According to Ancestry mine were set up that way but … then someone through a message on Ancestry… said that they were able to search them. Since I did not get a quick response from Ancestry I did what I had to do which was delete them. My Ancestry trees are not accurate. They are working copies so as I find information I incorporate it into the tree but I know that it could be wrong. It does not become part of my paper tree until I have a confirmation of it through some documents. I do not want to spread inaccurate information so my trees need to be private. I’m always willing to help people. If they contact me I give the information I have and also provide the documentation/references. If you utilized information off my trees please contact me to obtain the documents/references that verifies the information.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Cheryl Lawrence Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestry On Ancestry, not only do you have to make your tree "Private", you also have to make it not searchable. There are two different categories that you have to click if you don't want others to see your info. But don't forget, anything that is public record can be seen by anyone on ancestry (census records, marriage records, phone and address directories, etc. Hope this helps! - Cheryl On Jan 19, 2018 10:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: I also removed my personal trees. I contacted Ancestry about the problem. They assured me that they were private. I’ve only left one with Ancestry that it too is suppose to be private. The only reason I did that was I’m helping this relative develop their tree so we can learn how we are related. I would like to share how I found out about this issue. I was emailed by someone I did not know (may have been Pam). I want to thank them for the heads up. Ancestry was not responding to my emails so I deleted all my trees from their web site that same night. I’m hoping to keep this topic going so we can all stay updated. Hopefully they will fix the problem but mostly likely not since they did not acknowledge that they have a problem. I even asked to list the benefits of the web site is I can not utilize the linked tree to keep all my computers up to date with my most current genealogy information. They failed to respond to that part of my questions. I believe I will not renew my subscription until they fix this problem. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Once again I want to thank the person that contacted me through Ancestry to let me know about my trees. Once again I hope Ancestry resolves this issue. Doreen Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Cheri Mello Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:36 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestry My guess is private means just that. If you had a private tree somewhere, it's private. I couldn't view it. If you ask me, all the cloud-based sites have some problems (My Heritage, Geni, Family Search). Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Pam Santos <[email protected]> wrote: I took down my trees on ancestry because it was private yet now when you search they have all your information in the index no sense of it being private. Some of you had access so If wondering why i removed them. Any other place i can upload my trees and be private so others can still view ? -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
