"What makes these people tick" EGO?

[Jayson]

Hi cousin Gaget

Precisely! I was so thrilled that I was able to help you with the Puleston family. 

Jayson

[sue7]

Hi everyone

I would just like to clarify my position on this,  I was on ancestry to make connections, my tree was NOT on it, in fact my tree is in GR,

I don't recall any queries from this person RE my tree, and I would have remembered as I normally make sure there is a connection, so how they came to have it is a mystery to my mentality,

As for being a bit angry about it you bet I was, as I did email the person concerned, and received no reply,   

regards Sue

[Willow 4873]

I'm just glad the Morman church is happy to 'share' their research.
And I'm glad all the dedicated volunteers who transcribe for FreeBMD & FreeCEN don't think other people are 'lifting' their hard sweated work.
I'm also glad the dedicated volunteers who transcribe parish records don't seem to mind if others 'copy' their work.
Every fact we enter into our own files, no matter where we get it from, is someone elses work.  
Even original certificates are someone elses work.
Leonie.

Well said Leonie!

I've got over 9000 names in my tree - mainly because I'm so bloody nosey!. I have to know what happened to the siblings - did they survive? marry? how many children did they have? and I trace all as far as I can. The closer members of my tree I research more thoroughly

My tree is on the net and I dont care if people take the information off it. Its their loss as they missed out on the research which is the bit I enjoy - its one of the reasons I'm a member of Rootschat and do lookups when I have the time

I have contacted several cousins - mainly distant but we keep in touch and help each other. One I found a web site for listing her GGGrandmothers side back to the early 1500's - I was just as excited as she was and the lovely people who own it have helped her out even more

It come down to if we dont share we dont get information back - how else are you going to get through that brick wall?

Willow x

[casram]

Like many here I am more than happy to share and pass on info about anyone on my tree.  I have received an incredible amount of help from others and part of the fun of this hobby is to be able to help others in return. It is even better when like Maggott you find relatives you did not know about. I am teh cousin she found and hearing from her really made my day. I do not always expect to get info in exchange – we all had to start somewhere and why re –invent the wheel. What I do object to is people like the gentleman who demanded I give him all the info I had on HIS family tree and people who can’t be bothered to say thanks or even reply to emails.

Carolyn

[DJFRENCH]

i'm with Leonie and Willow,

i'm happy to share, help and be enquiring and i believe that all the experiences and stories can only enrich our lives 

if i had a site it would be open to all to see


Debz....thank you's do help 

[sleepybarb]

I never mind giving info to 'proven 'relations ,but what worries me is the total strangers I might mail who automatically open their  trees to me on GR.I usually say I only have a limited amount of info there which is true.I did have a look at Tribal pages the other day and theres a tree on there where the ancestor trail goes back to Adam.a bit worrying that.I always try to make sure I reply to those who mail me,it just shows a lack of 'net' manners when you don't.
                          sleepybarb

[Erato]

I´ll share my information with anyone and they don´t have to be "proven relations."  After all, somebody might be researching all the early settlers of Marquette County and not just his own ancestors.  I don´t care if they are "just" name collectors; I don´t care if their own tree goes back to Adam.  As far as I´m concerned, you lose nothing by sharing information and you might gain something.

My tree is not on the internet because I don´t have the time but the principal names of interest are listed below.  Anyone who sees a possible connection can feel free to contact me and I will share what I know.  [Leonie - get those Ennises back to County Down or, alternatively, to Wisconsin].

Erato

[LoneyBones]

Having said all that, I think one must be circumspect about what you put on the web and what you take off the web.
Try a little experiment; Google a name you have been asking about on this or other forums.
What I have on GR I consider to be a work in progress and is subject to change without notice. But then it's only open to those I choose to invite.
On the other hand, I've only ever uploaded one GEDCOM file. This was an extracted file from my extensive Legacy program. I extracted it for two reasons. Firstly because it was going to an open forum and secondly because before and beyond that small family group I had no orriginal source data.
The internet is being created on a minute by minute basis by you and by me. Some of us are experts in our field, while others are speculators, some are even outright frauds. 
Have fun 
Leonie.

[Gadget]

I'm right in the middle of briefing  new found cousins on our common ancestors while still searching for more of them in Oz 

It does get a little repetitive after a while but I'm now in contact with descendants of all  my grt grannie's siblings 

Gadget