Why Do People Pay For An Ancestry DNA Test But Fail To Respond To Messages ?

[DavidG02]

I know Ancestry are the most popular and therefore the most likely to find the most/best matches, but their popularity surprises me due to the above, due to the fact that they do not have a chromosome browser, nor do they allow uploads of raw data from other companies whereas others allow uploads from Ancestry, which doesn't seem quite fair. 

They may offer a "better" test. I don't know .... 

Thats 99% why I am testing with Ancestry ( at some time in the future) the amount of matches and possibilities of deeper connections and links

The other 1% is to have a ''full suite'' of companies. I originally tested with ftDNA and have crossed to gedmatch and MyHeritage. As you point out Ancestry dont offer these options.

If they did I would download my ftDNA files and subscribe. So from a marketing view it seems odd they dont do it and bank on the subscription services

[Ruskie]

I am interested in testing with Ancestry too as I am curious to see what new matches it will give me (but will only do so when they have a 'very' special offer).

I too tested with ftDNA (FamilyFinder) and uploaded to gedmatch and MyHeritage. 

[Craclyn]

My first test in 2011 was with FTDNA. I tested with AncestryDNA and 23andme in 2015 and with LivingDNA in 2017. I have also uploaded to MyHeritage and gedmatch. The company where I have had most success in identifying matches is Ancestry. I don’t worry too much about contacting people. If you build a tree and include collateral lines then a lot of the connections are easy to follow up if you are willing to subscribe. This means that you can expend your energy on making contact with those matches that do not drop naturally into place and trying to figure out where and why they fit in. Great if they answer. If they don’t then there is still a lot that you can do to figure out the connection.

[melba_schmelba]

I think that some people receive the message from the Ancestry system in their e-mail Inbox but don't understand that they need to log-in to Ancestry and reply from there.

Instead they hit 'reply' from the e-mail programme and their reply disappears into the ether.

I meant to reply to this before. Not sure why I had never thought of this before but you are absolutely right ! I had a look at one of the emails and absolutely nowhere on the message does it say not to reply through email! I bet a huge number of messages are lost this way, 50%? Possibly! I think we all need to complain about this so they put a clear message right at the top of these messages copied to email that you have to go to your ancestry account to reply.

[brigidmac]

I've accidentally sent messages to the person whose tree matches instead of the person who manages the trees ...will they still get them
I should know answer because I manage 2 other trees .
Have had quick responses recently .
Contacted someone with a private tree but a couple of public pictures .

[Craclyn]

I've accidentally sent messages to the person whose tree matches instead of the person who manages the trees ...will they still get them

Not sure if I am understanding your question correctly, but if you used the contact button on the DNA page the message will go to the person who manages the kit.

[BushInn1746]

I just get so frustrated when it seems like every new match I'm informed of has no tree.

Hello Jill and All

Some have the misconception that a DNA Test will somehow link them to a ready made Tree - No research and job done they think.

Trees seen, have fairly simple errors during the Census & Civil Certificate period and the wrong ancestor.

Therefore, I don't think many will have the faintest idea, when you discuss what you have researched and ask a question.

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Jill, regarding Bathsheba and your Family, have you looked for any Jewish records and where they might be?

Quakers and Jews were both granted their own system of record keeping, long before Civil Registration.

Mark

[jillruss]

Thanks, Mark. Yes, I've tried what little online Quaker records there are for Bathsheba with no luck. I wouldn't know where to start looking for possible Jewish connections.

I emailed Huddersfield FHS yesterday asking if they could help. I'd received an email from them as I've bought stuff from them before and part of the email was the offer of help with brickwalls - at a price of course. The price seemed pretty reasonable. My theory is that Bathsheba was probably baptised in a nonconformist (probably Wesleyan Methodist) in the Huddersfield area but that the records are not online. I suppose I'm really asking them if they have access to any other noncon records they could check. Wish me luck!

Oh, and I finally got notification of a new DNA match today, after a fallow couple of months. Guess what? Right! No tree!!! Agh!!!!!!! 

[BushInn1746]

Hello Jill

Visited a long time ago, to see an Estate document found in a Handlist (summary of a Collection from a Mansion House).

However ...
"Since its earliest days, the John Rylands library has been active in the collection of archives, manuscripts and printed material documenting the birth and development of Protestant Nonconformity in Britain. ...

Both The John Rylands Library and Victoria University of Manchester Library had built up outstanding Special ... Particular strengths include Nonconformist archives (especially of Methodism) ... "

https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/special-collections/guide-to-special-collections/

I often wonder if their records, mention the rank and file members, and record coverage.

Mark