Hot matches on GenesReunited

[mahees]

Hotmatches display your living relations even if you have hidden them. I didn't realise this..... Is this a new thing?

Claire

You can also work out the names of 'hidden relatives' fairly easily by typing in the surname of the oldest relative who has passed away and the location in the 'search trees' section. The tree owner is listed so you can easily see who the living relatives are in the tree. If you ask me, living relatives should be completely omitted from the search.
Erin

[suey]

You take the rough with the smooth and it can lead to some good contacts. At under £10 per annum you cannot complain about the price surely.

You're right...A tenner a year is not bad when you consider a sandwich and a coffee on the ferry from Dover to Calais cost £6.00  

[susan p]

Get a lot of hot matches most not compatible but when I do get them matching its great made a few new friends and found new relies.can`t complain for a tenner.

[Dof]

Remember that it costs nothing to follow up the most likely "Matches", even of 1% of them make a connection then its worth the effort.
I do however agree that at least the birth Country if not County should match

Dof

[polidor]

Just checking, has anyone received less than 5 pages of 'hot matches' from GenesReunited

Yes--me  i only ever get 2--3 pages all connected with just ONE of the names in my tree--most frustrating.

Having said that, i have made a couple of good connections with this surname. Copperwheat, I think there are thousands out there, a lot of them are hiding from me though  poli.

[Abiam2]

How about

Delete Delete as a hot match?

Doesn't even say if it's a he or she!!!!!!! And the last one was born in Egypt!!!!!!! 

Abiam

[Gaie]

Now that you mention it, I used to get sent regular hotmatches but they've stopped sending them to me in the last few months - I feel cheated!

Most of them were completely ridiculous, and it takes forever to check them all just in case.  And most of the contacts I've had from other users have been way out - either 150 years out in birthdate or completely the wrong ends of the countries.

However, unless we all use the standardised format for putting in the place that people were born (and I don't because they usually don't fit properly!) I suppose there's no way of correlating the placenames that we on their system.

And I have made a few great contacts with distant relatives, especially in Australia and New Zealand, and have been able to help them fill in their gaps and e-mail them images of parish records etc.

Yes, five pages sounds about average when they were sending me hotmatches.  And I was so excited the first time I received my first hotmatch e-mail....

Gaie

[elaine447]

You're right...A tenner a year is not bad when you consider a sandwich and a coffee on the ferry from Dover to Calais cost £6.00 

I only got six months for my tenner
and they are only offering me six months again is everybody getting the same deal off
Genes Reunited or do you have to have a special offer or something
Elaine

[littleclaire]

I get six months too.... perhaps they know something we don't....
saying that I am very excited today as my Grandma's cousin's nephew's wife contacted me today through their and it is very exciting when you discover somebody so closely related through GR!
Claire