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