You can post your tree on Ancestry and make it private and you do not need to subscribe to it. LDS as Doug mentioned has an online tree also. But I wouldn't post it there in my opinion, because there is a possibility people in your tree will be baptized as mormons. I once gave a distant relative info on my tree and he was Mormon and then baptized all my dead greats and grandfather as Mormon.Needless to say I was no happy since they were all Catholic and if they wanted to become Mormon I believe they would have done so while they were alive.
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Shirl Sereque <[email protected]>wrote: > Rod-My tree is on ancestry.com. I have noticed some others with a person > from my family with children who are not affiliated with anyone in my > tree. (I write and mention that they should look at my tree for the > correct "kids".) I have also seen matches for my tree with the children > born before the parents! (I point this out to them.) But...I do find a > lot of "good stuff" out there especially with the more expensive membership > fee. (My cousin and I split the cost.) > - Shirl - > > Hi Rod, > > I never post my family tree online, but not for the usual privacy reason. > It's because my genealogy is so extensive that it conflicts with the fact I > do this professionally. I know other professionals who never post a single > thing about their own families, probably for the same reason. > > For most people, posting online is a good idea, but there was some recent > discussion about how people take info from what you post and use it in ways > that are sometimes crazy - like when they are not even related. Then they > mix up people and have sons attached to the grandfather, or other such > nonsense. > > I don't know if Ancestry.com <http://ancestry.com/> is the best place. I > know it's one place with some valuable tools for you. But you might have to > be a member. And there is the LDS genealogy website for this same purpose. > > Others have their own websites and with Google searches, it's practically > the same as posting on the big websites. If you don't have a website and > would like to find a way to somehow fit this goal into how I present things > on mine, you're welcome to do it through me. There are things like my > Ancestral Photo Gallery where you could post some of the great pictures you > mention and then have a link to the genealogies of these people. I'm sure > that would generate interest and possible leads to viewers looking to find > distant relations. You could also post yourself as a genealogist for Velas, > for instance, on my Portuguese Genealogist Master List and again link the > names to a face and to a genealogy. > > One thing to remember, whatever you post online will forever be out of > your control. People can take the info and do whatever they want with it. > That's the reason people often want to stay private, but it does go against > the idea of finding relatives. So it's something you have to balance in > your own mind. > > I did look to see if the names you mentioned are already people I found > and I came up empty. But I imagine with an extra generation, the chances go > way up, since as you noticed, these names are popular on Sao Jorge. I found > some with the same exact name, but from another generation or even another > century. > > There are some on this list who are probably the greatest authorities with > regards the families of certain select villages on Sao Jorge. Marcio de > Borba comes to mind for Calheta, for instance. Maybe also for Ribeira Seca. > I have done extensive research of the Ribeira Seca families in the 1700s, > so I'll surely recognize your families once you get that far. > > There is a lady named Susan Edvalson who lives outside of the Sacramento, > California area who has been compiling a comprehensive database of all from > Ribeira Seca and I think also Norte Grande or maybe it's Calheta. She might > not be on this list, but I have been in recent touch with her so I can put > you two together, if you like. > > Good luck, > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. > > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
