Are you in Sumter County, SC, FL, or GA? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Johnnyreb6@aol.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [SC] Spanish American War Veterans of Sumter County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CdB.2ACE/215 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for assistance in trying to find records on the Spanish American War Veterans from Sumter County. I am trying to gather any and all information about them, and anyone who is interested in helping please feel free to contact me at Johnnyreb6@aol.com. I have the rolls for the members of the 1st & 2nd Regiment, Heavy Battery, and Naval Milita for the State, a total of 2,614 men (dosen't include the names of the Naval Milita), and as you can imagine it's pretty difficult trying to locate all these men by ones self, so I'm looking for any help that I can get. > This is part of a larger effort by myself and the members of the Micah John Jenkins Camp No. 164, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, to try and make sure that the Veterans of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, & Virginia, are remembered. If anyone is interested in the S.S.A.W.V. please feel free to visit our website at: http://www.geocities.com/sonsofspanamwar/ > Thank you all for your time, I remain, as always, > Your Faithful, and obedient, servant, > Kenneth H. Robison II, > President, Micah J. Jenkins Camp No. 164, SSAWV > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Query Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

LOL! Tried to access your site but a message popped up saying that your site exceeded it's data transfer limit. Guess a lot of people that get this newsletter went to your site today. I will try again tomorrow. Thanks for putting out the information. :-) --Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Johnnyreb6@aol.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: [SC] Spanish American War Veterans of Sumter County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CdB.2ACE/215 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for assistance in trying to find records on the Spanish > American War Veterans from Sumter County. I am trying to gather any and > all information about them, and anyone who is interested in helping please > feel free to contact me at Johnnyreb6@aol.com. I have the rolls for the > members of the 1st & 2nd Regiment, Heavy Battery, and Naval Milita for the > State, a total of 2,614 men (dosen't include the names of the Naval > Milita), and as you can imagine it's pretty difficult trying to locate all > these men by ones self, so I'm looking for any help that I can get. > This is part of a larger effort by myself and the members of the Micah > John Jenkins Camp No. 164, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, to try > and make sure that the Veterans of South Carolina, North Carolina, > Georgia, Florida, & Virginia, are remembered. If anyone is interested in > the S.S.A.W.V. please feel free to visit our website at: > http://www.geocities.com/sonsofspanamwar/ > Thank you all for your time, I remain, as always, > Your Faithful, and obedient, servant, > Kenneth H. Robison II, > President, Micah J. Jenkins Camp No. 164, SSAWV > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Query Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CdB.2ACE/215 Message Board Post: I am looking for assistance in trying to find records on the Spanish American War Veterans from Sumter County. I am trying to gather any and all information about them, and anyone who is interested in helping please feel free to contact me at Johnnyreb6@aol.com. I have the rolls for the members of the 1st & 2nd Regiment, Heavy Battery, and Naval Milita for the State, a total of 2,614 men (dosen't include the names of the Naval Milita), and as you can imagine it's pretty difficult trying to locate all these men by ones self, so I'm looking for any help that I can get. This is part of a larger effort by myself and the members of the Micah John Jenkins Camp No. 164, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, to try and make sure that the Veterans of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, & Virginia, are remembered. If anyone is interested in the S.S.A.W.V. please feel free to visit our website at: http://www.geocities.com/sonsofspanamwar/ Thank you all for your time, I remain, as always, Your Faithful, and obedient, servant, Kenneth H. Robison II, President, Micah J. Jenkins Camp No. 164, SSAWV

