Genealogy Chat

Angie, I am the same as you, totally confused now. Can some kind person please clear up the following. Is leaving the ALLOW SHOWING next to contact names, withdraw permission to view tree, or is it REMOVE SHOWING next to contact names to withdraw permission to view tree. Help!!!

I also only notice this by accident some weeks ago, it seems to be only when you contact someone when you are searching the names list. I suppose it does make sense to the GC/GR team if you want to allow someone to view your tree you click Allow, then when you want to stop them you click remove. But they are not on the receiving end. I too have had emails about the extra week, are they hoping that will stop the older members leaving that help people and who make this site what it is. I said I had had enought weeks ago, but I still visit just to read the messages now and again. It seems to me that like most people (not naming any names) if you say it often enough and load enough they will believe you, so it ends up my way is right and that is the way it will be regardless of the majority view. Irene

Angie and Elizabeth If Allow is showing then you haven't given permission to view your tree. If Remove is showing you have given permisssion to view your tree. Jenaette x

Thanks to Jenatte and Angie.

Re: Allow and Remove Click on the Allow button to Allow people to see your tree. Click on the Remove button to Prevent people seeing your tree. It is a command button. Think of it like the 'send' button for emails - you click on it send emails, it does not mean that your email has already been sent.

Hope people don't mind, but I think this is very important it should be kept on page one. Everybody who feels the same, please try and keep this on page one so all can read it.

Yet another person who has contacted me and I can view their tree this is the message I have sent to GR Can you tell me why when I email and when some one emails me for the first time from the names board it gives permission to view our trees/or their's, I don't wish anyone to see my tree I haven't given permission so why is it happening. This is a breach of my priviacy. I don't see any notice when I am sending emails that they will be able to view my tree. I hope I hear soon or I will be contacting someone to find out my rights. Lets see if this gets a reply. Irene

This way of allowing access is getting stupid. I just received a message from someone about a person in my tree. I have that person, but only because they married into the family I am researching. I replied giving them all the info I have. I received another message asking to view my tree. I refused, it wouldnt have helped them as I had already given the info. I have also been given access to theirs. Why would I want it? I am not researching the name!!! I have deleted the contact. Margaret

I have just sent a strongly worded mail to them on this subject. I wonder if it will do any good though, because I get the feeling that they don't really care much about what we think. Made me feel a whole lot better though. Cazza

Julie With a tree the size of mine you wouldnt get very far. GR trees are very hard to navigate and when it a very large one as mine is its almost impossible. I think it totally wrong to expect someone to open their tree to you on first contact. Someone asked me today to see my tree, not even a mention as to who they were interested in. I said NO!! At least a name and a couple of contacts to establish a definate connection. The info in my family tree program on my PC is far more extensive than on GR, you cant put all the info on its pathetic. I will always send info to the person if there is a connection, but will not tolerate rudeness when asked to see my tree when they cant even be bothered to tell me who it is they think we are related via. Margaret

I absolutely agree Jeanette Have been off the boards for a while so didn't know about this. Off to send an email now. Christine

Thanks. I hadn't seen it, as I don't come on here as often as I used to. Janet