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2009/11/4 Mary Young <m...@cmy.org.uk>: > How is this thread pertinent to the Legacy Users' Group? > Mary Young > > > 2009/11/4 William H. Boswell <whbosw...@gmail.com>: >> That's the problem I've had with Ancestry.com searches. They'd turn up not >> only old information I posted to Rootsweb ten years ago, but my same people >> connected erroneously to their families when I knew they were not. >> >> I know many people have good intentions posting their information to >> internet sites, but there are others who don't. I've had people ask me to >> correct my data when I had it publicly posted on Rootsweb's FreePages and I >> said I would if they could validate their data with sources. They would not >> so I didn't change it because I had accurate sources and/or I knew the >> people they were connecting to. Others I had given my information with >> sources to so I could prove their data was wrong and they didn't change it >> even though I knew for a fact they were not related to my direct line. >> >> Now I only work with my distant cousins who had contacted me through my >> former FreePages website because I had researched their distant lines when >> nobody else would. It's odd that for all these years there was no >> information available on these people until I posted it all for free. Now >> I'm finding it everywhere--information that did not come from the internet >> but from diaries, bibles, and unpublished records that I found in private >> collections that aren't available anywhere else. So how did these other >> people get this information? >> >> By the way, since Ancestry.com took over Rootsweb a few years ago they also >> purchased all of Rootsweb's old trees even ones that were supposed to have >> been deleted. I found that out about a year ago when I did a search and >> found an old tree that I specifically had Rootsweb delete and they did, but >> Ancestry.com must have gotten from old backups and restored. I would only >> remember this because I had mistakenly entered a comment about an ancestor >> being a drunk (which he was) and knew I had it deleted because his daughter >> was still alive and I never intended for that information to go public. >> >> So, I wouldn't put a lot of trust in what stays free at Rootsweb. >> Rootsweb's been around a lot longer than Ancestry.com and it's a shame they >> bought it out. Ancestry.com has a profit motive while Rootsweb never did. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on >> Behalf Of Mary Horner >> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:03 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Genealogy Pirates >> >> >> Jenny said 'I really don't care if people want to "pirate" any data I put on >> line. ' >> >> The problem is Jenny; I was trying to find the connection between Canada and >> Ireland. There is one person who is very active on the message boards when I >> do searches for my direct line surname. I have discovered that he pirates >> others' information and plugs it into his imaginary tree. I worry that he is >> going to have the data so compromised that if I ever actually get over there >> to search, the truth will have been lost in the fiction. I see red ever time >> I find his name on a message board. I know I can't trust his info but what >> about all the poor people who don't know better? >> Mary > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
