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Why doesn't this work.

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2024 00:55

Some of my "matches" didn't even have the same name, or birth year, or place of birth ............ and once not even any of the 3!

I haven't looked at them for many years as a consequence!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 13 Jan 2024 16:21

I haven't bothered looking at supposed matches for many years.

They're just people who happen to have the same name, and were born in the same year, as the person in your tree.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Annx

Annx Report 13 Jan 2024 13:42

Thank you for that Maggie. I had thought they'd just stopped showing them when I tried a while ago. Now that's the afternoon gone with me looking at them all! :-D :-D

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

JustGinnie

JustGinnie Report 13 Jan 2024 12:24

Just tried my tree which I haven't looked at in a while. When I opened my tree It opened in a new tab and I clicked on the contacts and then the view button then I went back to the 1st tab and the list is there. I am on a laptop using chrome.

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 13 Jan 2024 09:55

I sometimes get this, and suspect that the supposed match has changed their tree.

Researching:
Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Jan 2024 00:28

I haven't looked at my tree o here for a few years, however, it seems if you:

Click on name then on 'Genes Reunited' tab at the top, it will give you the names of others with this person in your tree.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 12 Jan 2024 22:36

When I click on someone in my tree and apparently have a given number of matches but it doesn't actually come up with any, what am I doing wrong please.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.