Dear All, Have been following the conversation with great interest as my experiences have been replicated across the full spectrum so my response is a mixture. My tree on Ancestry is private. It was the only way I could get certain information from near relatives. This then allows me to invite anyone who is interested as a guest so they can see the documentary evidence on the understanding that photos and private documents are no to be copied to a public tree; only two people have bot complied which has caused me problems. My approach attempts to be sensitive and respectful of the work these people have undertaken yet the responses have been as varied as those described. Two examples of the positive variety. Having pointed out the documentary evidence on their tree regarding the death registration of my great grandmother the person concerned removed the same reference for her great grandmother and thanked me. The other was an approach out of the blue to the great granddaughter of a great uncle who knew nothing of her ancestry beyond her grandfather. She was delighted to receive the details of the family going back to Ceredigion as she only knew about the Manchester facts and we are now very good friends. Now an example of an indifferent result. I contacted a person who had some wrong information from four and five generations back who was not happy but was prepared to enter a conversation. I gave him access to my tree and he garnered what he needed and was grateful. Recently he has altered the material in his tree on Ancestry back to the original mistaken version thereby rejecting my documented version. A third scenario concerns another descendant from a common ancestor who having originally placed that information on that tree changed it while we were talking about it on the grounds that my tree was private whereas another one was public and he could see it. I sent him all the documentary proof and offered to make him a guest on my tree and he has steadfastly rejected to alter his stance. Of course I have a number of people who have been plain rude and told me where to get off. If their tree is a public one on Ancestry I then post a comment on the appropriate person for others to take note and I find this works wonders as the information is soon altered. After this happens I remove the comment. All the best to everyone Edward > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:21:28 +0100 > From: yr achwr <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] The Written word. > To: robert williams <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Robert, > Been there done that and had the T-shirt, or should I say the in the > invective. > That is why I prefer to use a Pseudo Name when posting to the list. > Anonymity means that I can be brutally honest, without fear or favour. > I have no interest in protracted correspondence with those who "know > better", without any documentary evidence to back their stance. > I have removed my Ancestry from all the various websites where it was once > posted, as I found that so many, would take a name from my tree, and > ascribe descendants that fitted their requirement, but which were factually > inaccurate. > Sharing information, is one thing, contributing to the dissemination of > misinformation by those, who appear to be more interested in numbers than > accuracy, which is replicated ad-infinitum is another. > Where do you draw the line? > Achwr > ======================================== > Message Received: Mar 19 2012, 06:05 PM > From: "robert williams" > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Subject: [Dyfed] The Written word. > > Many Years ago I had an E.Mail off somebody who had traced their family > history using nothing but the I.G.I; Their facts were therefore based on > what somebody else had told them,and more importantly, NO research in to > the Actual Parish Registers had been done whatsoever. How did I know that? > Because I had the Parish Registers here at home. Well,Photocopies of the > originals,but the closest you could get,and much better than depending on > Heresay,and wishful thinking. Well,You should have heard what I was called > after correcting their errors! I was in no way correct as far as they were > concerned,as the Mormons or their transcribers more likely, would Never get > it wrong! Besides which,They didn?t like the truth thrown their way,coz it > didn?t look half as good as they had it written down! Cheers Graham. > ================================ Dyfed list > http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send > an email to DYFED! > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ACHWR > >