Thanks for your response Joyce and your concern that it sounds strange. But have you ever tried to contact ancestry.com by phone? Nearly impossible. You are lucky to even find a phone number and then have any one answer at that number?..or if they do, to help you? Doesn't happen. Nope, the route I went via "One World Trees" for my ancestor listed after a search.... Entries: nothing, Updated: nothing and under Contact: UNKNOWN. No contact info or contributors listed. I'm still waiting to hear from anyone who knows what "The information listed below has been submitted by the Ancestry Community" actually means". How can something be contributed by the "Ancestry Community"? What is that? I thought info was contributed by actual individuals at their discretion and permission? Luana Wrdsrus@aol.com wrote: > > > That sounds very strange. I would contact ancestry.com. > > You can contact them through the website. I don't know of any phone > number there, perhaps someone else has it... > > I don't know that I've ever seen a tree that didn't have info on who > posted the information. Even the "One World Trees" list all people > who submitted information about those on the tree. You see that a lot > in early records...I have some ancestors traced to the 1500's that > show up on a lot of peoples info, so there are a lot of contributors > to the various trees, and that information is given on the page. > > Joyce > > > In a message dated 9/5/2008 7:31:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > mygen@sbcglobal.net writes: > > Hi List, > > Then how do explain that I never ever put my family tree on ANY > website, > ever. So how does one explain the fact that there are parts of my > family tree on Ancestry, that include facts that no one else has but > me? As an example, I went to a family member listed under One World > Tree and it says this " The information listed below has been > submitted > by the Ancestry community." That's my first question....what exactly > does that mean?? Does anyone know? > > Further, on that page I click on "user submitted trees" and then > click > on my ancestors name from there and I get the info, but under > Entries: > nothing, Updated: nothing and under Contact: UNKNOWN. Usually, under > normal submitted trees by REAL people, there is information listed > under > each category, including contact info. I do use Ancestry's genealogy > software, so I feel like somehow they are getting my information. > Call > me crazy, but I agree with others that something might not > possibly be > above board here. > > I pay a great deal with my measly salary to have full access to > ancestry's data. I repeat, I pay for that access. I don't need > to find > they are taking info from my use of their software or my message > board > postings or searches what have you....and putting things online > I've not > placed there. I hope I am wrong, but I do think they have their > ways. > I am a very private person...I'm selective about my information and I > don't like being used. I hope that is not the case, but I do find it > suspect. > > Luana > > > Bbokken@aol.com wrote: > > The answer is: that no matter where you put your > family tree they > > wind up on three different places. A person can at > anytime go to > > rootsweb and extrapolate all or a portion of a tree > one has > > submitted and if he/ she is so inclined can incorporate > this date into > > his/.her family tree. One must read the fine print > before > > submission of data. And because this happens that is > why roots web has > > some 544 million names on family tree's. It is called > extract from > > another and incorporate the data into mine to raise my > bean count... > > > > World Connect Family Tree; > > This database is online at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com and > Genealogy.com free > > for all to use. > > > > Perhaps I don't understand how uploading your tree to Ancestry > works. I have > > seen another person's tree (which in part is part of mine) added > to in error > > either by someone else or by Ancestry. I am not going to allow > my hard work > > to be corrupted. Perhaps someone can explain this all to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > Psssst...Have you heard the news? 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