Genealogy Chat

Thank you Dea....I have sent you a pm. (another one coming in a minute!) Merry

Ann,---- With 55,750 rellies on his/she tree they must be related to us all. He/she has spent all that money in births, marriage and death certificates we'll save a fortune.In postage as well for us in OZ Sheila

Sheila Gosh, yes, I hadn't thought of it like that! So, for information about my measly 400 proven rellies, I am going to get, in exchange, 55,750 BCs, 55,750 death certs and untold marriage certs....hmm, that's quite a bargain... What was his name again??? OC

O C ---I do not think he would be game to tell us, for one thing his computer would crash with all the added info... on second thoughts a good outcome Sheila

Hear hear, Ann! I'm not bragging, but I have been researching my tree for nearly 40 years. Inevitably, I have FAR more information on my relatives than has any contact I have ever come across either on here or anywhere else. Like Ann, I have Wills, Marriage Settlements, removal, settlement and bastardy orders, letters, land agreements and transfers, maps, letters and so on - all these cost money and a lot of searching which I DIDN'T do on my computer, I got on a bus or a train and did it. I have also amassed thousands of records related to my family name, but these people are not my direct, or even indirect relatives. I often spot a message which relates to one of these people and I email the person concerned offering them the information - which often consists of certificates etc. I am a member of GR not in order to spread my tree willy nilly around the internet with anyone who fancies a share, but (originally) in the hope of matching with someone who really DOES belong on my tree and who has done some serious research of their own. I quickly realised that GR is not that place. I remain a member for the absolutely priceless and invaluable help I get from the other members. It is fairly easy to tell who takes their research as seriously as I do and I would be more than happy to be related to any of them! I avoid like the plague those who have constructed a tree entirely from the internet/other people's trees and those who cannot/will not buy as much as one cert. Before anyone jumps on and pleads poverty - yes, I know money is tight for some people, but that will not make your tree accurate! So - its MY tree, MY hard work, MY money - and I will please myself who I share it with. Those who do not like this attitude will just have to do their OWN research. OC

Quite right Ann, I will also 'share' in my own way. I have given help and information to MANY people, expecting nothing in return, but they have to have some conection to the information which I am willing to share. I wil not just open my whole tree to anyone who wants to 'collect names' Dea x

I have only been on Genes since March and as O C has pointed out,it's our tree to do what we like, but I see no point in getting 55,000?? on your tree the cost would be prohibitive, When living overseas it is even more so. So you must be on the mark with every certificate you apply for,, i find my 100+ enough to cope wilth sheila

I am not 100% sure but the 50000+ names, person, I am sure I saw on a message board elsewhere about 1 year ago. They were bragging how they had started their son-in-law's tree and in 3 months had amassed 25000 names. I made a comment and strangely enough I was barred from that message board......... Thank God

I have an unresolved dispute with another website where someone has entered my Family Tree under their name. I emailed them to ask how they were related to my Mother and Daughter, and have not received any reply. I have asked the Webmaster to have that tree deleted, but also with no luck. However, I have happily shared all my research with a 6th cousin in Australia, and relevant parts to others who have proved a link. I know that I have a lot of certificates yet to buy in order to prove my almost 10,000 blood relations, and any information I receive is noted as unchecked, or unproven. As with any Detective work, which this is, you note the clues. If someone tells me that ggggf was born in Bubbleswick, had a wooden leg and drank Guinness, down it goes until proved wrong. You can always keep a separate tree of Proven Relatives, but I thought the idea of this Site was to promote research, not just to display our Trees.