tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post4974511774221135412..comments2024-01-08T18:33:19.296-06:00Comments on Leaves for Trees: I've been chain linkedHeather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07247311735034470203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-26642483722676272922011-05-26T15:42:01.460-05:002011-05-26T15:42:01.460-05:00Jenna, I think you make an excellent differentiati...Jenna, I think you make an excellent differentiation between someone doing family research and a genealogist. I like to think of myself as a genealogist, I try my best to have concrete links. Perhaps your carrot dangling in front of the donkey will bring some of your more "serious" cousins around!Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247311735034470203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-45076082265143715652011-05-25T20:08:35.223-05:002011-05-25T20:08:35.223-05:00Heather, it is upsetting when I hear someone accep...Heather, it is upsetting when I hear someone accepting an online tree as fact. Periodically I have a co-worker say to me "guess what, I traced my family back to the 1700's last night on Ancestry.com". I have learned to just smile and congratulate them. Serious researchers wouldn't do that (I hope) and those that do are just name collectors. I've stopped trying to convert everyone I talk to about family research into a genealogist. I place documents and photos on my online tree to tempt other researchers (if she has this, surely she has more). So far though, my "plan" hasn't worked out but one of these days a cousin who is serious will take the time to email and then they will get ALL the goodies! :)Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-24964091563356990122011-05-20T15:43:20.356-05:002011-05-20T15:43:20.356-05:00I send messages to people I spot on Member Connect...I send messages to people I spot on Member Connect on Ancestry.com all of the time with mixed results. I have found everything from those who don't know how to use the software technology to those who have no idea what the grabbed and have "messed up their tree". I privatized one of my trees on both Ancestry's search engine and on Member Connect because I could see people grabbing information because they found a Flanagan in Ireland. Turns out that each time I message these people, they reply saying that they have no idea where their line originates in Ireland and we just accepting all of the "hints" on Ancestry.com. Those are the people who just want a quick fix of family tree overnight. LOLzelserskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392051499155306765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-87757867848052132482011-05-17T15:31:13.557-05:002011-05-17T15:31:13.557-05:00Agree 100%. I have contacted many people with onli...Agree 100%. I have contacted many people with online trees (and have not even downloaded anything from these trees). A few replied, but most of them did not know much more about the family in question, either because it was a little-researched collateral line or because they had just copied it from someone else. And most of the people I tried to contact did not reply. On Ancestry, I use a slightly different way of writing the locations so that I can identify my information when it is copied onto other trees. The copying started soon after I started the trees and is still going strong. Four of my five trees are public, but the fifth one - where I have invested a lot of original research - is private. They could get a lot of this information from my blog, but that may involve more research than they are interested in doing....Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-37804989130444183772011-05-16T20:50:11.327-05:002011-05-16T20:50:11.327-05:00I agree with the idea of contact. Some of my reque...I agree with the idea of contact. Some of my requests have gone unanswered. I too, try to source all my posts (although sometimes I post a query, which is so labeled). Some of my sources are as weak as hearsay and census records (another type of hearsay?), but at least I give other searchers something.<br />But not everyone cares this much. I think we must just live with the name collectors (who don't seem to care) and to try to help the learners. I think good blogs are one way of providing that help.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551274264418341175noreply@blogger.com