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Name collectors, why bother?
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Hilary | Report | 28 Apr 2016 16:50 |
Had a name collector copy my tree from here. He now has thousands. If I google my names on my tree his B***** tree comes up. It is'nt even right. |
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supercrutch | Report | 28 Apr 2016 21:12 |
They should be lined up and defrocked in a genealogical way ;-) and have their printed trees burnt at the stake. |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 28 Apr 2016 22:37 |
That's it Sue....You tell em! |
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supercrutch | Report | 28 Apr 2016 22:55 |
I did :-D :-D :-D |
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Linda | Report | 29 Apr 2016 00:09 |
Someone on here asked to see my tree some time and when I looked at his he had married my nan to the man who lived next door to my aunt no relation at all |
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LadyScozz | Report | 29 Apr 2016 05:53 |
We all "meet" relatives when we're researching... and swap info. |
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Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") | Report | 30 Apr 2016 01:46 |
although my tree is a little on the large side |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 30 Apr 2016 05:30 |
Whilst clearly there are these so called name collectors around, and I have come across a few in the years I have been researching, it is very wrong to assume that just because you come across a large tree it must be a work of fiction or simply a collection of copies. |
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supercrutch | Report | 30 Apr 2016 15:11 |
Isn't the whole point of research?...is just that...research... not copying. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 30 Apr 2016 18:15 |
The weirdest one I have come across is that of my father's death - according to a person's tree, my Dad died in Bavaria I think - that was somewhat of a shock as I had thought Dad had died in my home in UK with my younger brother and baby daughter there! :-S |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Apr 2016 18:28 |
:-D :-D :-D |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Apr 2016 18:42 |
A also think that so many daft trees out there are caused by the owner's failure to locate a marriage |
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Annx | Report | 30 Apr 2016 19:12 |
My Aunt married a man with the same surname as her maiden name. I wonder how many have seen that and wrongly assumed I must have made a mistake! |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 30 Apr 2016 19:25 |
A contact did something similar for one of our mutual relatives. She was able to prove that Miss T did indeed marry Mr T. They were cousins! |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 30 Apr 2016 20:38 |
"How many trees have you seen where a wife apparently has the name maiden name as her married one?" |
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Rambling | Report | 30 Apr 2016 23:24 |
What's really annoying me now is that I gave someone 100% accurate info and now see that they have added it to a public site but have added 5 siblings that never existed. |
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Caldervale | Report | 1 May 2016 00:29 |
Those unfortunate Family Historians suffering gross errors provided by the unscrupulous who provide blatant errors have my deepest sympathy. The upset instigated by their actions is utterly deplorable. Surely some form of redress is available. Their removal from the site is one remedy providing the information quoted is proved spurious. That can be difficult to confirm. |
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RockyMountainShy | Report | 1 May 2016 08:10 |
Now Det, just because they were cousins doesn't mean anything! My gr grandparents are cousins as well as husband and wife SO There :-P |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 May 2016 08:54 |
Don't take on so RMS. It wasn't alluding to in-breeding :-D |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 May 2016 09:00 |
Caldervale - people should take other people's trees as guides, not fact. |
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