Hi Robert You said "and, let's face it, who among us doesn't want to have as large a tree as possible" Well I for one and I suspect a great many more do *not* want as large a tree as possible, or at least only one that is proven to be connected to me I aim to achieve a tree that is as well researched as I am able, the size of the tree is largely immaterial Which is where your theory falls down, whilst each individual may have confidence in their own research, they have no idea how the other researchers came by their information It may suit some researchers to have their family tree online, but it is far from necessary Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 19/05/2014 01:20, Robert Barnes wrote: > It is immensely valuable to put your tree on line - none of us have all the > facts, and by exposing one's work to review you learn more. Yet there are > perennial complaints of "Lazy genealogists" who cut and paste work without > attribution or checking, and there are many on line trees whose information > is faulty and has long since been superseded by corrections.