Good morning all Ah Lynn - You have just reminded me. I belong to genes reunited and I havent had a contact for at least a year! So perhaps Ancestry has taken over from them as a place to have a tree. Also, for a little hints column in out local history group, I am looking for programs where people can add or search actual family trees on line, if anyone has knowledge of trees on line and how good they are. (or how bad!) Marg Port Stephens -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Elves via Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 8:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAN] quiet List well I am still reading and watching, though sometimes I read a month work in a sitting as I don't have a lot if time, so others especially Mike will have answered. Not to leave others out.... I have dropped off in terms of me sending in things, but that is a busy life now and little time. I'm still stuck with family, I wait and then a year or two I find something. I know Ancestry and Find my past and Family Search Org have had an impact, but nothing better than having human contact via communication. Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz

Hi Marg Not sure you could ever say Ancestry had taken over from Genesreunited as a place to have a tree, surely you have it the other way around? Genesreunited has always been a minnow comparatively As to how good or bad online trees are ? *All* online trees are suspect at best and fairy tales at worst (I have found genesreunited to be the worst of all) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 13/02/2016 21:33, marg o'leary via wrote: > Good morning all > > Ah Lynn - You have just reminded me. I belong to genes reunited and I havent > had a contact for at least a year! So perhaps Ancestry has taken over from > them as a place to have a tree. > > Also, for a little hints column in out local history group, I am looking for > programs where people can add or search actual family trees on line, if > anyone has knowledge of trees on line and how good they are. (or how bad!) > > > Marg > > Port Stephens --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Nivard Ovington via <[email protected]> Sent: 13 February 2016 21:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] quiet List Hi Marg Not sure you could ever say Ancestry had taken over from Genesreunited as a place to have a tree, surely you have it the other way around? Genesreunited has always been a minnow comparatively As to how good or bad online trees are ? *All* online trees are suspect at best and fairy tales at worst (I have found genesreunited to be the worst of all) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 13/02/2016 21:33, marg o'leary via wrote: > Good morning all > > Ah Lynn - You have just reminded me. I belong to genes reunited and I havent > had a contact for at least a year! So perhaps Ancestry has taken over from > them as a place to have a tree. > > Also, for a little hints column in out local history group, I am looking for > programs where people can add or search actual family trees on line, if > anyone has knowledge of trees on line and how good they are. (or how bad!) > > > Marg > > Port Stephens --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: 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