I have become adicted to Ancestry.com and am lucky enough that one side of my family can be researched way back into the dim times.
The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.
How is everyone else going?
The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.
How is everyone else going?
It's a worry isn't Gil :^O
Look out you might have them too... hehehehe!
Look out you might have them too... hehehehe!
Does anyone know how the Ancestry Family Tree source citations work?
I'm stealing info off someone else's tree, and it quotes a source citation, but when you click on it, it just says "Ancestry Family Tree" as if that's proof that the person existed?
Some of them have the wrong spouse/parents/siblings though, so how can the information be trusted? I know I need to research it myself, and I will, but I dont know how people can get it so wrong.
I have found 1 person in someones tree, born in 1594, but they have her parents born in the 1700's and kids born in the 1800's and her spouse is incorrect according to other sources I have found on the web. Yet apparently there is a source citation for her. Oh and they have her death as 1884, kind of impossible unless she is a vampire ๐
I'm stealing info off someone else's tree, and it quotes a source citation, but when you click on it, it just says "Ancestry Family Tree" as if that's proof that the person existed?
Some of them have the wrong spouse/parents/siblings though, so how can the information be trusted? I know I need to research it myself, and I will, but I dont know how people can get it so wrong.
I have found 1 person in someones tree, born in 1594, but they have her parents born in the 1700's and kids born in the 1800's and her spouse is incorrect according to other sources I have found on the web. Yet apparently there is a source citation for her. Oh and they have her death as 1884, kind of impossible unless she is a vampire ๐
So there's no real source to back it up then, you just have to hope the first person did the correct research.
Lucky I've been double checking everything. I do scratch my head at some of the obvious mistakes people are making. its kind of hard, when you're new to it, to remember to stop and read all the information before you copy it.
I always have a giggle when people attach census results, but have the same person living in 3 different counties in the same year.
Lucky I've been double checking everything. I do scratch my head at some of the obvious mistakes people are making. its kind of hard, when you're new to it, to remember to stop and read all the information before you copy it.
I always have a giggle when people attach census results, but have the same person living in 3 different counties in the same year.
Is it pretty safe to assume websites like this one http://genes.themalefamily.net/individual.php?pid=KG0001&ged=male_marshall.ged are fairly accurate?
Hahahaa oh dear punch drunk... you can blame a lot of it on the Americans who really have little idea of what they are doing... Sorry all... BUT
If they would just check their dates and realise that parents are born BEFORE the children it would help.
It's why I take a lot of it with a pinch of salt punchy... I have a fantastic tree, but I am very aware that just one wrong person and it could all all down like a pack of cards.
I trust the census records but not all of the Millenium stuff, still I put it in just in case.
It really is a matter of you doing your own research and home work and then use a lot of logic as well...
I try not to change anything without research of my own through Google and I'm always thankful when I find them in Wikipedia as I feel that is somewhat reliable.
Just remember if you end up with Royalty or Barons and Earls that the Americans are crazy for Royal blood and they will sometimes change things to attach to their own trees.
I believe a lot of them are trying to see if they are connected to Catherine Middleton at present. :^O
Phew! Still, generally speaking just go with the flow and keep an alert eye and a logical mind as you are doing and you will find your way throug the maze ๐
If they would just check their dates and realise that parents are born BEFORE the children it would help.
It's why I take a lot of it with a pinch of salt punchy... I have a fantastic tree, but I am very aware that just one wrong person and it could all all down like a pack of cards.
I trust the census records but not all of the Millenium stuff, still I put it in just in case.
It really is a matter of you doing your own research and home work and then use a lot of logic as well...
I try not to change anything without research of my own through Google and I'm always thankful when I find them in Wikipedia as I feel that is somewhat reliable.
Just remember if you end up with Royalty or Barons and Earls that the Americans are crazy for Royal blood and they will sometimes change things to attach to their own trees.
I believe a lot of them are trying to see if they are connected to Catherine Middleton at present. :^O
Phew! Still, generally speaking just go with the flow and keep an alert eye and a logical mind as you are doing and you will find your way throug the maze ๐
Yaaaayyy, love it when I get a new piece of the puzzle ๐
