I haven't had the horror stories some of you have had, but I do have my
ancestry.com information public. I found two fourth cousins, a
granddaughter of a second cousin who is quite elderly and hasn't given
me much information, and someone researching the Benarus side who turns
out to be a distant cousin. Can't get very far on my Seriqui side,
though, although some in this group have told me a few stories which is
wonderful.
While looking at another's information, I discovered that they had the
parents born after their children! I wrote to the person whose ancestry
line this is and reminded them of the goof. :-) Now another person
has my Kozik (Austrian) side on their site so I did just write to them
asking how "we" are related. I always wondered why people kept their
site private while they could access the public sites without feeling
guilty!
- Shirl -
Karen Huffman wrote:
Eric, I too verify information I gather from out there. Someone took
my information and has my grandfather becoming a father at 8 years
old! I keep my info public because I am always hoping a distant family
member will find me. I have located quite a few and two of them we had
never heard of as that branch in our tree had lost contact. Always
pros and cons.
Karen
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:19 AM, eric edgar <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Linda,
Keeping the tree private can prevent some of this. Since you
control who sees the tree, only those you allow in can borrow
things. My reason for having the tree up is to gather distant
family members who are researching, so I'll put up with the
borrowing and leave my tree public.
Eric Edgar
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Linda Johnson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
How do you avoid this? Does making your tree private help at
all? Linda
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:57 AM, emc <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> One tree took my father and married him to his sister.
Same thing happened to me...they took my father and made
him my uncle...:-( I too deleted all my information...I
will share with anyone who asks but...they have to ask....:-)
Elizabeth
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