Gggrrrrrr!! Private Tree on Ancestry photos copied

[Dave Dee]

...Well, I only realised yesterday that this original topic of mine had resurfaced, and I confess it has taken me quite a while to skim through the posts of the past few days.  It has certainly proved to be an emotive subject (and not a new one, either)!

Dave, I assure you no apology is needed....
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Mrs. T x

Well, Mrs. T, that really is a smashing reply, tinged with good humour, and thanks so much for sharing your thoughts further.  Like you, I'm going to try to lighten up somewhat, even though sometimes it's difficult and things can be trying.  Think you'll agree with me that, for most people, patience is something to be acquired over the years.  The older I become, the more I realise how much I still need to learn about it - and about so many other things, too!  It never stops, does it?

Well, thanks again.  Keep smiling and stay safe and warm.   

All best wishes.

Dave.

[mrs.tenacious]

...Well, I only realised yesterday that this original topic of mine had resurfaced, and I confess it has taken me quite a while to skim through the posts of the past few days.  It has certainly proved to be an emotive subject (and not a new one, either)!

Dave, I assure you no apology is needed....
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Mrs. T x

Well, thanks again.  Keep smiling and stay safe and warm.   

All best wishes.

Dave.

You're welcome - and you too 

Mrs. T x

[Dave Dee]

...Well, I only realised yesterday that this original topic of mine had resurfaced, and I confess it has taken me quite a while to skim through the posts of the past few days.  It has certainly proved to be an emotive subject (and not a new one, either)!

Dave, I assure you no apology is needed....
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...
Mrs. T x

Well, thanks again.  Keep smiling and stay safe and warm.   

All best wishes.

Dave.

You're welcome - and you too 

Mrs. T x

Thanks, Mrs. T.  Over and out.   

[trystan]

This topic continues (Part 2) on:

Gggrrrrrr!! Private Tree on Ancestry photos copied (Part 2)

[Cockneyrebel]

My tree is also private on Ancestry but I rarely put any photos or media on there. I have a premium tree a another site which I use for that purpose.
The Anc tree is fine for research purposes but I don't trust them with anything else especially since some years ago I used their FTM program which synced to the Anc site; their site got hacked and so did my tree which meant I lost people and sources from it and had to do it again! Thence I bought FH and use it's gedcom to upload the basic tree to Anc ONLY periodically.
Some people seem to believe that you don't need a proper ft program to store your tree but you shouldn't rely on Anc or other tree sites ever.
Cr

[genie12]

Noone is going to want to use photos unless they are ancestors or descendants so i dont really see the problem, people have found ones useful to them of mine and visa versa that is what the point of ancestry is so families can build their trees. the minute you put a photo up on ancestry then ancestry owns that photo, and the whole point of ancestry is you can copy other peoples info they have found. I am sure you have got information off others by searching records etc, some of them people have uploaded, this is the whole point of it all!  I think some people look at it wrong they thing my my my my when that descendant actually belongs to more than one person, I would think it would make people happy that they didnt have that photo and now can see what someone looked like. So I have a public tree, my photos i have uploaded are welcome to all, like i said noone is going to even be looking at photos that arnt concerning their family tree they are working on. People that are selfish and do not want to share their photos perhaps should find another avenue to build a family tree.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Hello Genie and welcome to Rootschat.  I hope you find it a helpful and useful site to help you in your family history research (I certainly have).

I agree with some of what you say - once you put photos up on Ancestry, you lose control of who uses them, and what they are used for.  The issues that people have had, though, is seeing photos of their relatives being mis-labelled and attached to completely the wrong person - then shared and multiplied with the wrong information. I don't put photos on there for that reason, but happily share them via email with people who I trust not to misuse them.

I can't agree with this though

.., and the whole point of ancestry is you can copy other peoples info they have found. I am sure you have got information off others by searching records etc, some of them people have uploaded, this is the whole point of it all! 

Cheers
Mike

[msr]

'Noone is going to want to use photos unless they are ancestors or descendants so i dont really see the problem'   'like i said noone is going to even be looking at photos that arnt concerning their family tree they are working on.'  'People that are selfish and do not want to share their photos perhaps should find another avenue to build a family tree.'

Sorry genie12, but I do find both statements wide-sweeping.

1)  It is known from personal experience of some members that not everyone who has copied photos is related in any way.   
2)  Some people do, it is the way the world is.
3)  Anyone using online resources to build a tree should be able to do it in whatever way they wish, without being called selfish.   

The subject comes up many times, in many places, with differing opinions.

Mike seems to have stopped me posting immediately, he got in before me, and I do agree with him on the portion he quoted.

[Maiden Stone]

  I think some people look at it wrong they thing my my my my when that descendant actually belongs to more than one person, I would think it would make people happy that they didnt have that photo and now can see what someone looked like.