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Tracey

Tracey Report 16 Jul 2008 21:15

Many thanks for that Jill I'm going to give it a go now.

Have a good evening.

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Jul 2008 21:12

Just read one of my earlier comments on Thomas Mocock (1840) - it only shows your Ancestry details - not your e-mail- so either way would work. I think comments is probably a bit better if you want other people to contact you who are also interested and not just the person who owns the tree.

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Jul 2008 21:09

OK - try this :

Go to Family Trees - type in Mocock as surname - click on the second record down - Deakin (Eliza J Mocock). You get to see a picture of Eliza as well. There's a yellow box at the top - with the picture - and white space underneath. Bottom of the yellow box are three options - photos, historical records and add comments. Click on add comments and you can leave a comment for anyone to see - so it's not just the person who put the tree there but anyone else looking for those records. I've left my e-mail on a few occasions when I've made comments on Mocock info - but I know some would regard that as a bit "dangerous".

I've just had another look at the Ancestry site. Bottom right of the page - there's a community button - conact Ancestry members and that comes up with a whole list of people who have that person (and others with that surname) in their tree - so that's probably a bit safer if you don't want to make your e-mail public. You'd just have to e-mail all the ones who might be relevant.

Hope that helps - sorry if it's a bit long-winded ...

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Tracey

Tracey Report 16 Jul 2008 21:04

cheers Jill, much appreciated

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Jul 2008 21:03

There's a space where you can add comments - I will go and explore - back in a bit.

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Tracey

Tracey Report 16 Jul 2008 20:59

Jill, call me dense, but how do you leave a message on a public tree when say you've viewed a tree but can't see anything to direct you to contact them, then use the directory and can't find them?

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Jul 2008 20:49

I've left comments on public trees before now - and left my e-mail address for them. That might work.

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Tracey

Tracey Report 16 Jul 2008 20:48

I know this is a cheeky thing to be asking on a Genes site, but I
realise a lot of you use Ancestry for your research. I've just signed up and via their family tree connections I have spotted two not so distant rellies, but trying to contact them via the conections site is
frustrating to say the least.
They have a a public member tree, tried the directory for family tree name and user name, came up with nothing, can anyone out there help!! PLEASE!!

Ta very much Tracey