When you find bad information at new.familysearch.org, you can add the correct information along with a source and add an explanation. I too have ran across a defensive person who was unwilling to accept evidence in the form of primary documents (photocopy of a church baptism record and photocopy of a marriage certificate). We can't change these people, but we can add the correct information with documentation.
JIm Legacy Technical SUpport -------- Original Message -------- > From: "William Boswell" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Slight OT: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available > > Ron: > > I found some bad information in an online tree at Ancestry for my own direct lines. When I told the person the information was wrong and submitted the correct information, I got a terse response saying she wasn't going to change her information because she was right. I responded back saying she was wrong because I knew these people personally and I also knew this woman was not related. > > More bad family trees go on and on further corrupting our lines. I suspect I have a number of errors in my distant lines, but my direct lines are well researched. > > I agree that we shouldn't be able to change others data. However, we should be able to add a note that stays with this person's data if there are conflicts. I think Ancestry's online trees has this option. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Slight OT: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available > > Gene, > > What you seem to be suggesting is that users should be able to change the > data supplied by other users. Who is expected to say that that so called > "correction" is accurate? > > Personally I would take strong exception to anyone changing my data without > my explicit consent. I know the odd persons who disagrees with some of my > data, but then I disagree with their's. So who is correct? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
