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Ancestry/Genealogy

Algernon Moncrieff

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11. OK - you need to realize this isn't how Ancestry works.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:34 PM

Nov 2021

They are a database repository and link to information sources.

All you need to do is create a tree based on what you know to be true. Document your sources.

If you want to reach out to the owners of other trees and point out the possible error of their ways, feel free -- but don't hold your breath. A lot of people do their tree, lose interest, and quit Ancestry. Others are convinced they are right. Stil others have your family in their tree because you all are 7th cousins (or similar) and they aren't going to put a lot of time/effort/caring into fixing that.

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How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? [View all] bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 OP

I think if you have an account you can do it. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1

I found it too intrusive, and got off it. secondwind Nov 2021 #2

I actually leave some incorrect information on my trees Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #3

I get your point, but facts are facts bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #5

No, they're not. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #13

I have seen a family tree for one wnylib Nov 2021 #14

Absolutely! I especially learned to question... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #15

I am on Ancestry all the time, it is a hobby of mine. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #4

Ugh mahina Nov 2021 #6

You don't correct other people's trees. You make your own. njhoneybadger Nov 2021 #7

I had a family tree done in 1895 or so. I felt an obligation to put it applegrove Nov 2021 #8

Imagine finding your 1895 tree expanded with 3 times the number of people in your families bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #9

Yes. For me I wasn't afraid of mistakes, I can see how aggravating that would be. For me it applegrove Nov 2021 #10

OK - you need to realize this isn't how Ancestry works. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2021 #11

Yes, I'm beginning to realize bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #12

I've actually hired them on and with my finding out stuff they were pretty successful Historic NY Jul 2022 #19

A lot of family trees are completely inaccurate csziggy Apr 2022 #16

If it's a family tree, and you have an account Montauk6 Jul 2022 #17

Lots of people jumble stuff they think is theirs.... Historic NY Jul 2022 #18

True surnames may timms139 Mar 13 #20

The census takers in any given area tended to be the ethnicity of earlier immigrants bucolic_frolic Mar 14 #21