Genealogy Chat

Looks like deactivated your account works and I can't see my tree anymore.

The cheek of ancestry.

Nicola

Mundia was apparently started up in late 2009 ............ but I only found out about it in march this year.

At that time, I had trouble registering with the site ............ I got into one of those loops that is never ending!

I was reminded of it when I saw the question on ancestry on fb last night.


Like most everyone that I know, my tree has been private on ancestry for quite a few years, certainly predating late 2009.


so I am annoyed that instructions to keep my tree private were seemingly ignored!



I double checked on mundia last night, using another email account that I have, and it does seem to be inaccessible now.



sylvia

Hi

Am sure its been around longer than 6 months, am sure its a year or maybe longer ago when it started. (maybe wrong, is possible it was another site linked with Ancestry) I had a tree on Ancestry and after reading about the site I then went on to deleted my tree as i found that even though my tree was private you could see it as if it was public on that site.

Sylvia

Thanks for that information re Mundia, i hope my private tree is not on there, but i shall also deactivate my account, just in case it is.

I agree with what has been said the members should have been told that a private tree will show on mundia, not very good is it.

George

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I tested it out by opening a new account using my work email address and there was my supposedly private tree open to anyone to search. I've now deactivated the account.
The cheek of companies like Ancestry who assume that we'll just go along with what they want is unbelievable.

I de-activated my account/tree etc on Mundia months ago when this first was brought to our attention. I have just been back to check and it is still de-activated and so my tree remains Private on Ancestry main site only

I can't believe that if you tree is private on one site why it should show up on a sister site.

I'm about to do the same and try to deactivate my account.

So annoying.

I've just gone back to this site, as a result of a question being asked on ancestry wall on fb re tree information appearing on someone else's tree when the person thought her tree on ancestry was private


This time, I managed to sign in and see my tree.


It is there in its entirety, even though my tree on ancestry has been private for a couple of year s........ ie, pre-dating when mundia was apparently set up.



Not a happy bunny!




ADDED:- ........ I have gone into My Account on Mundia, and deactivated it, making my profile not searchable, and my trees hidden.



I hope that works!!




sylvia

Thank you very much Sylvia
I will have a look.
Regards Sandra

the name of a new site started by ancestry about 5 or 6 months ago


it's free, but they have copied all Public Family Trees from ancestry over to mundia


just go to the web site mentioned in the first post to have a look



sylvia

Please tell what is Mundia?
Regards
Sandra

You are absolutely right, Marion, it wasn't well publicised.

However, your do to have to make a conscious decision to register onto Mundia, so it isn't as though Ancestry have done it for you behind your back. I think the problem is more a case that people didn't fully appreciate what Mundia was about especially about as it provides not just you, but potentially others too, a portal into your Ancestry tree.

As a matter of courtesy it would have been nice if Ancestry had taken the trouble to advise their PAYING members that this was going to happen & given them the option of removing their tree.
Marion

Having done a bit more digging, it would appear that my comment about there only being one tree is correct. Nothing has been copied, Mundia being alternative means of access.

This is the relevant para from Mundia:-

"If I make a change to my family tree on Mundia, will it also change my family tree on the Ancestry Websites?

Your family tree on Mundia is the same family tree you use on the Ancestry Websites. Any changes you make to your tree on Mundia will be reflected on the Ancestry Websites, and vice versa."

May I suggest that people read the Frequently asked questions on the Mundia site particularly the section headed "Who can edit my family tree".

http://www.mundia.com/gb/FAQ

ok looks like we may have to sing up to this sit and check how trees
serpos if you are a free member its not to bad but not share i like this being a full paying member

but i still dont see the diffence from a paying member to a free member
and even if this site is apart of ancestry still dont seem right that thay can move how trees

I signed up to this about a year ago, but have rarely logged in.

Just tried it now and it seems that it is little more than an alternative way of accessing your Ancestry Tree and ancestry Messages.

I don't believe any data has actually been copied, you only have the one tree, which also explains why if you delete or change it it from one site, it also deletes / changes from the other. I am due to upload a new tree to Ancestry soon, so I can test if this is true then.

However, it is worth checking that any access restrictions are the same on both sites, just in case.

yes, it seems to have been around for about 5 or 6 months.


I can sign in using my ancestry name and password ........ but then I can't do anything else!



sylvia

There was a thread about this on here sometime last year. They moved the private trees onto Mundia as well, they were still kept private (so they said) but having a suspicious nature I wasn't taking a chance and removed my tree, mainly because it was done without us being told

Bee

if your tree is public on ancestry, it seems that it will have been moved to Mundia



If you delete your tree from Mundia, it seems that will ALSO delete it from ancestry




The only thing you could do would be to go to ancestry and change your tree to Private ...............



You should go to ancestry and ask whether they will remove it from Mundia because you are not happy

.......... but the way I read it is

............... they have done it, and they can do it whether we like it or not.



sylvia