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Contacted through ancestry!!! How does that work?

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An Olde Crone

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

Zoe

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

fraserbooks

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.

Lisa J in California

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!

Zoe

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