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Offline Ringrose

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Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« on: Friday 17 April 09 17:52 BST (UK) »
I am not sure whether this is the right board BUT someone has put my tree on Ancestry.About a month ago someone got in touch with me regarding my grandmothers sister. After quite a few e-mails I decided to send him some BMDs and other bits. Much to my surprise he has used my research which costs time and money and put it on Ancestry.I am so annoyed because I would have put it on myself if I had wanted to.
Is there any way this can be removed?I imagine Iam not the on ly one this has happened to. I think I could have been asked first .I have my reasons for my research not to go on Ancestry--its even on a public site so unlike Genes anyone can see it. What a shame people take things for granted --half the fun is getting in touch with people and sharing info privately and iusually I am lucky.
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 April 09 18:28 BST (UK) »
Hi Ringrose....

If this person had cut and pasted your tree complete with notes and extra detail then that might be poor ettiquette....but if they have have built a tree themselves from information they have found (even if they found that info from contacting you) then some might say that it becomes their tree... 

Personally, I would want to verify all the births and marriages etc myself before adding them to my tree in case the person who told me about them had made a mistake...but not everyone is as thorough as me..

If they have included info of you and your living relatives that is VERY poor ettiquette and both Ancestry and Genes ask people not to do it. 
 
Sorry - but once the info is in the other person's head then there is not much you can do to control what they do with it.


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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 April 09 18:45 BST (UK) »
I personally have always asked if i could use information "gleaned" off other peoples tree's but too be honest if the information is "given" to me by someone else then i would consider it to be usable in my tree unless asked not too (which has happened) .
I would not use personal stories etc. on a public tree though unless it was written or researched by me.
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 April 09 19:41 BST (UK) »
Yes I agree with what you have said. I think I was just shocked and perhaps I am too generous with the information I give. Perhaps I have learnt a lesson
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 April 09 20:29 BST (UK) »
Just consider it good karma...... what goes around comes around....maybe you'll be contacted by a distant relative with lots of family photos and letters as a result of this ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #5 on: Friday 17 April 09 20:40 BST (UK) »
If I give anyone information I ask them not to put it up on Ancestry or Genes or any other online sites.

Mainly because of all the junk trees and rubbish connections on there.  This means I do not have many online contacts, but as I want to prove EVERY link myself then that is fine for me.

Others love putting their trees online. Fair enough.  But if they have definitely put YOUR data online in an unsourced way, (as is most of the rubbish on Ancestry), then you should ask the person to remove it, and then ask Ancestry.

BUT if you did not tell the person NOT to put data from you online, I think you have a much weaker case.
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #6 on: Friday 17 April 09 21:27 BST (UK) »
I was once contacted  by a lady on GR who was in high dudgeon and wanted to know who had given me information about a certain relative of hers because she had been researching for years and it had taken her a lot of time and money to get the information.

She soon shut up when I proved I had done the research myself and was happy to give her access to my tree with loads more information than she had, and I didn't want anything for it.

As was previously said here, what goes around, comes around.  Anyone can have my information if they ask me.  Genealogy is mainly about the thrill of the chase for me and once I have the information, I'm happy to give it away.
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #7 on: Friday 17 April 09 21:37 BST (UK) »

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As was previously said here, what goes around, comes around.  Anyone can have my information if they ask me.  Genealogy is mainly about the thrill of the chase for me and once I have the information, I'm happy to give it away.

me too :)
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Re: Someone has put my tree on Ancestry
« Reply #8 on: Friday 17 April 09 22:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Ringrose,
I don't have my tree on Genes or Ancestry either and I had a similar experience with a contact who put her tree which included a large amount of research I had given her, on to genes :(
Luckily she is a really nice person and I was able to explain my reasons and she removed it.

I am always happy to help others with research etc but I pass on my own research with caution now and I always explain my reservations about the info going online.

I am so sorry you have had a bad experience. Perhaps you could try and approach the person concerned as they may be quite understanding :-\ Worth a go :)

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