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"

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