The additions to trees might be excusable if when they tell you to add your tree to their site, they made it clear that is really isn't your tree.  If it's mine, I don't want any additions to it as too many have errors in their trees.  If it's not mine and only a world tree, that should be specifically said.  Even family search adds to the trees and in the short time I've posted my tree, they have made some mistakes.  I don't want my name on their errors but that is how it appears.   Thanks for your input. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:21:03 +0000, Adrian Bruce via wrote: On 14 February 2016 at 18:19, Linda wrote: > ... > > Familysearch.org family tree is free, but it lets other records be > added so that you end up with things on your tree that you don't want > there, and it isn't easy to remove them. I'm getting frustrated with > that. > Yes but please remember that it's not your tree, it's everyone's. If someone has added a child to a pair of your relatives who you know is simply wrong, you should disconnect that child - with a reason. Do NOT delete the child as the child probably exists but with different parents. To disconnect the child, go to one of the parents' Person screen. Make sure you can see the Family Members. Make sure you can see the list of children to those parents. (The arrow points down to hide them and up to show them) You should then see a pencil in a box against - click that box for the unwanted child and you'll see a box to Remove Or Replace the child. It will then ask you whether you want to break the link between the child and its parents or replace the existing parents with others. If they have incorrect spouses, it's a similar process but with the pencil icon between the parents. It should be easy enough to remove them - slightly long-winded, perhaps. The problem is the morons who just add it back because clearly there's only one John Smith in all of Lancashire. (Worse, they add a John Smith from Yorkshire!!!) Stuff should only be unlinked that is incorrect. Adrian

I was researching a family tree re a soldier who died at Fromelles recently. I got about 12 hints on ancestry for a soldier with different parents but same death, same day at Fromelles. I checked Commonwealth war graves and no other soldier with same name dying then. Sidney Ernest COOKE. So I wrote a message to each one to point it out. THEN, I researched their Sydney COOK more carefully, and found the poor chap had also died same day and same place. Two Sid COOKs, horrific battle - very sad. Wouldn't now be surprized if a third one popped up, Now have to clarify with all the people I wrote to. Marg -----Original Message----- From: Linda via Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 6:31 AM To: Adrian Bruce ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] Erroneous family trees The additions to trees might be excusable if when they tell you to add your tree to their site, they made it clear that is really isn't your tree. If it's mine, I don't want any additions to it as too many have errors in their trees. If it's not mine and only a world tree, that should be specifically said. Even family search adds to the trees and in the short time I've posted my tree, they have made some mistakes. I don't want my name on their errors but that is how it appears. Thanks for your input. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:21:03 +0000, Adrian Bruce via wrote: On 14 February 2016 at 18:19, Linda wrote: > ... > > Familysearch.org family tree is free, but it lets other records be > added so that you end up with things on your tree that you don't want > there, and it isn't easy to remove them. I'm getting frustrated with > that. > Yes but please remember that it's not your tree, it's everyone's. If someone has added a child to a pair of your relatives who you know is simply wrong, you should disconnect that child - with a reason. Do NOT delete the child as the child probably exists but with different parents. To disconnect the child, go to one of the parents' Person screen. Make sure you can see the Family Members. Make sure you can see the list of children to those parents. (The arrow points down to hide them and up to show them) You should then see a pencil in a box against - click that box for the unwanted child and you'll see a box to Remove Or Replace the child. It will then ask you whether you want to break the link between the child and its parents or replace the existing parents with others. If they have incorrect spouses, it's a similar process but with the pencil icon between the parents. It should be easy enough to remove them - slightly long-winded, perhaps. The problem is the morons who just add it back because clearly there's only one John Smith in all of Lancashire. (Worse, they add a John Smith from Yorkshire!!!) Stuff should only be unlinked that is incorrect. Adrian :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message