Genealogy Chat

hi angela my mum had the same problem, like yourself she was very angry and upset. i mailed the person responsible who promtly closed his tree to my mum and removed details all apart from one ( my grandfather ) who had no connection to him and anyway whatsoever.

It is always difficult to know what to do. I have shared lots of info with other members who in turn have shared their information with me. I start with giving them a typed page of just the family they are interested in and do not give them all the info or access to my tree until I know they are genuine. I think if we both gain a bit of info from each other that is fare. Good Luck Irene

The only living person that I have on my tree is myself. I haven't put my children or husband on. Maybe I am just being an old sourpuss.

Hi Angela Same thing happened to me. I have no problem with people having any info they like from my tree on the side of the family they belong to, but it does seem strange that they want my 4x grandparents who are not related to them in any way. Made me feel strange seeing my name appear in the new names too. I don't keep any living peole on my tree here other than myself, so I decided if their hobby is collecting names, I didn't mind too much! Heather

It seems to have happened for the third time in as many weeks!!! I gave access to my tree to a member who was related to me on my mother's side of the family. When I looked at my 'new names' yesterday, all my rellies were on there, including myself. This included all the rellies from my father's side who are not really connected to this person at all. Am I being hypersensitive about this? Am I not doing this right? If I get access to another member's tree then I am only really interested in the information that is relevant to furthering my own research and which tells me how we are connecteld. I wouldn't dream of hijacking any other part of their tree. I then had a message today from a member who I had some contact with a while ago as we are related on my father's side. He had had a message from this person telling him that I could give him information on someone who was of the same surname as one of my ancestors but who meant nothing to me at all!!! I was not impressed! I feel as if I have been taken over. Isn't there some etiquette involved here or am I just being a miserable old bat?