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACI/103 Message Board Post: I am looking for assistance in trying to find records on the Spanish American War Veterans from Clarendon County. I am trying to gather any and all information about them, and anyone who is interested in helping please feel free to contact me at Johnnyreb6@aol.com. I have the rolls for the members of the 1st & 2nd Regiment, Heavy Battery, and Naval Milita for the State, a total of 2,614 men (dosen't include the names of the Naval Milita), and as you can imagine it's pretty difficult trying to locate all these men by ones self, so I'm looking for any help that I can get. This is part of a larger effort by myself and the members of the Micah John Jenkins Camp No. 164, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, to try and make sure that the Veterans of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, & Virginia, are remembered. If anyone is interested in the S.S.A.W.V. please feel free to visit our website at: http://www.geocities.com/sonsofspanamwar/ Thank you all for your time, I remain, as always, Your Faithful, and obedient, servant, Kenneth H. Robison II, President, Micah J. Jenkins Camp No. 164, SSAWV

I am a disabled person who because of my disabilities can no longer do conventional research. Fortunately, I got most of my mail lines finished before I became disabled. But, I can still use my computer and I find that Ancestry.com is HEAVEN SENT! Are there errors, sure. But the correct information far outweighs the false. Most of their information is referenced and if you think the info in incorrect, check the reference for yourself. Usually an email address is present and you can contact a contributor to check the info you find. Mostly, I stick to the Census to fill in my bare spots. But, I have learned to check the Census for myself, because occasionally the transcription is incorrect. I have also used Ancestry's British/Ireland databases. Recently, using info from Ancestry, I obtained a copy of a will from the 1500's. I got the reference from Ancestry and then wrote to Derbyshire England and they supplied the records. As far as price goes, I paid 99.00 a year for the Census and have gotten 9000.00 worth of info from them. Plus I get to help other people. So, I'm happy. Linda

I agree 100 %. The culprits here are the folks that submit the bad information. How in the world could Ancestry be expected to authenticate every file that is submitted to them. I've been a member of Ancestry for years and occassionally I decide not to resubscribe to one of their services. They send an email well in advance of the date it will end and all I have to do is call before that date and cancell. Yes, they try to talk me into staying but that is their job. I've never had any problems with Ancestry. Linda A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene Stackhouse" <genestackhouse@msn.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! ENOUGH! > Well said! > > Gene Stackhouse, Germantown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyn Cooper<mailto:caroljcoop@everestkc.net> > To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:12 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! ENOUGH! > > > I put some of my family files on Rootsweb's WorldConnect a long time before > they became connected with Ancestry.com. I have no problem with either > service and have found they've benefited my research. I can't begin to tell > you how many "cousins" I've found. They've provided me with data I didn't > have and have corrected errors in name spellings, dates of birth, etc. It's > been great and I'm glad I put the data online. > > The terms of service on both sites tell you that if you have a problem with > a particular entry, you must contact the person who contributed the file. > It is not Ancestry or Rootsweb's responsibility to correct what someone > submitted in a GEDCOM. I've written submitters with corrections and they've > been grateful for my input. If you find an error, leave a post-em on the > entry. It stays there forever. > > As for the census records on Ancestry, I can only say that it beats the heck > out of driving to the Archives, library or FHC. If you find a transcription > error, Ancestry has a facility for adding an alternate name. It may take > awhile for your corrections to appear, but they do post them. I've seen > some of mine in recent weeks. > > If you don't like these online files, don't read them. If you don't like > Ancestry.com, don't go to their website. Go back to the old ways of digging > for your roots. > > Carolyn Cooper > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Oldnail@aol.com<mailto:Oldnail@aol.com>> > To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:59 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > > > > > In a message dated 11/15/2005 10:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > thehornguy@bellsouth.net<mailto:thehornguy@bellsouth.net> writes: > > > > May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? > > > > > > No you may not, to do so would be RUDE. > > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Subscription instructions are at > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS> > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx> > > > > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Forum > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/> > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429<http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourc eid=14599&targetid=5429> > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Forum > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Well said! Gene Stackhouse, Germantown ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Cooper<mailto:caroljcoop@everestkc.net> To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! ENOUGH! I put some of my family files on Rootsweb's WorldConnect a long time before they became connected with Ancestry.com. I have no problem with either service and have found they've benefited my research. I can't begin to tell you how many "cousins" I've found. They've provided me with data I didn't have and have corrected errors in name spellings, dates of birth, etc. It's been great and I'm glad I put the data online. The terms of service on both sites tell you that if you have a problem with a particular entry, you must contact the person who contributed the file. It is not Ancestry or Rootsweb's responsibility to correct what someone submitted in a GEDCOM. I've written submitters with corrections and they've been grateful for my input. If you find an error, leave a post-em on the entry. It stays there forever. As for the census records on Ancestry, I can only say that it beats the heck out of driving to the Archives, library or FHC. If you find a transcription error, Ancestry has a facility for adding an alternate name. It may take awhile for your corrections to appear, but they do post them. I've seen some of mine in recent weeks. If you don't like these online files, don't read them. If you don't like Ancestry.com, don't go to their website. Go back to the old ways of digging for your roots. Carolyn Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: <Oldnail@aol.com<mailto:Oldnail@aol.com>> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > In a message dated 11/15/2005 10:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > thehornguy@bellsouth.net<mailto:thehornguy@bellsouth.net> writes: > > May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? > > > No you may not, to do so would be RUDE. > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Subscription instructions are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS> > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx> > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== SCRoots Forum http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/> ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429<http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429>

