My complete tree pirated!

[Blue70]

Ancestry is set up to share information. Records and photos are recommended to users by Ancestry because of a possible link. I don't think this is stealing or bad manners. People need to be aware that what they put on Ancestry is available to be used by others. I don't put any photos or anything else that I would be annoyed to see appear on another tree.


Blue

[Malcolm33]

Ancestry is set up to share information. Records and photos are recommended to users by Ancestry because of a possible link. I don't think this is stealing or bad manners. People need to be aware that what they put on Ancestry is available to be used by others. I don't put any photos or anything else that I would be annoyed to see appear on another tree.
Blue

   I have to agree.     It is also a way of remembering our ancestors and honouring them.  Ancient Egyptians believed that as long as a name lived then so did the soul.   That is why some tried to erase names like that of Akhenaten and some of the Queens.   One went as far as disfiguring the mouth of a mummy so that that soul would not be able to speak in the other world.   Remember this  when old photos are restored.    Those who help restore them may well be enlivening those who have passed over with some new energy.

[jennifer c]

I do not put my 25 years research on Ancestry even though I do subscribe. I have just put my name in to their search engine and my family came up, my sister is showing as she has died is shown on a private tree. I have written to the person to see who they are?

Jennifer

[patty38]

I also made my main trees private because people were taking chunks of info and adding them to their tree without checking which resulted in some weird and wonderful trees. I've even taken my skeleton tree off because of this.
However last year I found some info on someone else's public tree which I thought could help me break a dead end so I sent a message explaining who I was and how  I was related to their tree and asked if I could use their info and where it had come from. Maybe it was too much because I never received any reply yet the info is still there.
 I  hasten to add that I have not added any of it to my trees because I can't confirm it, but even if the owner didn't want to share they could have answered my message.
Everyone is different and I don't think there is any easy answer to this problem.

[groom]

However last year I found some info on someone else's public tree which I thought could help me break a dead end so I sent a message explaining who I was and how  I was related to their tree and asked if I could use their info and where it had come from. Maybe it was too much because I never received any reply yet the info is still there.

I've had a similar sort of thing happen. I found information on 4 trees that is definitely wrong and I have all the certificates to prove it. I sent the tree owners a message pointing this out and asking where they got their information from. I offered to share the certificates. I only had a reply from one, who was very grateful and said she had copied her information from another on line tree.  I can only presume that the others have no idea where the information came from and aren't that bothered whether they are correct or not.

[BumbleB]

I don't, and never will, have a tree on Ancestry, and only a very skeletal one on GR.  However, when I see an error on trees where members of my families appear, and have the proof to correct the error, I now just add a Comment to the entry, giving the information and source, instead of contacting the owner.  At least, then, others have a chance to decide for themselves.

[grouse]

I don't, and never will, have a tree on Ancestry, and only a very skeletal one on GR.  However, when I see an error on trees where members of my families appear, and have the proof to correct the error, I now just add a Comment to the entry, giving the information and source, instead of contacting the owner.  At least, then, others have a chance to decide for themselves.

What a brilliant solution. I think I'll be using that idea. Thanks BumbleB

[BumbleB]

Thanks, grouse.  Having tried, and failed, to contact tree owners to point out the possible mistake, I decided that this was the best way forward.   

[Flattybasher9]

Problem is, when it starts to get difficult and expensive, copy and paste are the easy ways out. How many do a tree, then forget it, as it gets boring to sit at 2am trying through 20 potential sources to confirm the existance of 1 distant relation. I had a distant relation contact me through G.R. I sent her information and photographs of her grandfather, mother and grandmother, along with other members of the family. That was it. A thanks, and no further contact. That's life I suppose.

Regards

Malky