Genealogy Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Contacted through ancestry!!! How does that work?
| Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zoe | Report | 4 Aug 2006 21:51 |
|
Just had an email contact through ancestry - firstly, I didn't know you could do this and secondly how does the contact know that I'm related to the person they've contacted me about? I definitely don'thave a tree on there. Very bemused by it all. Zoe. xx |
|||
|
Lisa J in California | Report | 4 Aug 2006 21:56 |
|
Zoe, I BELIEVE Ancestry has access to records. A contact of mine only placed his information on RootsWeb and it shows on Ancestry! |
|||
|
fraserbooks | Report | 4 Aug 2006 22:02 |
|
I think ancestry keeps records of all the look-ups you do. If you enter someone's name you can find a message contact people interested in Fred Bloggs and it will list people who have looked up Fred on a census as well as anyone who has them on their tree or added them to people they are looking for. |
|||
|
Zoe | Report | 4 Aug 2006 22:11 |
|
I've opted out of the part where people can contact me based on what I've looked up because I do so many look-ups for other people I can''t understand how they're searching for an Olive M Fenton and they come up with me as a contact - I'm not looking for her on any boards at all. *sigh* Zoe |
|||
|
An Olde Crone | Report | 4 Aug 2006 23:01 |
|
Ancestry definitely has links to Rootsweb - my brother put our tree on there (Rootsweb) and it appeared on Ancestry. OC |
|||