Digging for my roots is exactly what I do. I don't know how you have managed to be so lucky as to get the changes made. I've had no such luck. And I stay away from Ancestry.com as much as possible. I've had them to call me at home, offer to reimburse my subscription, referred me to their attorney, but the story is always the same...written in concrete as far as they're concerned.

I put some of my family files on Rootsweb's WorldConnect a long time before they became connected with Ancestry.com. I have no problem with either service and have found they've benefited my research. I can't begin to tell you how many "cousins" I've found. They've provided me with data I didn't have and have corrected errors in name spellings, dates of birth, etc. It's been great and I'm glad I put the data online. The terms of service on both sites tell you that if you have a problem with a particular entry, you must contact the person who contributed the file. It is not Ancestry or Rootsweb's responsibility to correct what someone submitted in a GEDCOM. I've written submitters with corrections and they've been grateful for my input. If you find an error, leave a post-em on the entry. It stays there forever. As for the census records on Ancestry, I can only say that it beats the heck out of driving to the Archives, library or FHC. If you find a transcription error, Ancestry has a facility for adding an alternate name. It may take awhile for your corrections to appear, but they do post them. I've seen some of mine in recent weeks. If you don't like these online files, don't read them. If you don't like Ancestry.com, don't go to their website. Go back to the old ways of digging for your roots. Carolyn Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: <Oldnail@aol.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > In a message dated 11/15/2005 10:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > thehornguy@bellsouth.net writes: > > May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? > > > No you may not, to do so would be RUDE. > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Subscription instructions are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

LOL! :-) I agree! Could we stick to appropriate topics and stop with the petty stuff, please. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Oldnail@aol.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > In a message dated 11/15/2005 10:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > thehornguy@bellsouth.net writes: > > May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? > > > No you may not, to do so would be RUDE. > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Subscription instructions are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

In a message dated 11/15/2005 10:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, thehornguy@bellsouth.net writes: May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? No you may not, to do so would be RUDE.

What really upset me was Ancestry.com incorrectly listed various individual's place of birth as Michigan, when the enumerator had abbreviated Mississippi in the old way of Miss. or Mis. It lead many people I am sure who were researching ancestors in Carroll, Lee, and surrounding counties in Mississippi, to start looking in Michigan. I tried my best to find a way to get them to correct it, but no one even answered my request to take a look at it. You really have to be careful with all of the Internet sources. There are always mistakes, but some of them can be prevented. Dorothy in Mississippi, not Michigan!

