General Chat

Sorry, I had not finished my reply! I was saying that Chris has never requested payment in any way. With each Australian state having their own rules relating to privacy, it is difficult to trace people who have moved out of a known area. We are lucky in New South Wales to have our BDM indexes online - but only to a limited extent. Births only go up to 1905 - yes, 101 years ago! Marriages have recently changed from up to 1945 to 1974, and the same for Deaths - but the added ones do not show the area that the person died! If you compare the size of, say, England, to the size of New South Wales, you will realise what a large area it covers. Any help therefore, is appreciated. As I said at the beginning of my first reply, this is probably not the right site for his list, but he was only trying to help people find the last resting place of some of their ancestors. The majority, probably 99% of my hot matches, are not connections, but the 1% make looking worthwhile! Carol in Oz

I think you are being rather harsh on Chris! I agree this is not the best site for what he was doing, but believe he was doing it from a purely altruistic and helpful point of view. I admit it took a couple of emails befroe I fully realised what was going on, but once I knew he was listing a death index for a part of Western Australia, it made sense. I was lucky enough to have him list my great-grandfather's brother-in-law - a name familiar to me, and unusual. This person was born in England and travelled to Victoria, Australia in the mid 1850s, but I had found nothing more on him. To find him and his wife on Chris' list buried in Western Australia (2,500 miles away) came as a surprise. Within days of my request, he had put up 3 photographs of the tomstone - and there has never been any req

I fail to see what you lot are moaning about. Chris Hewison has spent ages taking pictures of the headstones in Karrakata (Perth, Western Australia) Cemetery. He has very kindly sent me photographs of the headstones of some of my distant Aussie cousins. Perhaps, if you ask him nicely, he will do the same for you. Peter Gainsborough

MESSAGE FROM CHRIS>>>> (The guy who added all death entries) He has messaged me to say that he has now deleted all death entries and is putting them in a thread of his own, as I suggested to him. This will enable people to click into his thread and search for their ancestral grave. This does not mean that other people can be helped when they are looking for a death entry for Australia... it means that when people are searching for contacts in familes for their trees, the lists are not clogged up with numerous death entries. Anne:)))

Hi, ONLY MEANT GOOD AND HELPED ME. You may all think he's a pain in the A*se BUT i contacted him because he had the death of someone I had been trying to find for 4 years!! I knew they had emigrated to Australia but didn't know when or where. It turns out this person has either already photographed the graves of these people OR is willing to photograph the graves. So, I now have the photo of the burial place of my Great Aunt and her husband, their son and his wife. Also he gave me the name of a site on the internet where I found more details of their deaths. He truly did me the biggest favour and obviously didn't mean any harm - So please do not be so harsh. I understand they have deleted all their names now, so no one else will be helped as I was! Maureen

Due to pressure put on me I have DELELETED my names on Genesreunited and I will NOT list 200,000 names IN 2 WEEK on this site again BECAUSE of all the bad reports Sorry for my MISTAKE and the trouble I have caused. Details can me found on the Genesreunited General Topics under DEATH ENTRIES Dead Index WA Chris

I have just received a message from a lady who has had a reply same as me from GR TEAM. She has come up with ... ''If we all added databases to GR matches, then where would the site be?'' PROBABLY IN CHAOS!! But that is just what this fella has done... and they say he is not contravening the rules... so there you go folks... you can add anything as long as it's a dead person, wether it belongs to you or not!! WHAT DO YOU THINK GR TEAM????? Anne:)))

What have you come up with Joy? Have you found anything that the Team didn't? Anne:)))

I shall study the terms and conditions

UPDATED>>>> Reply from Genes Team.... Apparently they have investigated this person adding death entries and they say he is not contravening the terms and conditions..... I for one will not be answering any of his death entries he adds to genes.... I am very disappointed in this result!! Anne .

Any more news on the dim - death index man ?

Thanks Linda... was just coming on to find out where I'd left it ..lol... Anne :)))

LOL meercat you mean to say that ALL GR members are related, NOW theres a story, love it, can't wait for the movie to come out! If this chris is doing a nice thing, then good for him, however, it appears from other members that yet another dodgy peep has been doing the rounds. hay ho, Annie in Spain

Annie, You sucker!! Welcome to the club that I believe has a big membership!! I had the same reply from Chris back in January. The message I sent asking whether he actually had a link with any name, has gone unanswered. Interestingly, I couldn't find him when I did a name search. I thought this could be because he was a she and registered under her maiden name, but from information form other members, I think it is a male. Jacky :-) PS Not had one Australian match siince I emailed him!

Hiya Not been on line for a while, but just read the thread. I had the very same message from him months ago and thought 'ahhhhh, what a lovely person to do such a lovely thing '!!!!!!! I have 'sucker' written on my forehead don't I???? Come on don't be shy, say it :-) ))))LOL Annie in Spain xxx

Sandra... I think because he is just copying anyones deaths and putting them on his tree, if you have that name he adds in your tree, you are bound to get him clogging up the works in your tree matches... I know its a pain in the rear, but hang loose cos GR Management are now looking into it and it will be sorted i am sure. Anne :)))

I've got some now!!!!!!!!

nudge

FOR ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THIS MAN.... and sending privately your e.mail address... please think very carefully before you do... the only message he sends to anyone is the one that has been attached to this thread... Anne .

i agree Christopher, sort it out and behave!!! GR PLEASE SORT! xx