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Offline MarieC

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Re: Free week at Lost Cousins
« Reply #9 on: Monday 20 August 07 08:30 BST (UK) »
I think the odds will improve as more people join.  It's a matter of scale.  Just for the record, I haven't found any rellies on Rootschat either.  Of three distant cousins, one was found on Genes Reunited, one found me because of my webpage, and one was discovered by pure chance at the dinner table of a mutual friend, during a conversation!

I suspect that GR is probably the best site for finding people, but still think one should put one's names "out there", wherever possible!

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Re: Free week at Lost Cousins
« Reply #10 on: Monday 20 August 07 10:57 BST (UK) »
I've been taking advantage of the free week to add lots of more distant relatives. So far I've added 235 relatives, and have found 3 'lost cousins', only 1 of whom I was already in touch with (via GR). I think the reason not many people are finding any cousins is because most people only enter their direct ancestors. If more people added more distant relatives, there would be more 'hits'. Of course, the 'cousins' would be fairly distant ones, but they would still be researching the same ancestors. I do agree, it's a lot of work, for not much reward, but I just wanted to show that it is possible to find 'lost cousins'.
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Re: Free week at Lost Cousins
« Reply #11 on: Monday 20 August 07 11:03 BST (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat, klewis!  I hope you have a happy and fruitful time here, and that you find lots of help and are able to help others - that's how this site works!

And thanks for making a very good point.  I agree, it's important to enter rellies other than direct ancestors.  Really pleased that this has brought success to you!  The practice hasn't brought me any success yet, but I continue to live in hope!

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Re: Free week at Lost Cousins
« Reply #12 on: Friday 31 August 07 12:55 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Ruskie on Monday 20 August 07 01:15 BST (UK)
I do like the concept of this site. It is easy to use, though time consuming to enter everyone on your tree, and they do (thoughtfully) use the (free) 1881 census as their census of choice, but I do wonder what the odds are of finding a match. It has an American bias too.

I'm not sure why you think the Lost Cousins site has an American bias? It started years ago with the England & Wales census, and the US census was added only recently.

Pete

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