie, by looking at BMDs?

Summer,

They're not related to me.

M

Mary,

Still not sure how they found me with certainty since as far as I was aware I am only listed as Living..... on genes, the names of all living people being hidden on my tree.

Maggie

very strange

Summer,

Sure is!!

Even tried sending a message to myself to see if I could work out how the connection between Living (maiden name) and Maggie (married name) was made - my Daddy always did say talking to yourself was the first sign of madness!! ;-)))

(Ooops, just realised he said answering yourself was the second sign - tried answering my own message as well!!).

Maggie

If they are not related to you, could they be related to someone in your tree? They could have done their own independent research. Anyone can find out who anyone married so to speak.

Best Wishes

Jane

Jane (Victoria??),

No relation to anyone in my tree!!

The name came into the family when hubby changed his birth name by deed poll so he, I and our son are the only ones connected to us with that name!!

Maggie

When you choose the 'Living Relation' option, YOUR name and details are still shown, although everyone for around the last 120 years is hidden. It should be easy to track down your marriage in the BMD for your County, particularly if you have an uncommon name.

But ...WHY???? ;-(

Tom

Very Strange then!! I think I would ask them.

By the way, Jane is my second name, but obviously I have registered my birth name on here - Victoria Jane

Greeting's Again Maggie.....

Just give the poor little Cub his
" Heritage Badge "....lol :0))))

I think he deserves it with all that detective work ?

MIKE..xxx exits right >>>>>>>>>>

Thanks Tom, but on my tree, everyone living is listed by ME as just "Living".

Someone obviously gone to a lot of trouble to make the link between Living (maiden name) on here and Maggie (married name) - unlikely to have been the FTM route as there are two contact email addresses on there.......

Guess will have to wait until they get up down under (where the message came from) to get the answer!!

Maggie (going ever so slightly more mad!!)

Jane,

Did you know you can enter a "community name" for use on the boards on "Your Account" page?

Mike,

Little cub not interested in Heritage!! We're on science at the moment - came home with book on "How to build a worm farm" - and other interesting projects!!

YOU'LLHAVE TO SHOUT UP A BIT - WAS IN MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT AT BIG GIG WITH 1,000'S OF SCREAMING GIRL GUIDES - BIT DEAF!!!!!!!!

Line up was good tho - McFly, Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Nash, and a whole host of others that I (and I expect you!!) had/have never heard of!!

Mad Maggie

P.S. If you want to hear it for yourself, it was recorded - will be on Sky 374(I think) on 27/28 October!! http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/biggig/

Did they not say what they wanted? This has got me curious now. lol