Inconciderate might have been a more appropriate use when debating the word rude vs brutal. I'm not overly concerned with the sematics of the sentence; what I would like to see done is to force, in some way, Ancestry.com to be responsible for the materials posted to their site. Those family trees of all kinds should be deleted. With a fresh start, Ancestry.com should REQUIRE that all the information posted has been documented. There is a certain guy who posts to the site, I'd say somewhat regularly or at least did so in the past. It is not his research that he is posting but that of his long deceased father. So happens that I had corresponded with the father over a period of several years. The father was generous in sharing; therefore, I have several binders of his work sitting on a shelf. There is one segment I would consider using and that is of his own line as it dates back to the point where he and I shared a common ancestor. I do my own research on that particular ancestor to the best of my ability but what follows, I've been unable to pick up the line for verification but I do believe that it is more or less accurate. As for the remainder of the posting, it should be deleted or at least corrected. When it comes to making corrections, I understand that under their policy this is a difficult undertaking. It's my word against the word of another. What burns my gall is that when I present them with documentation, they still refuse to make the corrections. Maybe you've noticed the same as I. I pull up a certain family, find the errors, and make corrections with documentation. The next time I return to this particular family, I am not given the one that I originally saw but rather the one with the corrections I have made. I have serious doubts that others are allowed to see what I have posted. I was checking on a particular ancestor of mine, one whom I have designated as both my Traveling Man because he moved so frequently or else the county lines were being made that would change his county of residence. I also call him my Marrying Man for the simple reason he was married 5 times!!! In most cases, the names of the wives are unknown as he had a habit of never listing the name of a wife, only the one we consider to be the first. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at that site to discover that he had been married NINE times. The first 8 were simply duplicates and should have been reduced to four. There was Nancy unknown maiden name but whose given name was located in a land record). an unknown wife, Polly Washburn (incorrect maiden name), Sophia M. Robertson said to have been a widow from London, and Serena, who stated in her application for a pension under Gardner's War of 1812 that she was married to him about 1846 in Covington County. In comparing censuses, the 1820 census for Alabama, had Gardner with a wife, two daughters and a son; the 1820 census for Wayne County, MS., was not enumerated until 1821. On the later, he was listed with a wife and one son. For lack of a name for this wife I dubbed her as Madam Butterfly. By 1822 he was married to Polly, the wife from whom I descend. Madam Butterfly was a private matter that I had shared only with a friend who was in the process of doing a Broome book. In the book she included a small segment on Gardner and listed his wives in the order he had married each. She named wife number 2 as Madam Butterfly. The NINETH wife of Gardner is named MADAM BUTTERFLY. The poster of that bit of information had had access to my friend's book and had reported the name of a wife that was known to only the two of us. No documentation; just an overly active imagination on my part. Madam Butterfly and her two daughters had died. The son of this marriage survived until 1846 and was always considered to be a half sibling of the children of Polly as these were the only two wives who bore children for him. This is only one example. There is another that is so bizzarre that I won't even go into it. This is a case where a man died in DeSota Parish, LA., in 1850 and his third wife, a first cousin to my great-grandmother, died ca 1857 in the same place and both are buried in the same cemetery. Not only did Ancestry.com change the man's middle name from one thing to another but had him living until 1867. My cousin was displaced by the wife of another man, the woman having died prior to 1846 in Georgia. Would you believe that Ancestry.com had this other woman alive and well in 1846 and that she died hereafter and was buried in DeSota Parish, LA.? There are so many inaccuracies on Ancestry.com that I'm afraid to use any of their postings unless it is from a primary or a secondary one nearest to the primary one. I can use the SSDI and books such as Marriages in LA between certain years. I've even found errors in the census records they post. Go to another site or to a library and check them out. The policies Ancestry.com has in place is to protect them from lawsuits; however, I have seen cases in which I have a special interest that have been changed, contrary to their stated policies. Personally, I think that Ancestry.com should be taken to task and in some way forced to clean up their act or else get out of the business. They are doing more harm to the hobby of genealogy than they are good. In the years to come, if things continue in the same vein, there will be no way that our descendants will be able to do an accurate family tree. Ancestry.com has purchased to many copies of original records and will be able to change them to suit themselves or else make them unavailable to any who dares to disagree with them. Just count me as one who disagrees and one who frequently calls their hand on many issues. Todate, it has caused me nothing but additional problems as they simply refuse to allow me to see records they have. In one case in particular, I got to the site, failed to make notes as I thought I would be able to go back to reaccess the matter. No such thing. I haven't seeen it again. mbm

