Good question, John. I don't often look at Ancestry trees. I have always used FTM with the hints for trees turned off. I don't take information from them. I do use them as a means to contact, and be contacted by, people researching the same lines. Caroline On 13 October 2011 00:05, John Boyd <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> wrote: > Caroline, > > I have ask.  Do you ever look at someone else's tree on Ancestry, and use > the information you find there?  I don't care if you copy it, link it, or > just manually input it to your file on your computer. > > John & Kathleen