I assume they just saw the info & copied it or someone else found it and sent it in. At that time I had thought my great grandfather's name was Royce and so my inquiry was for Wilford Royce Stevens. Then I discovered Royce was a different person and I've never written that name before or since. Sorry, I really thought we were talking about Ancestry and didn't want to accuse Gen Web of anything. (I wrote a post to you almost an hour ago, but I guess it didn't show up, yet) On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Dj M <[email protected]> wrote: > Please clearify Gen Web. > Is not a part of Ancestry. No one in Gen web gives info to Ancestry. > Dan > On Dec 22, 2012 3:27 PM, "David Stevens" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Earleene, I agree because I've had Ancestry do the same to me. I wrote an > > inquiry on GenWeb that contained a few errors and now Ancestry try to > sell > > that misinformation back to me. > > However, Ancestry also contains millions of census & vital records and > many > > of my family have trees there where they share information and > > misinformation. Usually, misinformation contains some clues about where > or > > when to search in hopes of finding some vital record that adds to the > > picture of the puzzle. > > Findagrave seems to contain more accuracy because each person only has > ONE > > memorial and you find it where the person was buried and most people were > > only buried once and every descendant or researcher adds to the person's > > known or believed information. Many of my ancestors are now correctly > > identified because distant cousins adding to the information found in > > grandma's bible and my baby book. > > Volunteers even go out and take photos of stones in the cemeteries (some > on > > private property) and dig up stones that have been buried over a century > > ago or used to build a stone fence. At least 2 private cemeteries have > been > > bought and landscaped when they were just overgrown jungles when I last > > visited. > > Volunteers do library lookups and with over 100,000,000 (thats over a > > hundred MILLION) memorials online that can be searched by name, family > > name, birth or death year or before or after certain dates or search by > > place of burial. > > I recently found an ancestor that was only identified by a few letters on > > his weathered stone: J---p --il-- (Joseph Smiley) (identified by his > > siblings and his parents buried in the same cemetery and partial dates on > > his stone) > > I hope this info will be helpful to everyone. > > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Earleene <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > what I dont like about that site,you send info to them then when they > > > advertise something you might be interested it turns out to be your own > > > info,they should let a person know where it came from > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dj M" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:57 AM > > > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Are Any of the Paid Sites Having > > > =OPENDOORtoSITE'S for the holidays like Ancestry.com did before? > > > > > > > > > >I mentioned couple months ago there was a sale going on. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.webpronews.com/ancestry-com-sold-to-private-equity-firm-for-1-6-billion-2012-10 > > > > > > > > > > > > I started my website a long time before Ancestry was even a topic. > > > > One of the people who started it was interviewed on this group few > > years > > > > ago. > > > > I used to make comments on the group ( you never know who is here ) > > well, > > > > Ancestry was molded after rootsweb, wish I had known how to make my > > > > website > > > > of that value in 10 years. > > > > wow. > > > > No, I don’t think it will affect the ancestry, but it might affect > > > > information harvesting. >??< > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Earleene > > > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:55 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] Are Any of the Paid Sites Having = > > > > OPENDOORtoSITE'S for the holidays like Ancestry.com did before? > > > > > > > > to whom?how will it affect the records they have? > > > > <>><><><><><><><><><><<> > > > > > > > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > > > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to > > do > > > > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > > > > > > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > > > > List archive > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > > > > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > > > > Dual admin. > > > > Dan and Joyce > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to > do > > > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > > > > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > > > List archive > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > > > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > > > Dual admin. > > > Dan and Joyce > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "In GOD we trust" > > "one nation Under GOD, Indivisible, with Liberty & Justice for all" > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to do > > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > > List archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > > Dual admin. > > Dan and Joyce > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to do > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "In GOD we trust" "one nation Under GOD, Indivisible, with Liberty & Justice for all"