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    1. Re: [FHU] (no subject)
    2. Victor Markham
    3. Now - who can face adding comments to Ancestry family trees to show up errors?? Oh. Suddenly I'm not so enthusiastic about my own advice! Adrian B I have done this. Adding comments which went to the owner of the family tree. These comments have nothing to do with Ancestry. Owners of these trees rarely get back to me. They probably think 'they' are right and 'I' am wrong. Some people never accept others comments. As I have mentioned elsewhere FTM haver a green leaf next to all the names on my tree. This leaves indicates there are other sources to the person. A couple of months ago I found such a leaf next to my father's name. That was a surprise to me. Anyway I checked it out and found someone else had my father's name on their tree. Furthermore they included 2 photos of my father. These photos came from me. Curious I contacted the owner of the tree and asked how they got the photos and what their relationship was. At least the owner did reply and said I was welcome to download a copy of the photo. Fancy he gave me permission to download a copy of a photo which I have (or rather my sister) in my possession. He also told me that he didn't have a direct connection and copied the details what FTM produce. He did say something about the link going back to his 2 x great grandmother. These details are never clear. I then told him that the chap we were talking about was my father and I asked him for the name of his 2 x great grandmother. He never got back to me. Looking at his tree he was one of those who hid living relatives. Since his 2 x great grandmother couldn't be alive so there was no reason for him not giving me her name. Not hearing from him I did a search using Ancestry and built up a tree based on his name. Once completed I told him the year he was born his wife's name, the year they got married, and the name of his children then the name of his 2 x great grandparents. I guess all that came as a shock for someone who hid the names of living people. The above is just an example why I subscribe to Ancestry and have FTM. I am not here to ague about the merits of Ancestry and FTM both have their good and bad features. Had that leaf not appeared alongside my father's name I would not have known about this persons tree. Whenever I see transcription errors I always report them. Ancestry always send me an email of thanks. Mind you it is not easy on FreeBMD and there are times I give up trying. Victor

    03/23/2012 04:05:55