I'm going to make sure I have documentation for the things that I know are posted wrong and then leave messages like you all suggest.  I just wish the woman who posted them would get back with me! It looks like she is actually a cousin to my Mother and she'd like to meet her.  Blessings, Rita Smallcombe Advertising/Marketing Director Mayfaire and Derbyshire Renaissance Festivals www.mayfaireren.com and www.derbyshirerenfaire.com Check out my art work at: www.pookafairystudio.com and our leather work at: www.highlandsleather.com CARPE TARTANAM! (Seize the Tartan!) ________________________________ From: Jimmie Ryan <jimmie.ryan@verizon.net> To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 8:13:34 PM Subject: Re: [LL] irritated Rita: You best solution is to leave comments on the files you find differences on, the originator of the file will get the comment message.  I have just had to go through and clean up my files from this exact thing coming from other tree members, as I check all against census record and/or any other information I can see that are actual records of the family I am researching.  I just found one that had the children of the first wife as the children of the second wife; and there was even a third wife - making it short the problem keeps repeating itself as some that have trees are no longer maintaining them, have died themselves and left them on ancestry, or just do not care to change what they "believe is there family." Good Luck, cuz Jimmie -----Original Message----- From: lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rita Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 3:59 PM To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LL] irritated Lisa, You are sooo right!!!  And I do take everything on there with a very cautious hand.  I use it more for research assistance than for real information.  Blessings, Rita Smallcombe Advertising/Marketing Director Mayfaire and Derbyshire Renaissance Festivals www.mayfaireren.com and www.derbyshirerenfaire.com Check out my art work at: www.pookafairystudio.com and our leather work at: www.highlandsleather.com CARPE TARTANAM! (Seize the Tartan!) ________________________________ From: Lisa <liowke@att.net> To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 6:47:02 PM Subject: Re: [LL] irritated Oh Rita, I can understand your irritation completely.  I ran across a family tree for my husband's parents.  The person who posted it had two wives listed for my father-in-law when, of course, I knew for a fact that he only had one wife, my husband's mother, and they had been married for 50+ years. When I emailed the person and asked them where they got their information, their reply was "I don't remember where exactly I got it and I'll get back to you."  That was over 2 years ago .  I never heard from the person again and that dang information is still out there! I take the majority of family trees on ancestry. com with a grain of salt. I've seen children born 2 or more years after the father died; I've seen children with birth dates years after the mother died; I think the best one though was a child born 25 years before the parents were even born! I agree with Greg about leaving comments when you know the information is wrong.  I can't understand these people who post such blatantly erroneous information.  It's almost like a game or race to get something out there whether or not its right or wrong. Lisa Owen Kennard ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message