I've got my tree written down in a notebook. I've tried various people with the same surname as myself in the hope of getting further little branches, nay even twigs would be nice! but ours is a very tight lipped family! Oh well, Bill in Nanaimo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Griffiths" <mail@briangriffiths.co.uk> To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Wrong Ancestors >I think you have hit the nail on the head there - if you don't want to >share > your work with all and sundry then just don't use the online trees! Keep > your tree on your own computer. > > I have taken a somewhat opposing stance with my work - online trees are > for > sharing. So many people have helped me and contributed over the years that > I > am happy effectively to put my tree in the public domain, so it is on > Rootsweb, Ancestry and GR. (naturally I always, I hope, get the necessary > prior permissions to incorporate others' work, and I find most are happy > to > agree) > > Back to Liverpool - one of my worst experiences was having to tell a newly > found (via GR) 3rd cousin in Oz that he had the wrong person as his > grandfather. His grandmother was my grandfather's cousin so it was not of > great importance to me, but he had built up a large network of living > cousins in Canada. It was only when another contact via Ancestry pointed > out > the error that I realized the truth, which was even more bizarre, becaue > his > real grandfather turned out to be a nephew of my grandfather's first > wife!. > Before I broke the news I dug back into his real grandfather's ancestry; > he > was undersatnably a bit upset initially, but some of the details I had > found > triggered childhood memories which matched my newly found information. He > has now replaced his Canadian ex-cousins with an equally large group, many > in Australia. > > We met up a couple of years ago when he was over in England; even after 30 > odd years in Oz his scouse accent was as heavy as they come; he said it > returned as soon as he stepped off the plane! > Brian > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com > |[mailto:eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Audrey O'Keefe > |Sent: 17 August 2009 08:39 > |To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > |Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Wrong Ancestors > | > |I agree and very well said - I stopped using GR and deleted my > |tree because > |of people breaking my copy right - and just forwarding my tree to all > |unsundry - I've work for 20 years one slow hard slog putting > |every thing > |together - I'm very protective of my work. > |Audrey O'Keefe > |----- Original Message ----- > |From: "Karen Sorrell" <sorrellk@hotmail.com> > |To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> > |Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:01 AM > |Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Wrong Ancestors > | > | > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message