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Am I expecting to much????
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:49 |
Hi All I have just had 2 pages of Hot matches - with excitment I sat down to explore!!!! 95% of them are for Peter Wood (My Hubby, who was born in Essex) but ever single one of these Peter Wood's were born every where else in the world. Am I missing something here? Maybe he needs to change his name LOL Any thoughts! Janey |
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Websterbfc | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:51 |
think yourself lucky i got 5 pages of Living Living lol |
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Catherine from Manchester | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:55 |
i get hot matches sent all the time, i'm a bit puzzled as to how they can think the match is mine sometimes. I have alot of Brown's in my family so you can imagine the ones I get. What gets me though if I have a mary brown in my tree from scotland why do they send me matches of the same name but in london? It's obvious it's not a match.Just common with the name. I get so many I just can;t be botheres to look at them now. |
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Suzanne | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:56 |
LOL Webster. Personally I dont even bother with Hot Matches, tried exploring them a few times and found them a waste of time. Suzanne |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:58 |
I agree catherine, why send them to us! |
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Merry | Report | 24 Feb 2006 15:59 |
They only match the name and year of birth....nothing else...... I have had pages and pages of them that I have looked at since they introduced it. I have never had a match :o(( Merry |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:01 |
Jane Sadly most hot matches aren't even tepid. I have found a connection once or twice, but I have lots of 'matches' because I have a William Gray and a John Matthews in my tree and there are tons of people with those names. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a facility to match the area, so I get lots of people who were born and died in Australia, nothing to do with me. :-( nell |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:02 |
Thanks Merry, that has really cheered me up LOL Janey : 0 ) |
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Heather | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:09 |
Im still on b*****y Ann Unknowns. |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:21 |
LOL Poor you Heather I did have a few Peter unknown's - I just see the point of it all. Thats my Friday afternoon moan over with ; 0 ) |
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Vicky | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:24 |
is it true that adding extra letters to a common name will stop them coming up in hot matches? I'm dreading the Smiths, but don't want to delete them (can't actually, since I've got twigs off them) |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:30 |
LOL Vicky - thats nearly as bad as Wood but I dont know the answer, sorry. Jane |
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Deborah | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:33 |
I get hot matches only they mostly belong to my brother who's doing his tree too!! Deb |
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Helen | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:45 |
I've got 11 pages of them now and I've given up too. What if you are a year out on a 'real' match, I guess Hot Matches will not show it? |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:54 |
I have no clue Helen - just had a thought I am away for 3 weeks in May how many Hot Matches will i come back too if I dont pick my mail up while I am away??? LOL Jane |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 16:58 |
Hi Janey Just to cheer you up i got a hot match in last week with 4 correct names dob and place, so i pm her and yep it was a match her ggranmother and my ggranfather were bro and sis lol direct line what relation she is to me i dont know but that one did work. Steve |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 17:01 |
Ok I promise to look at them in future LOL So what is tonights fun, Steve? Jane |
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Unknown | Report | 24 Feb 2006 17:14 |
Ahh Janey Have google fired up to night for tonight you will be trying to find if you last name has a latin motto ergo from a family crest and if so what does it translate to in english lol Steve with a challenge for you all |
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Heather | Report | 24 Feb 2006 19:57 |
You havent bought into the franchise have you Steve? And this is just a marketing ploy? |