Pat: Is it possible that this distant relative simply entered a tree of their own, copying from your tree the ancestry common to you both? If your tree were then deleted somehow, then it could look as if they'd changed yours when really they hadn't. Paul On 2 January 2012 12:24, Pat Hayward <hayward325@btinternet.com> wrote: > No Louise I have never invited anyone to view my family tree on Ancestry. I > didn't know you could. Thank you for explaining it to me. I still cannot > understand how a whole section of my tree can be deleted without my > knowledge. I know the name of the person whose name and ancestors replaced > mine. How can 180 names just be wiped off like that? I have told > 'Ancestry' > of my problem so I await their reply. > > I was pleased to receive your messages re the SMITH family all those years > ago. > Thanks for your help. > Regards > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louise De-Hayes > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 8:35 AM > To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Ancestry trees = Access levels > > Pat, > Just had a thought. Have you ever invited folk to view your 'tree' on > Ancestry? If so, you need to check how they can operate; there are 3 > options: editor, contributor or guest. > > -Editor: can change and add anything to it. > -Contributor: can do just that but not alter stuff (I think) > -Guest: can only view the tree. > > Always check what level of access folk can have: a couple of times, I have > had to change access levels and usually only invite people to mine as > guests, so at least they can't faff with it. > > All the best.... we last communicated some years ago about Frank Smith > (son > of Bob who had a shop on Oxford St I believe). > Louise > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Pat Hayward <hayward325@btinternet.com> > >> To: eng-black-country <eng-black-country@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Sun, Jan 1, 2012 7:50 am > >> Subject: [Black Country] Ancestry tree hijacked > >> > >> > >> Happy New Year everyone. > >> > >> I am fuming. Some years ago I submitted thirty years research to > >> ?Ancestry?. I > >> thought that would be a safe place to store it in case my computer > >> crashed > >> at > >> any time. I forgot about it for some years because of ill health and > poor > >> eyesight. > >> This Christmas our daughter gave me a book and DVD published by ?Who Do > >> You > >> Think You Are?. When I used the DVD I found I could have membership of > >> ?Ancestry? free for three months. Too good to pass up on. > >> > >> I was recognised and I clicked onto MY family tree only to find that > >> someone had > >> > >> hijacked it. It was no longer my tree. My ancestors were all listed to > >> this > >> other person. My parent?s and sisters names had been deleted and my > >> husband?s > >> name and all his ancestors gone goodness knows where. > >> > >> It took me all afternoon to replace my parents and family and then > >> realised that > >> > >> all Dad?s ancestors had gone too. I have bronchitis at the moment and > >> this > >> has > >> certainly sent my temperature up. 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