Hi, Oldnail. May I be so bold as to give you a little semantics comment?? You have said '''I can't imagine anyone being so rude as to do such a thing.''' (about entering data about living persons.) Rude is an action which one can do to others, or have done to themselves, which is unkind, or otherwise insulting or demeaning. But what you were referring to was just a brutal act by someone who has no concern for you or anyone else!! 'Rude' is so very mild, compared to 'brutal', as I see it!! Just one view-point!! Joe DUKE ----- Original Message ----- From: <Oldnail@aol.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > In a message dated 11/12/2005 12:48:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, > jrussell2@charter.net writes: > > also I learned the hard way NEVER to share info about living individuals in > your family. This info, too, can end up online when incorporated by others > into their databases. In these days of identity theft, it can be all too > easy to find someone and then find their Mother's Maiden Name, which is > often used as code word in banks, etc. > > > I can't imagine anyone being so rude as to do such a thing. That's as bad > or worse than posting copyrighted material on the internet. > > ______________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

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Do you know what map makers do? They make a mistake on their copyrighted maps on purpose. Then if they see that mistake on another map, they sue. Ray NBActon@aol.com wrote: > I talked to a person connected to Ancestry.com concerning my ancestors and > IF they could help me find them. I told them no because they have false > material on line at their site concerning my ancestors. He said that there is a > box to click somewhere on the screen to send a correction for a mistake. I > never have seen one. I also told him that they glean material from e-mails and > some of it is incorrect since we are all trying to find the truth about our > ancestors. They copy it as truth, then charge a person to read the material > on their site. This material may be in the public domain, but it is still > researched by a descendent with no pay for the work, just family love. Must we > copyright our e-mail. I really resent them charging others for our research > whether it is correct or incorrect. They annual fee is rediculous and then > some of the stuff they put on line isn't true. People should know about this. > I never put all my material on line and I write directly to the person when > it concerns details of my family. It saves them from using it on a paid > site while I am giving it to others free. It makes me very angry. > Nora > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SC Archives: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

