Hi all I am asking this on the Lancs list as it is the most likely place. And this list is GOOD! Looking for the origins of Englishman James Harris who married Dubliner Kate Smith in Dublin in 1885, he was supposed to be English and military, He was born 1847 and she was born 1860. I wonder if the regiment was English or other. I have this couple married in Dublin in 1885, and am planning to send for the certificate, it has the choice of 40 euros for a single cert and 25 for a 'search only'. Does the 'search only' cert have groom's and brides parents? . (I did ask on the web site but no reply) Should I go through an agent? This is all about their son who died at Fromelles in 1916, looking for dna match on both male and female side of the family. They stayed in Dublin for the rest of their lives, he died in 1936 (keeper of the east Pier battery) and she stayed on there until she died in 1939. I have to find this couple's parents to take it further. thanks heaps Marg O'Leary Fromelles Association Port Stephens NSW -----Original Message----- From: Linda via Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:21 AM To: w Simkins ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] Online trees I have found online trees with parents younger than their children and others adding to trees, people who don't belong in their family. If a name matches, it doesn't matter if dates or locations don't make sense. I've had some take people from my tree to add to theirs when their tree has absolutely no connection to mine. These things would apply to all online trees as they are all owner submitted. Caution is the word. On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:08:51 +0000, w Simkins via wrote: Hello List Yes, I agree with Nivard that many online trees are inaccurate and some are pure fantasy. I looked at one yesterday for an enquirer...it had the illegitimate first child of a woman shown as her younger sister (and showed birthplace as Oakham, Staffordshire...Dudley being the correct place!). The same tree showed the second, illegitimate, child as being legitimate to a husband...though there is no marriage in the period! It was all to make it "nice and tidy - perfectly "normal"". And it was when records abound - a quick check of online registers, GRO and census showed what the true picture was. But the beginner I was helping would have been sucked into believing what she found online was "true and correct - a tree of her family" had I not shown her other records. Some of those offering "free" hosting of trees for their subscribers are then holding and using that material even after the person is no longer a subscriber. Good for promoting sales! There are many who go online, find a tree and make their family fit it - then put their version online too, widening the web of inaccurate or fantasy trees. If you want to put your tree online to entice contact then I would suggest putting basic information only - name, year of birth, year of marriage, year of death - with places. And do respond to enquiries. Having contacted some half-dozen or so online tree owners in the past year...only ONE responded: is that due to apathy, or due to their no longer being a subscriber to the particular "major provider"? One wonders!! I have found trees with women long, long past child bearing years suddenly producing their first child......a century before HRT or IVF existed. User beware! Jacqui :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: 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