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Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« on: Sunday 28 August 22 22:19 BST (UK) »
Following Ancestry's acquisition of Geneanet, they have now imported their family tree databases which now appear as hints

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62476/

It will be interesting to see if any of Geneanet's paid content (mostly France focused) will end up on Ancestry.

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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 August 22 03:33 BST (UK) »
Please don't tell me...more rubbish to contend with i.e. trees with wrong info?

Annie
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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 August 22 09:00 BST (UK) »
You've got it Annie, and what is worse is that they come up as Record Hints!

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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #3 on: Monday 29 August 22 16:29 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Rosinish on Monday 29 August 22 03:33 BST (UK)
Please don't tell me...more rubbish to contend with i.e. trees with wrong info?

Annie
Well, in my experience, they are a little more reliable and carefully researched, partly because they don't have any of the ridiculous Ancestry hints and tree suggestions popping up ;D :o.

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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #4 on: Monday 29 August 22 17:22 BST (UK) »
I came across one today which offered a potential parent but no documentary evidence so it was ignored.
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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #5 on: Monday 29 August 22 23:28 BST (UK) »
Quote from: PalmTree1 on Monday 29 August 22 09:00 BST (UK)
You've got it Annie, and what is worse is that they come up as Record Hints!
How misleading to/for newbies...

It's about time there was some kind of rule in the 'genealogy' world of how they advertise certain things...

In the 'food' world, they can't advertise a 'buttered' roll if it's not 'butter'...

Why should 'Anc' be allowed to advertise others' trees as 'Record' hints if there are no source 'records' to view?

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"

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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 30 August 22 00:27 BST (UK) »
I agree with all that has been said.  I consider those "hints" as rubbish and ignore them.  I have received hundreds of them in the past few weeks.
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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 04 September 22 05:44 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Rosinish on Monday 29 August 22 23:28 BST (UK)
Quote from: PalmTree1 on Monday 29 August 22 09:00 BST (UK)
You've got it Annie, and what is worse is that they come up as Record Hints!
How misleading to/for newbies...

It's about time there was some kind of rule in the 'genealogy' world of how they advertise certain things...

In the 'food' world, they can't advertise a 'buttered' roll if it's not 'butter'...

Why should 'Anc' be allowed to advertise others' trees as 'Record' hints if there are no source 'records' to view?

Annie

definitely as it's misleading to those inexperienced.  I've only opened one of the geneanet links and i only opened that because I accidentally clicked on it when I was scrolling.  I've just been ignoring them otherwise.
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Re: Geneanet trees now coming up as suggestions on Ancestry
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 04 September 22 07:54 BST (UK) »
I opened one to check whether they had the correct details of the person's mother (which is our connection).  His mother wasn't on the record - her son's wife was French and many of his descendants lived in France.

I would prefer they have no parents for him rather than incorrect ones, so it's all good.  Geneanet was very useful for finding his descendants though.  I confirmed the details with supporting records.
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