Personally I would like to see users of all DCT Family History websites sharing trees and ancestor information, and that includes Findmypast, Genes Reunited and Mocavo,and any other site that we partner with. I don't think there needs to be any barriers because of brand choice. I do strongly stick to my guns on the privacy issue, and I'm not an advocate of "public" personal trees where living people are linked. I think historical trees, like royal family trees, are ok for the public domain.
Regarding dead trees. I didn't agree with the views of some on the Genes Reunited team that we couldn't show elements such as last active date or the like. I think they should have been shown (that is the personal details of the author/owner). I would have liked to have worked on a solution to limit that frustration, but also to try and re-engage the authors back into the community or to help expose elements of their trees so that others could benefit.
I'm sure this issue will become relevant again when we have tree searching and sharing on the FindMyPast tree.
Cheers
Phil
