Along with many of you, I received an Ancestry.com email advertisement for a new feature at MyFamily.com called People Finder. The link: <http://reunite.myfamily.com/?o_iid=6791%3A+People+Finder+Rollout> I consider this a gross scam. Pieroth is not a common name. My recently deceased brother-in-law is listed, as I expected, but not just once. He is listed three times in two state along with his long deceased second wife in the state he moved from years ago. That fact would explain why the phone number is "unlisted." The same kind of error of multiple listings applies to other relatives. My age is not correct and that got me checking other known ages. Apparently they have some sort of database from the Social Security Administration and they assumed that people are 65 when they apply for Social Security. Wow - gross error. Other ages probably came from the same data that http://anybirthday.com/ uses (where you won't find me). So before anyone gets taken by the come-on of, "Looking for someone but don't know where to start? Use the new People Finder, from MyFamily.com and Ancestry.com, to help locate those long lost people in your life!" please be aware of what you are getting - major errors. Susan - who knows she can't hide all her information, but who gets really annoyed when "reputable" companies try to con the world by promising to provide it.
Strange. It found me in Ky. Directly under me was a Roy F Trice, age 70. If it is supposed to be my husband, the name is wrong although the age is right. That is also the name of both my father in law and a brother in law, incorrect age for it to be either of them. When I searched for a Roy F Trice in Ky where my f-i-l died, Maine where my b-i-l died, or ALL STATES, there was no hit. Doesn't look like their search engine is very good on this one. nt -----Original Message----- From: Susan W Pieroth [mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com] Sent: 17 April, 2003 3:30 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] People Finder at MyFamily.com Along with many of you, I received an Ancestry.com email advertisement for a new feature at MyFamily.com called People Finder. The link: <http://reunite.myfamily.com/?o_iid=6791%3A+People +Finder+Rollout> I consider this a gross scam. Pieroth is not a common name. My recently deceased brother-in-law is listed, as I expected, but not just once. He is listed three times in two state along with his long deceased second wife in the state he moved from years ago. That fact would explain why the phone number is "unlisted." The same kind of error of multiple listings applies to other relatives. My age is not correct and that got me checking other known ages. Apparently they have some sort of database from the Social Security Administration and they assumed that people are 65 when they apply for Social Security. Wow - gross error. Other ages probably came from the same data that http://anybirthday.com/ uses (where you won't find me). So before anyone gets taken by the come-on of, "Looking for someone but don't know where to start? Use the new People Finder, from MyFamily.com and Ancestry.com, to help locate those long lost people in your life!" please be aware of what you are getting - major errors. Susan - who knows she can't hide all her information, but who gets really annoyed when "reputable" companies try to con the world by promising to provide it.