Mary, I don't do the collaborative type trees online. I would guess that many accept the "hints" as facts and have no idea what they are doing. I see it in the DNA project too. Kind of a love-hate relationship with Ancestry. The hints are great, but if they aren't checked out then it's useless and soon there will be 100 people in Ancestry claiming your Portuguese ancestors. I've always thought I should put up a tree on Ancestry (or a similar site) and put my ancestor was Richie Cunningham, son of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, son of Yogi Bear and see how many people copy it and how long it would take to spread across the Internet.
Cheri On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Mary Bordi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking that people may see these "hints" and just automatically > accept them. I know that some of the "hints" that have been presented > to me are not even from the same island and even a similar name from > the mainland. I must also add that the "hints" have provided useful in > finding the people in census and other documents. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