I learned that lesson the hard way trying to help someone who did not grow up in my area. Quite a surprise to open a site and see yourself and all your family listed. What was extremely bad was seeing that the person you had helped has used :"private" for herself and her family who were still living. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > also I learned the hard way NEVER to share info about living individuals in > your family. This info, too, can end up online when incorporated by others > into their databases. In these days of identity theft, it can be all too > easy to find someone and then find their Mother's Maiden Name, which is > often used as code word in banks, etc. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan" <susieqk@cox.net> > To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > > >I agree. Someone copied some of my research and then reposted the data > >INCORRECTLY, with dates and notes transposed between individuals. I gladly > >share my info with anyone that asks but am very angry that someone had the > >nerve to post my information to a service that charges for MY research. > > > > --Susan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "thehornguy" <thehornguy@bellsouth.net> > > To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:25 PM > > Subject: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > > > > >> > >> > >> Hello, all. > >> > >> In six years, I have not ever heard of them changing anything in their > >> data-base, because of a request from a 'user'!! The origin of those > >> data-bases are the readers from earlier years, who put up 'stuff' as they > >> found it, any where, and every where!! > >> > >> Since Ancestry has a disclaimer to the effect that you would want to get > >> in touch with the source of the data you want to change, they see no > >> reason > >> to 'be bothered' about it, at all!! > >> And, since most of the e-mail addresses are obsolete in the reference > >> areas of the data-bases, they really do not see any reason to be > >> concerned!! > >> > >> What you see is what you get!! > >> And even if you see it, beware!! > >> It might be a correct entry, but no one guarantees that to you!! > >> > >> CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!! > >> > >> Hope this explains it well!! Joe DUKE > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Herbert Hendricks" <Herb_316@msn.com> > >> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:09 AM > >> Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library > >> > >> > >> > Dear Phyllis, > >> > > >> > You are absolutely correct. > >> > > >> > In SC you have to be very careful when you use Ancestry.com Census > >> records. You need to do a line by line scan. Their search engine has left > >> out people, given them the wrong first names and put people in the wrong > >> locations. I can site you chapter and verse I have communicated to > >> Ancestry.com but they don't change anything. > >> > > >> > God Bless. > >> > Herb Hendricks > >> > Retired NASA Physicist > >> > Hendricks(on) DNA Project Group Administrator > >> > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > >> > Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com> > >> > 1210 Long Meadow DR > >> > Lynchburg, VA 24502 > >> > 434 832 7246 > >> > Major/Smith/Hendricks > >> > > >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendrickson/<http://www.familytreednacom/public/hendrickson/> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: Phyllis Horry<mailto:wwhorry@islc.net> > >> > To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > >> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:50 AM > >> > Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library > >> > > >> > > >> > I totally agree - I have found inaccuracies in my family on this > >> site > >> simply > >> > because someone failed to properly document/authenticate information > >> before > >> > "sharing" it with the world. Just because it is found here (on the > >> > Internet) does not mean that it is accurate. > >> > > >> > Even transcriptions of census records can be suspect due to > >> misinterpreting > >> > the handwriting of the census takers. Actually this applies to all > >> > handwritten documents. > >> > > >> > Phyllis > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Carolyn Cooper" > >> <caroljcoop@everestkc.net<mailto:caroljcoop@everestkc.net>> > >> > To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:39 PM > >> > Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library > >> > > >> > > >> > While this is a good source, please don't rely on these family > >> histories for > >> > accuracy. I've seen some that are very faulted and undocumented. > >> The > >> best > >> > way to research your roots is to do your own digging and not rely on > >> what > >> > others have done. > >> > > >> > Carolyn Cooper > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Gail Harris" <peaches@strato.net<mailto:peaches@strato.net>> > >> > To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:11 PM > >> > Subject: [SC] LDS Family History Library > >> > > >> > > >> > > fyi... > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: "A. S. Balch" > >> > > To: > >> <ROBERT-REV-PIERRE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROBERT-REV-PIERRE-L@ro otsweb.com>> > >> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:59 AM > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the > >> > > process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of > >> the > >> > > Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have > >> been > >> > > digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are > >> > > adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. > >> > > > >> > > Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, > >> > > http://www.lib.byu.edu/<http://www.lib.byu.edu/> > >> > > > >> > > From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: > >> > > > >> > > "Find Other Materials" > >> > > "Electronic" > >> > > "On Line Collections at BYU" > >> > > Choose the TAB "Text Collections" > >> > > And, finally, "Family History Archive" > >> > > > >> > > Adrian > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > >> > > The SC Room: > >> http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html<http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html> > >> > > > >> > > ============================== > >> > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > >> > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > >> > > > >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > >> > The SC Room: > >> http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html<http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html> > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > >> the > >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > >> > > >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx> > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > >> > Subscription instructions are at > >> > > >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS> > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > >> > New content added every business day. 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I talked to a person connected to Ancestry.com concerning my ancestors and IF they could help me find them. I told them no because they have false material on line at their site concerning my ancestors. He said that there is a box to click somewhere on the screen to send a correction for a mistake. I never have seen one. I also told him that they glean material from e-mails and some of it is incorrect since we are all trying to find the truth about our ancestors. They copy it as truth, then charge a person to read the material on their site. This material may be in the public domain, but it is still researched by a descendent with no pay for the work, just family love. Must we copyright our e-mail. I really resent them charging others for our research whether it is correct or incorrect. They annual fee is rediculous and then some of the stuff they put on line isn't true. People should know about this. I never put all my material on line and I write directly to the person when it concerns details of my family. It saves them from using it on a paid site while I am giving it to others free. It makes me very angry. Nora

