As a relative newby to genealogy, I once accepted whatever Ancestry gave me. I have spent a lot of time correcting things and probably still have more corrections to make and I gratefully accept corrections from others. It is disheatening to discover all of the errors out there, but I do hope that they are a jumping off place for more research by the family members. I have been blessed to have some professional genealogists in my family tree that have helped me in many ways. You can't really blame the people who just respond to the TV ads and think everything is correct on ancestry, but if they continually to post incorrect information after some kindly correction, it is very frustrating. On the other hand I had someone to contact me through ancestry, saying that his family tree was 100% correct and anything that did not jive with his info was an abomination - who is 100% correct? For me the search for truth is half the fun! Making my
information as correct as possible and noting when it is possible, but not provable is about the best I can do. Hopefully, someone will help me prove or disprove what I conjecture. Let the search continue!
--- On Mon, 3/14/11, Lynda Huckaby Bishop <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Lynda Huckaby Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Virginia Citations
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 9:24 AM
I have noticed that there is a "comment" box on some of the Ancestry.com trees. I put in the correct information and what documentation I used and leave it in that "comment" box. It lets others viewing that family tree know that the info isn't correct. I did hear from Ancestry once thanking me for my input. It doesn't help much but it is a start. Lynda Huckaby Bishop
El Dorado Springs, MO
Quoting Nancy Noel <[log in to unmask]>:
> I am a subscribe to ancestry.com and I am in 100% agreement with you. I've
> received satisfaction surveys from time to time, from Ancestry and I always fill
> them out as it allows me the opportunity to point out the company's skewing
> "records" to the more commercial side of their mission ( well, their only
> mission really) at the expense of accurate genealogical research methods. And
> they continue to make messes of family research.
> Nancy Noel
> Buffalo NY
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 7:57 AM, john Hogg wrote:
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> My Grandfather was born in Virginia and his ancestors go back a long way
> there. Documentation is scarce in many places because of the armies that
> have marched there over the years.
> I have been working on my Mother's family (Southard, Sudduth and a host of
> variations) for a very long time. I have documentation for everything I
> have published.
> Now Ancestry has 557 Genealogies that have my family all figured out. This
> is based on an entry in the LDS Ancestral file that has no documentation. There are zero official records to prove this 'old family story'
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> The scary part is when you look at the Ancestry they show the Source
> Citation as "Ancestry Family Tree'.
> I think we are losing the battle.
> John
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