Genealogy Chat

You could keep replying to him through the Ancestry service until you feel confident about giving him your e-mail address. He can quite easily copy and paste his information for you. If he wants to send you a GEDCOM file he will need your e-mail address so he can send it as an attachment.

I would chance it . You will get his addy when he sends the info. If it turns out a bummer you can always block his email later. Shirley

Have had response from someone I contacted through Ancestry message service regardin my gg grandmother who is in his family research.The response was that he had found the paperwork and would I like details of parents.I already have these details but he is requesting my email addy to send info to.He has given me his name his present wifes name her children and his childrens names, all with ages and that his first wife died in 1997 from cancer.Given me her name as well.What he hasnt provided is his email addy..I am very wary of giving mine out but the email doesnt seem untoward but you never know.Please can I have some advice.Thank you.Wanda.x

Thanks Shirley but what if he doesnt send the info..he will then have my addy..

but what can he do with it? I have made contact thro ancestry and replied via them .have given my email later so they could send info, You can always block him later if anything comes up you don't like, Shirley PS anything he does with your email address will end up in YOUR email box so you will know if its been misused

As long as you don't give him your home address or phone number, what harm can he do with your e-mail address? As already stated, you can block any messages from him if you don't wish to continue the contact. Reg

if your're not sure.... creat a 2 nd address on a free email account. You could use that one just for people you don't know. I have given out my adress numerous times, and haved'nt encountered any problems, and as it has already been said, you can block them if you see any dodgy stuff

Thanks Elizabeth,I will reply to him and explain that for the meantime I dont want to give it out...Wonder if I could check the validity of his wifes death in 1997? Never done Scottish ones.Is it the same as England and Wales? Advice please anyone? Thanks ...

Thanks Reg..Anis..How do you create a 2nd email addy.I didnt set anything up so am a novice at anything like that.Helpon that too please. Wanda

I have given out my e-mail address numerous times ti GR members without any problems. It is really no different to revealing your e-mail address to a commercial organisation who then sell your details on for marketing purposes. as previously said you can always class as junk any mails from unwanted sources or set up a seperate e-mail free e-mail account at a number of sources for example MSN Hotmail and use that for GR purposes.

I can't see a problem with giving out your email addy. It doesn't give any personal details or your location at all. And as everyone else has said, you can just add him to your list of unapproved emailers and his emails will be blocked. Mandy

Thanks Colin and Mandy and Jennifer ..wary due to something happening to me in the past...Thank you for advice given by everyone.Have now sorted. Wanda x

I have had the same e-mail address for ten years, it is published in various directories world wide and on the internet, I have also passed it on to many people on various sites, I have had no problems. Jennifer

just go onto the h o t m a i l site and creat a new email adress... it's free and you can consult the mails from any computer.....