I subscribe to ancestry.com because it is useful ... not because I love it. Their business tactics are offensive and questionable. For a sampling of the opinions of offended subscribers and suggestions of how to deal with ancestry.com, link to http://p218.ezboard.com/fgensuckfrm1 -----Original Message----- From: maltt@juno.com [mailto:maltt@juno.com] Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 19:17 PM To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! Oh, on occasions Ancestry.com from the correct, as I submitted it, to the incorrect. My cousin, his third wife, was completely omitted. In her stead was the wife of another man, the woman having been dead for many years and laid to rest in GA. Her true husband had died ca 1854 at Black Hawk, Carroll County, MS. Of course, I haven't accomplished too much but I stay on Ancestry.com's case about the many errors they are publishing for the truth. If this isn't changed, our descendants are going to have a harder time than we in tracing their trees due to the privacy laws that many states are implementing. Alabama is one that requires that a man or woman be deceased for 125 years, beginning with their birth year, before birth and death certificates may be issued to anyone outside of the immediate family or to an attorney who is acting on their behalf. Because of this, I think it's time for many people to complain, even go so far as to boycott their site until some corrections are made. It's my personal opinion that they should require documentation for a person before posting his/her data. Speaking of old, out of date e-mail addresses, it has reached the point on a number of families that I can identify the submitter without seeing his or her name. And, if you should send a message to the one who posted the incorrect data, they never receive it. Ancentry.com simply says that their transmission isn't working at that time. I have also requested that a copy of each message I have attempted to send to be sent to me. To date, I haven't received a single one. Other sites are not much better. Check at the bottom of the page and you will discover that the "different" site is being supported by Ancestry.com. This gives them the right to go into the other sites to collect whatever data the other might have in order to add it to their own. I haven't really found an independent site that isn't in co-operation with Ancestry.com. With them my name is MUD and I am frequently denied access to data that I have previously seen and know it is there; however, their report to me is that they have nothing for that family. Try some of my tactics to see what your results will be. mbm ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== SCRoots Forum http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > From: maltt@juno.com > Date: 2005/11/12 Sat PM 07:17:29 EST > To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SC] Getting Ancestry.Com to change the info!! > > Oh, on occasions Ancestry.com from the correct, as I submitted it, to the > incorrect. My cousin, his third wife, was completely omitted. In her > stead was the wife of another man, the woman having been dead for many > years and laid to rest in GA. Her true husband had died ca 1854 at Black > Hawk, Carroll County, MS. > > Of course, I haven't accomplished too much but I stay on Ancestry.com's > case about the many errors they are publishing for the truth. If this > isn't changed, our descendants are going to have a harder time than we in > tracing their trees due to the privacy laws that many states are > implementing. Alabama is one that requires that a man or woman be > deceased for 125 years, beginning with their birth year, before birth and > death certificates may be issued to anyone outside of the immediate > family or to an attorney who is acting on their behalf. > > Because of this, I think it's time for many people to complain, even go > so far as to boycott their site until some corrections are made. It's my > personal opinion that they should require documentation for a person > before posting his/her data. > > Speaking of old, out of date e-mail addresses, it has reached the point > on a number of families that I can identify the submitter without seeing > his or her name. And, if you should send a message to the one who posted > the incorrect data, they never receive it. Ancentry.com simply says that > their transmission isn't working at that time. I have also requested that > a copy of each message I have attempted to send to be sent to me. To > date, I haven't received a single one. > > Other sites are not much better. Check at the bottom of the page and you > will discover that the "different" site is being supported by > Ancestry.com. This gives them the right to go into the other sites to > collect whatever data the other might have in order to add it to their > own. I haven't really found an independent site that isn't in > co-operation with Ancestry.com. > > With them my name is MUD and I am frequently denied access to data that I > have previously seen and know it is there; however, their report to me is > that they have nothing for that family. > > Try some of my tactics to see what your results will be. > > mbm > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Forum > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >