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Tree Thieves
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miffed | Report | 18 Feb 2010 13:00 |
I have just made contact with someone who matched an ancestor. She only matched through a sibling marriage, but a connection, nevertheless. I think she and I have the right idea..... |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 18 Feb 2010 10:44 |
Well after 7ish years reseaching I have 152 persons in my direct line tree. |
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Claire in Lincs | Report | 18 Feb 2010 05:21 |
Come on then Peter,,open your tree for us all to have a good lok at,,we might be related to you ,,,you never know,,!! lol |
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Peter | Report | 18 Feb 2010 01:01 |
PigletsPal, |
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Peter | Report | 17 Feb 2010 23:29 |
This topic, which pops up on this board every other week, divides genealogists like no other: some want to hug their research to themselves and others are willing to share their information. |
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patchem | Report | 17 Feb 2010 22:24 |
I have been in contact with someone with over 80 000 people in their tree, and there are census details attached, and many 'relations' with extra pieces of information added. Obviously I have not looked at all 80 thousand, just a random selection. It just shows that if you have all day, every day, for years, you can go off in whatever direction you want, and at any obstacle move on somewhere easier and keep going. |
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Supersleuth | Report | 17 Feb 2010 22:05 |
I wouldn't trust its accuracy - he couldn't have had time to cross reference it. It sounds like he's too keen to build up any connection. Bear in mind - his tree won't reveal his source. Perhaps he's just copied a close relatives. |
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Mick in the Sticks | Report | 17 Feb 2010 21:58 |
If people want to try and create the biggest tree in existance, that really is their problem, not mine. Such a tree is probably meaningless anyway and most people tend to steer clear of asking advice from the owners of mega trees. I also maintain a public tree on Ancestry and there permission is not required to view other public trees. |
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Cynthia | Report | 17 Feb 2010 08:45 |
I too, had contact with someone who had 30,000+ in his tree. My family did fit in there somewhere but he was very evasive about details and told me that we had some illustrious connections but never said what. I lost interest. |
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Susan | Report | 17 Feb 2010 03:05 |
Maybe I'm mean, but I have spent hundreds of hours and I don't even want to think about how much money on researching my family and also my husbands. If someone asks for my tree I now (having been bitten in the past) ask how it fits into their tree exactly. If they cannot answer in detail I'm afraid I'm not going to open up my hard work to people who just seem to think that numbers of people make a great tree. If someone is related I'm more than happy to help and those that are just checking for a match I'll willingly help too as I know how much I appreciated the help I got from other GR members when I started. Just don't think there's any point in having thousands of people we can't find a connection to in a tree. |
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Cheshiremaid | Report | 17 Feb 2010 02:45 |
My reaction would be NO! |
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doddsy1 | Report | 17 Feb 2010 01:00 |
Someone helped themselves to my tree ( yes, I know now , my fault entirely) but at first I believed that he was doing genuine research as did many other members...........he now has almost 82,000 names in his tree and he's never expanded his research as far as my tree is concerned. |
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Madmeg | Report | 17 Feb 2010 00:45 |
I have posted before on this, and said I don't mind people pinching my research, and all the rest. But have just had a message from a person with my family in his tree. They are there,and it looks right, But he has over 100,000 people in his tree. I asked him to say how he was related. He probably can't answer me. |