I'm in absolute agreement! Jane :o) ----- 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 > > Hi Sue, > > I don't actually believe it be carelessness - I have found that it's > frequently just plain laziness. Family history has become such a popular > pursuit and the advent of the internet has led many to believe that if > they just hop online, they'll have their entire family history back to > Adam and Eve in a single afternoon. Of course, Ancestry doesn't help the > situation with its One World Tree feature which tries frantically to > connect your rellies with everyone else's! > > As a professional researcher, I find it offensive when people blithely > help themselves to the work I have spent more than a decade on and then > either refuse to answer my polite enquiries as to just how they think > their often inaccurate information ties in with with mine, or else insist > on a link even when I send them proof that they're barking up the wrong > family tree! At one point I had to get the administrators of GenesReunited > involved to stop the harrassing e-mails I was getting from one particular > indivdual, and all because I asked him for the evidence that my > grandfather's first wife was in actuality his great-grandmothe,r as he > refused to accept my diligent - and throughly sourced - research. > > I have long since stopped updating the trees I have posted on > Rootsweb/Ancestry and GR. I'm accessible by e-mail and if anyone wants to > contact me, I'm always more than happy to help. Everyone should be wary of > possible links found online. Do your own research and find the evidence to > corroborate what you've found. To do anything else is just dishonest. > > Here endeth my rant....;-)) > > Karen in Ontario > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay in the loop and chat with friends, right from your inbox! > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671354 > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2306 - Release Date: 08/16/09 06:09:00