I can't believe someone would go to all the trouble just HOPING someone lands on their prank? Although some people have too much free time, and stranger things have been known to happen. I don't see how Ancestry.com COULD police all the info people post ... imagine what the membership would be! So I guess it's up to us to double check what we find in other people's posts against the "facts" that Ancestry.com actually posts themselves. Was the family name you were researching of any particular interest to others in general for any reason? I would be willing to bet that someone just didn't know how to scrutinize their finds and ran with a bit of info which led them down the wrong path. Sorry it had to tangle you up in it. At least you could use it as a resource of who you are NOT related too, right? I have had some very conclusive hits that have somehow gotten totally confused and results in having two possible, very factual-seeming scenarios. Hard to tell sometimes. Good luck! Tiffany On Oct 12, 2008, at 11:06 PM, John Ruther wrote: > This is not a question about Poland or the Polish; it is a question > about Genealogy in general. If that is not appropriate for this > forum, then please, by all means delete this message. > > My Question is simply this: When do you believe or not believe what > you find on Ancestry.com? > > In addition to trying to trace my own Polish Roots, I have been > working to trace the heritage and lineage of my wife, Gayle's > English ancestors. Very little is known about her Father's family > and all of the family members who may know something are long gone. > > We have some bits and pieces of information with some names and > dates. One of those names was of a Mary Ann Cornell. She married a > Charles Ryder and when I went into Ancestry.com I found posted in > their section called ONE WORLD TREE a whole host of information > dating back hundreds of years; work that I assume some other > genealogist performed. The information was posted in 2001 and the > "contact eMail address" is no longer viable. > > On the whole, the information looks valid; oh, there are some > obvious errors, such as incorrect dates of birth and such, but > mainly it looks like an excellent resource. My question is simply, > how can a subscriber know that the information someone else can > upload to Ancestry is, as far as they know, truthful and a good > effort at accuracy has been employed? That someone is not having > fun at ancestry.com's expense and loading a "Family Tree" with > bogus information. > > I understand that some information that individuals put on line can > be incorrect, that is not what I am talking about. Honest mistakes > I would believe will happen, but what about out and out fraud. Does > Ancestry have a "policing action" in their organization or do you > simply take it on faith that only people of good will enter data > into Family Trees? > > John > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots- > admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Polish, or otherwise, Ancestry or other. Any information needs to be backed up with documentation. That simple. Marie On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Tiffany Parsons <tiff.parsons@mac.com>wrote: > I can't believe someone would go to all the trouble just HOPING > someone lands on their prank? Although some people have too much free > time, and stranger things have been known to happen. I don't see how > Ancestry.com COULD police all the info people post ... imagine what > the membership would be! So I guess it's up to us to double check > what we find in other people's posts against the "facts" that > Ancestry.com actually posts themselves. Was the family name you were > researching of any particular interest to others in general for any > reason? I would be willing to bet that someone just didn't know how > to scrutinize their finds and ran with a bit of info which led them > down the wrong path. Sorry it had to tangle you up in it. At least > you could use it as a resource of who you are NOT related too, right? > I have had some very conclusive hits that have somehow gotten totally > confused and results in having two possible, very factual-seeming > scenarios. Hard to tell sometimes. > Good luck! > Tiffany > On Oct 12, 2008, at 11:06 PM, John Ruther wrote: > > > This is not a question about Poland or the Polish; it is a question > > about Genealogy in general. If that is not appropriate for this > > forum, then please, by all means delete this message. > > > > My Question is simply this: When do you believe or not believe what > > you find on Ancestry.com? > > > > In addition to trying to trace my own Polish Roots, I have been > > working to trace the heritage and lineage of my wife, Gayle's > > English ancestors. Very little is known about her Father's family > > and all of the family members who may know something are long gone. > > > > We have some bits and pieces of information with some names and > > dates. One of those names was of a Mary Ann Cornell. She married a > > Charles Ryder and when I went into Ancestry.com I found posted in > > their section called ONE WORLD TREE a whole host of information > > dating back hundreds of years; work that I assume some other > > genealogist performed. The information was posted in 2001 and the > > "contact eMail address" is no longer viable. > > > > On the whole, the information looks valid; oh, there are some > > obvious errors, such as incorrect dates of birth and such, but > > mainly it looks like an excellent resource. My question is simply, > > how can a subscriber know that the information someone else can > > upload to Ancestry is, as far as they know, truthful and a good > > effort at accuracy has been employed? That someone is not having > > fun at ancestry.com's expense and loading a "Family Tree" with > > bogus information. > > > > I understand that some information that individuals put on line can > > be incorrect, that is not what I am talking about. Honest mistakes > > I would believe will happen, but what about out and out fraud. Does > > Ancestry have a "policing action" in their organization or do you > > simply take it on faith that only people of good will enter data > > into Family Trees? > > > > John > > ********************************* > > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots- > > admin@rootsweb.com > > ---------------------------------- > > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > > list: researching our Polish roots. > > ---------------------------------- > > Browse the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Search the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >