Hi, I've given up with GenesReunited. I uploaded my tree and then found I couldn't edit it at all so it's hopelessly out of date. In my experience a waste of time. Regards Michael. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Tomasin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > Hi > > How do the rest of you get on with the Genes Reunited web site? > > Personally I find the Genes Reunited site unnecessarily tedious to > use - I can't be bothered with all the secrecy and the convoluted > workings. I have up loaded my 'tree'as a Gedcom file to it, but tend > to redirect 'contacts' from the Genes Reunited web site to my own web > site where they can search to their 'hearts delight' and to then > contact me again by direct e-mail to discuss our joint ancestry. > > And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to > initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was > obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! > > Are the people who use Genes Reunited serious about their Family > History or was it a passing phase they went through one wet Saturday > afternoon? Then again they may be the types who only switch on their > computer once a month, or members of the IT inept. > > How do you get across to them that by not following up on a contact > they have started, they are wasting your time and being rude in the > extreme? The Genes Reunited system seems to have this situation > designed in to it. What's the point of it? Not communication - or > uniting any genes that's for sure! > > > Good Huntin' > > Trevor Tomasin > > Primarily researching - BANTON - BULL - COLLIS - LEAVERS - HOPKINS - > KNIGHT - MOODY - PERKIS - PURCHASE - PURCHES - STRETTEN - TAYLOR - > THOMASIN - TOMASIN & VINCENT - but always with an interest in their > spouses and their siblings! > See the full list at www.tomasin.org.uk - in 'The TOMASIN Family > History Project'! > > This e-mail, and any attachments to it, have been automatically > checked for 'nasties' by Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm 6. > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Michael, To get over this problem, I upload my tree every couple of months from the Family Tree Maker - keeps everything up to date! Regards, Gail > > I've given up with GenesReunited. I uploaded my tree and then found I > couldn't edit it at all so it's hopelessly out of date. > > In my experience a waste of time. > > Regards > > Michael.