I agree with Kathy. I've found my relatives attached to a tree of Mellos in California on Ancestry and my whole family lived in Massachusetts. Just because someone is born in 1874 doesn't mean it's the same person. With a lot of Mellos in the Azores, I'm making sure I read the records with the names of parents, etc. in it and validating.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Kathy Cardoza <[email protected]> wrote: > Barb > > If you mean data from someone’s family tree…… I usually try to contact the > person who posted it to find out their relationship and the sources they > used. Sounds good, right? But, my experience on Ancestry is that the person > I contact usually just copied the tree info from others, so no help there. > > I haven’t had a lot of luck with folks from FamilySearch.org > <http://familysearch.org>, either. Sometimes, but not often, as lots of > people don’t use their email address for contact purposes. > > The best procedure is to just look at this data as clues that you can > followup on, to prove or disprove by your own research. > > Kathy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > > Climb Our Family Tree: > http://www.kathys-place.com/Kathy/index.php > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Barb Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > So when you go to ancestry or family search and are able to hook into a > record that appears to match yours (correct names and dates) but there are > no sources attached, cited, or copies of documents, do you trust that this > really is your person? I am always careful to both cite my source and add > a copy of the document where possible so it makes me question when records > are not done the same. Opinions? > > Barb Davis > > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
