Can't be much fun in it either! I have done a lot of research on my mother's side of the family and have found it really exciting and rewarding with each new 'find'. My brother did my father's side and sent me all the details but I just couldn't feel the same way about it and would rather have done the work myself. Surely that is what it is all about? Jen --original message-- > *From:* "sandra whitmore" <sandrawhitmore@blueyonder.co.uk> > *To:* <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> > *Date:* Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:29 +0100 > > Well SAID Karen!!! Sandra In West midlands.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-liverpool-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Sorrell > Sent: 17 August 2009 02:01 > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > 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 > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2308 - Release Date: > 08/16/09 21:46:00 >