May I just concur with Nivard......well said and totally true. There are some Ancestry Trees and others, where the Owner has been prepared to share original sources, i.e. certificates, photographs, diaries etc., the proof is given, the other bland sites are nothing more than a guide to who owns the site, who they're interested in and they too are probably hoping to get further genuine information from others to help their cause. Some however, just cut and paste from anywhere and that's part of the "game" for some. They probably don't want to know what the word "Genealogy" means in its purest sense. An investigation of Pedigrees; An account of descent from ancestor by enumeration of intermediate persons, pedigree, that would be too complicated. I too have seen some of my data repeated on a couple of Family Trees, I wrote to the known owners, having given details of my own research to them or their relatives beforehand confidentially I thought, asked them to remove it and not to put anything of mine onto their sites unless I'd given approval.....I explained my reasons, they were obliging and although there is still one person with some of my research (unproven), it is not listed as conclusive, just suggestive and basically, anonymous...... So two grains of salt with anything that is unproven....that's the rule. We are human, we get excited when we find a familiar name whilst we're searching, even more so when we find someone else with the same name, but that's just the beginning of the story, not an outcome to our own research. Be ever so careful, these sites are wonderful, but one needs to be so careful and take nothing for granted.... Off my box:-)) Cheers, Robyn -----Original Message----- From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 6:02 PM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [nz] errors ancestry com and other sites Hi Jacqui Are you sure that the data you are finding in other peoples trees is uplifted from your posts to lists? Isn't it far more likely they are just coming to the same assumptions that you did, only they haven't followed it through I find it a little hard to believe that someone is computer literate enough to find your post and yet doesn't realise its a question which needs more work done on it The answer re the earlier posts would be to have posted the corrected conclusion once established I do not know of any online tree site that mandates a source for the information added, it would not be in their favour generally as it would put some people off and the site owners would not want that As far as I can see there are only two courses of action Either don't put anything online, or post the correct verified information with sources, at least then the information copied would be solid data Some though, appear to me to think the source is their property so don't add it False genealogy is not a modern concept, its gone on as long as man has walked the earth, I don't see it ending any time soon All we can do is make our own research as accurate as we can Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message