Anyone checked the Lifestory feature on Anc?

[g eli]

Having read these stories I went to check my G Uncle William, I had noticed when searching he was born in Ecuador, which he wasn't. On looking at his life story he was born in Canar, Ecuador, rather than Canal St Derby. At least now I have found out how to edit  life stories which I couldn't do before,
Liz

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I have just looked at some more of the ancestors - these suggestions of what they might have seen and done are really quite bizarre! What on earth is the point?

[andrewalston]

The main problem with "Life Story" is that it doesn't deal with real addresses.

Missing out the country from an event WILL result in mis-location, usually to somewhere in the USA.

However street addresses confuse it no end. Putting a comma after the house number causes their system to move the place to somewhere random in the US, ignoring all the text in the address. Thus,
"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America" points at the official residence of US presidents, while
"1600, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America" points at some obscure place at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

[melba_schmelba]

The main problem with "Life Story" is that it doesn't deal with real addresses.

Missing out the country from an event WILL result in mis-location, usually to somewhere in the USA.

However street addresses confuse it no end. Putting a comma after the house number causes their system to move the place to somewhere random in the US, ignoring all the text in the address. Thus,
"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America" points at the official residence of US presidents, while
"1600, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America" points at some obscure place at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

So it is basically useless .

[Maiden Stone]

  I have just looked at some more of the ancestors - these suggestions of what they might have seen and done are really quite bizarre! What on earth is the point?

I'm reminded that it suggested one of my grandmas might have been a suffragette. She was too busy with her baby production-line, running a household and being a farmer's wife to spare for outside interests. The Life Story also resurrected the first wife who had the same forename. They were born the same year.  First wife was definitely not doing any of the things suggested as she was deceased at the time and remained deceased ever after. 

[andrewalston]

First wife was definitely not doing any of the things suggested as she was deceased at the time and remained deceased ever after. 

That won't stop Ancestry suggesting that she is the mother of a dozen children born more than a century later, while using a completely different name!

[Nanna52]

I found a few ancestors had lived their life in Australia, but then popped over to Jamaica to be buried.  Son suggested if I wanted to visit their graves I wait until Australia plays cricket there and he would accompany me.