Ancestry trees

[jettejjane]

....but then I was also a head louse, a clam, a hamster and some algae to name just a few 

Suey a fellow head louse fantastic. Can I put you on my tree? hubby and I were head lice  I hope we  don't come from same head louse though, thats insestuous!

All this is proving how much we can make info fit if we have a vivid imagination. As Bob said we are back to original post! But what fun.

[Berlin-Bob]

As Bob said we are back to original post! But what fun.

I think you've got it !!! They are doing it all for fun   

[jettejjane]

As Bob said we are back to original post! But what fun.

I think you've got it !!! They are doing it all for fun   

Yes, got it a long time ago   Still bugs me people playing with real people on their trees, especially my ancestors. This reincarnation is fantasy just a laugh. Anyway thats enough of that it's only my opinion that it's wrong. I can get over it.

Jane

[Guy Etchells]

As Bob said we are back to original post! But what fun.

I think you've got it !!! They are doing it all for fun   

Yes, got it a long time ago   Still bugs me people playing with real people on their trees, especially my ancestors. This reincarnation is fantasy just a laugh. Anyway thats enough of that it's only my opinion that it's wrong. I can get over it.

Jane

Yes, fun, has anyone been reincarnated from a common person such as an Ag Lab rather than a king or pope etc.?
Perhaps it is a privilege of the upper classes and what happens if you were a trout and got eaten would you still have been reincarnated.

Just like family history the answers lead to more questions.

In a similar vein when Morphing software first became available I spent hours experimenting with different family photos seeing the effects of morphing the pictures of the two parents (and grandparents etc.) to see if I could generate likenesses of their children.
Again just fun but interesting.

Cheers
Guy

[Clogs]

Talking of Ancestry ... I think that reading all this has cured me of my ailment it is not the site that's at fault. It is simply over enthusiastic gullible (at least I spelt enthusiastic roight) people who do not want to have to admit to our mutual ancestors being illiterate hayseeds. Therefore they mix in a sprinkling of folk who probably had a servant to wipe their bottoms and revel in the accompanying fantasy bless em. Or they rake in a bunch of namesakes pending some unplanned cull when they can be bothered to sort em out. 

[jettejjane]

Talking of Ancestry ... I think that reading all this has cured me of my ailment it is not the site that's at fault. It is simply over enthusiastic gullible (at least I spelt enthusiastic roight) people who do not want to have to admit to our mutual ancestors being illiterate hayseeds. Therefore they mix in a sprinkling of folk who probably had a servant to wipe their bottoms and revel in the accompanying fantasy bless em. Or they rake in a bunch of namesakes pending some unplanned cull when they can be bothered to sort em out. 

Clogs nice to meet you. By Jove you got it!!! I never blamed the site just the people that use and abuse it!! Lots of people are indeed name collectors- look at me I have thousands of names on my tree. The fact that they can't be proved is irrelevant,they just want names. Me I settle for a few dozen that I know 100% are mine. I will not have anyone on my tree unless I can prove they belong.

Jane

[Lisajb]

There used to be a argument with member submitted trees on the LDS website, some of which went all the way back to Adam and Eve. Apparently LDS church members got more points in the religion if they had lots of names in their tree, so if they found a name that vaguely fiitted, it was added, never mind checking for accuracy or anything.

[Treetotal]

But it's a hobby and people take from it what they will....if no harm is being done...what does it matter. As long as you do the research and make sure your tree is accurate and has supporting evidence then what is the problem?
Some people will always take their hobby more seriously than others....and...there are many housebound and lonely people out there and building bushes, trees or forests are what fills their lives.
Just live and let live...you're a long time dead 

Carol

[jettejjane]

There used to be a argument with member submitted trees on the LDS website, some of which went all the way back to Adam and Eve. Apparently LDS church members got more points in the religion if they had lots of names in their tree, so if they found a name that vaguely fiitted, it was added, never mind checking for accuracy or anything.

That says it all Lisa!!! Don't know about you but the fun of research is proving people are yours, not just taking them from other trees! Any fool can do that.