Ancestry tree rubbish

[CarolA3]

There are probably about 3 places called "Springfield" or "Springfields" in the majority of US states. I think it is the US equivalent of "Newton" / "Newtown".

Right, so when American users of Ancestry try to enter 'Springfield' as a location, which state does Ancestry decide is correct?  Do Americans have the same issue with Ancestry overriding their choices?

(Btw, I believe the makers of The Simpsons picked Springfield to represent 'Anytown USA' precisely because there are so many, so no state could take offence.)

I have been confused by 1 county having at least 2 places with the same name. Suffolk has 2 Clopton's. One in West Suffolk and one near Woodbridge. It has 2 Hopton's as well. One near Thetford and one near Gorleston.

There's been at least one case of an emergency ambulance being sent to the wrong village, despite being given the right postcode.  Two places, one name, two counties, ambulance control in a third.

Carol

[familydar]

How about California in Falkirk, Ireland in Bedfordshire and Wales in Yorkshire?

Jane :-)

[CarolA3]

How about Jericho and Mesopotamia in Oxford

Just remembered - I worked in England when Saddam was about to be deposed.  A colleague (not American!) asked about my planned holiday in Crete.  Yes, same place, loved it last year.  She was surprised because she'd heard on the news that thousands of Iraqis were heading there so it might be dangerous.  Considering the geography, I thought that was unlikely but thanked her and promised to speak to my travel agent.

Heard the news later - thousands of Iraqis were 'fleeing Tikrit' where Saddam was trying to hide.  They were not 'fleeing to Crete'.

Carol

[pharmaT]

How about California in Falkirk, Ireland in Bedfordshire and Wales in Yorkshire?

Jane :-)

Moscow in Ayrshire

[macwil]

Nineveh

There are two in North Worcestershire, 1 nr Bayton, 2nd between Tenbury and Bromyard. There was a third in/nr W. Bromwich now part of Birmingham, only remains are Nineveh Road.

[coombs]

If John Hurt took his family myth as gospel and put that his 2xgreat grandad was the Marquis of Sligo in his tree and it was uploaded to Ancestry, I am sure it would be copied. He was quite hurt, no pun intended, to find his ancestor Walter Lord Browne was a storyteller, and the Irish ancestry link to the Marquis of Sligo is a myth. John always felt Irish, and seemed proud of his alleged Irish ancestry until his lovely thesis was blown apart by brutal facts.

John's ancestry is mainly Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire with some Surrey and London. No known Irish ancestry has been found.

[AngelFish]

New York in Lincolnshire

[Finley 1]

If John Hurt took his family myth as gospel and put that his 2xgreat grandad was the Marquis of Sligo in his tree and it was uploaded to Ancestry, I am sure it would be copied. He was quite hurt, no pun intended, to find his ancestor Walter Lord Browne was a storyteller, and the Irish ancestry link to the Marquis of Sligo is a myth. John always felt Irish, and seemed proud of his alleged Irish ancestry until his lovely thesis was blown apart by brutal facts.

John's ancestry is mainly Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire with some Surrey and London. No known Irish ancestry has been found.

I remember Jeremy Irons.. his feeling was he had Irish Roots...  did they eventually find a tentative link...

xin

[coombs]

I think they found he had an Irish born great, great great grandmother. McReight her name was. I think he had an ancestor Henry Sharpe born in 1870 in Ireland but outside the McReight line, about 3 quarters of Henry Sharpe's ancestry was English.