Sam's message below reminds me of my Hamilton DNA test results. I got a message from the Hamilton in charge of this, noting that there were 5 Hamilton men who were very closely connected to my cousin, Earl Hamilton. He also sent the names and email addresses. I responded to all 5 of them, including my Hamilton line. Got only 3 replies and all three sent me their genealogy, all of it being created from an LDS Ancestral File that I'd once been interested in until I found more date on my Hamiltons and heard from a fellow in California that the LDS file was his and he'd been trying to have it removed since it had so many mistakes. I sent this message off to the 3 responders and have since not heard a thing from any of them. I'm hoping they're busy verifying all of the research I did on Jonathan Hamilton. Connie > What you say applies to any family trees you find on the internet, whether it's LDS, rootsweb, or whatever. There are a > lot of people out there who "datamine"; don't do any actual research, just gather whatever they can find from others on > the internet and call the result their own creation. >

Hi Connie: I know it gets frustrating, but having calmed down a bit, I'm sure if I were to put my stuff out on the internet, someone would find something in my data that would upset them also. Mostly what frustrates me is that it's not as easy as I thought it should be to contact someone with a family tree on Ancestry.com to correct errors. I've been enlightened a bit by Genie Ragan regarding their practices, and will have to check out their policies before I do any more moaning about them. Seems like there may be practical reasons for the way they operate. Have a great Christmas, and regarding your message regarding your son being Mormon.....I guess sometimes we all yearn for the "good old days", but at least today you'll not be ostracized for a family member being a Mormon. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "cbeachy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] LDS Church > Sam's message below reminds me of my Hamilton DNA test results. > I got a message from the Hamilton in charge of this, noting that there were > 5 Hamilton men who were very closely connected to my cousin, Earl Hamilton. > He also sent the names and email addresses. I responded to all 5 of them, > including my Hamilton line. Got only 3 replies and all three sent me their > genealogy, all of it being created from an LDS Ancestral File that I'd once > been interested in until I found more date on my Hamiltons and heard from a > fellow in California that the LDS file was his and he'd been trying to have > it removed since it had so many mistakes. > > I sent this message off to the 3 responders and have since not heard a thing > from any of them. I'm hoping they're busy verifying all of the research I > did on Jonathan Hamilton. > > Connie > > > >> What you say applies to any family trees you find on the internet, whether > it's LDS, rootsweb, or whatever. There are a >> lot of people out there who "datamine"; don't do any actual research, just > gather whatever they can find from others on >> the internet and call the result their own creation. >> > > > ====================================== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > ------------------------------------ > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [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 >