Hello Ian I was intrigued to see that you are researching Mc Seveneys. My husband's great grandfather was William James McSaveney/Mc Seveney who was born about 1850 in Ireland but married Elizabeth Robertson in 1871 in Coatbridge and whose children were born in Old Monkland. Any connection with your McSeveneys? Barbara On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:48 pm, Ian Rodney wrote: > Hi Carolyn > > I have had a similar problem. The lady in question contacted me via > Ancestry > regarding my grandfather's brother. She claimed to be his > granddaughter. I > have a comprehensive set of BMD records for the branch of the > family and > when I probed for more information from her the E mail contact died. > > It's sad when people use false information - what are the trying to > prove ? > At the end of the day they are wasting time, money and effort but > they must > get some sort of satisfaction out of it. > > It takes me back to my early days of searching for information and > receiving > some shocking information. One particular episode was in relation > to another > brother of my grandfather, whose wife died in 1905 and he remarried > in 1905. > Further probing revealed that his wife died in June 1905 and he > remarried in > the April. It was a bit of a shock but further probing revealed 2 > cousins > with the same name, one's wife died and the other got married. It > was a > salutary lesson in not jumping to conclusions and proving my facts. > Sadly > some people seem to spend their time jumping to conclusions and > those of us > who genuinely search can only feel a sense of sadness for them. > > I suggest you forget about the person because at the end of the day > she is > just wasting her time. > > > Ian > > Researching - Rodney , McSeveny ( and variants ), Milroy and Gillogly > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Perkes" <cperkes@videotron.ca> > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Re stealing my family tree > > >> >> >> On 13-Jan-10, at 9:11 PM, billannieliam wrote: >> >>> Hello Lanark list >>> People have been lifting large chunks of my carefully researched and >>> proven >>> family tree for years and adding it on to their own family who >>> usually are >>> no relation to mine whatsoever. >>> I've sort of gotten over my annoyance because if I send them a >>> polite >>> message they either don't reply or else say that they got it from >>> someone >>> else.Hmmmmmmm!! >>> But the latest one has got me really cranky. >>> My great great greats were born, married and died in Glasgow >>> Lanarkshire (I >>> hold the certificates) but a woman in the USA has added them and >>> their >>> children to her own tree (all information exactly taken from my >>> work) and >>> has just changed their places of death to Beaver Pennsylvania!!Good >>> grief!!She has even added on another child. >>> I've just sent her a polite e mail but I doubt that she will bother >>> to reply >>> and there really isn't much I can do about it I guess >>> Just wondering if other list folk have had the some experiences? >>> Thanks for listening.Just needed to get it off my chest >>> >>> Annie >>> >> >> >> I have given information to a few people in the U.S about English and >> Scottish ancestors. (I live in Canada), for which I have never >> received thanks. >> >> That said, probably we all need to remember that there are risks >> involved in sharing information on lists. At the same time, I have >> received precious assistance from contacts on various lists, for >> which >> I am very grateful. >> >> I don't put my tree out there on just any websites, though. >> >> Annie, if you have posted your tree out there on some website, maybe >> you should remove it. >> >> Carolyn >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST >> >> >> LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history >> information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its >> history. >> >> WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the >> earlier >> message before you post any reply >> >> LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at >> lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get >> information >> on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful >> information to >> help you use the list more effectively, please click on the >> following link >> to the list information page online: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its > history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the > earlier message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark- > admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful > information to help you use the list more effectively, please click > on the following link to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >