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Her Indoors

Her Indoors Report 2 Dec 2006 16:52

Completely agree with Janet. I just wish there was a way to distinguish name collectors from serious researchers, other than by assuming the worst when presented with a larger than average tree. I have seen complete rubbish in a tree of ten, and some real gems in ones of 10,000+. Over on Tribalpages, we are about to be able to include our sources and cite them when importing from GEDCOM. That will sort out the men from the boys - and girls too. I'll just have to make sure that I have removed those symbols I used to use when birth followed marriage with indecent haste ...

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 2 Dec 2006 16:04

Surely information shared with us should be regarded as CLUES - and sometimes we are lucky enough to receive real treasure from another member. At the end of the day it is 'our' tree, not theirs, and the responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of our OWN tree lies with each of us ourselves. Jay

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 2 Dec 2006 16:02

I have to agree with Clive here - I would say a very large majority of Genes members are not researchers in any sense of the word, but are name gatherers. Each to his own, of course, but it is disappointing, yes. OC

Her Indoors

Her Indoors Report 2 Dec 2006 15:47

I always retrace the steps of anyone else's research, and I will ask for clarification on sources where I get stuck. Nine times out of ten, when you ask a GR member about the source of their information, they will not reply. We are not really meant to be serious about genealogy on this site, and those of us that are, find the frustrations often outweigh the benefits.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 2 Dec 2006 14:04

This has always been a problem if one shares information. Via the internet we could then receive the wrong information from several sources and because we think that it has come from eg. America, Australia and England, then they can't all have got it wrong. ..... Trust, .. but verify. Gwyn

Rita

Rita Report 2 Dec 2006 13:54

Please research yourself, any info that you obtain from others, I have just looked at three trees that are supposed to be connected to mine and every one has inaccurate information. It only takes one person to add wrong info to their tree and a whole lot of other people copy it into theirs, Ask the tree owner where they sorced their information from and check it out before you add it to you tree.