I too have shared information and pictures with distant cousins only to find the pictures I shared with him and allowed to be posted to the net being added to other peoples trees. Well Ok, but when I email them and ask how they are related to my great grandfather and great grandmother and I would like to hare other info.......I never get a response. And looking at their tree has not given me the info that I wanted, or I guess it is so far down the line I do no understand it. And I get a little out of joint when there is no reference as to where the info/picture came from. This would lead someone back to the original informant! No I do not need credit for the stuff, just the ability for someone to find me, to inquire if I have more info related to this family and how am I related, and are we related to each other! And again I am, as we all are, appalled at the inaccuracies that are posted regarding our families. Family that I have traced and documented and driven 1000's of miles to locate information; spent many weeks/days/hours compiling. And of course requesting that their information be corrected and providing them the documentation.....well that seems never to happen either. When I forward information to anyone regarding family I always tell them to please send me back corrections to any of the data with documentation so that I have the correct info. The main reason that I have never submitted my tree on-line is I am sure that in all that minutia, there are errors and that will only contribute to more erroneous info out there! Just my 2 cents worth! Sharon

Does make wonder how data does get so discombobulated. You know what you gave your cousin was correct. Then you're online one day and find that somehow your great grandfather's brother who died as an infant is now married. Now I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with merging GEDCOMS? Two people share GEDCOMs and they try and merge the two GEDCOM; however the process isn't as smooth as promised? Then all of this discombobulated data gets uploaded and then more people come along and just copy, copy, copy without regard. So my question is does merging gedcoms create problems? On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM, smclaughlin <srmclaughlin@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I too have shared information and pictures with distant cousins only to find > the pictures I shared with him and allowed to be posted to the net being > added to other peoples trees. Well Ok, but when I email them and ask how > they are related to my great grandfather and great grandmother and I would > like to hare other info.......I never get a response. > > And looking at their tree has not given me the info that I wanted, or I > guess it is so far down the line I do no understand it. And I get a little > out of joint when there is no reference as to where the info/picture came > from. This would lead someone back to the original informant! > > No I do not need credit for the stuff, just the ability for someone to find > me, to inquire if I have more info related to this family and how am I > related, and are we related to each other! > > And again I am, as we all are, appalled at the inaccuracies that are posted > regarding our families. Family that I have traced and documented and driven > 1000's of miles to locate information; spent many weeks/days/hours > compiling. > > And of course requesting that their information be corrected and providing > them the documentation.....well that seems never to happen either. > > When I forward information to anyone regarding family I always tell them to > please send me back corrections to any of the data with documentation so > that I have the correct info. > > The main reason that I have never submitted my tree on-line is I am sure > that in all that minutia, there are errors and that will only contribute to > more erroneous info out there! > > Just my 2 cents worth! > > Sharon >