I am sending this to the List instead of carrying it on  personally with
the sender because I feel it is of concern to all who subscribe to
Ancestry(World Connect) because I believe it is a concern to all.

When Roots and Ancestry began this '"project" we found that Ancestry had
taken OUR  gedcom from their  family history site on their webpage(which
I think, at that time, was PERSONAL and not subject to everyone's
viewing) and put it on WORLD CONNECT without editing it.

We were  horrified as they had my grandchildrens' names, ages, and
location published!!   My daughter tried to no avail, to get them to
take it off.
Finally, I telephoned one of the "owners" of Ancestry and who knew the
workings of the World Connect project.

It took me 45 minutes of arguing my case.  Finally, he agreed to delete
dates, etc. and show only living. BUT, said this could not be done until
the end of the month because that is when they  programmed that site.  I
asked him did he know how to do this and he said yes and I insisted he
do it while I was on the phone  (he had the gedcom in front of  him all
this time).  I believe I had asked  him to  show the first several
generations only which was a simple operation to do.

This all happened within the first couple weeks after Roots was "bought"
out by Ancestry and I am not sure of what "threat" finally convinced him
to take action IMMEDIATELY.
But one thing I am sure of is he removed this info from World Connect
while I was on the phone with him because I also had the webpage in
front of me and it did change!

Ella in Michigan
Picking up twigs along the way
----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: Ancestry.com Just a warning to others


> We was speaking earlier about Ancestry.com. I found my work and
personal info
> on a tree and contacted the person about it and asked them to remove
it and I
> had not given permission for it be on there. I have pasted in his
response
> below. So "beware" of what you find and "beware" of Ancestry.com. Note
what he
> says in his response to my email to him.
> Personal experience,
> Marlene
>
>
> I am sorry but I don't know these people and did not enter the
information,
> how they came to be attached to my family tree and my name I do not
know, but I
> did not enter it, it is not my work. As I stated I never heard of
these
> people and I can find no connection to my family tree, so how my name
is attached
> to it I do not know. It has to be a glitch at Ancestry.com, as I am
finding
> HUNDREDS of names in my tree that I have NEVER heard of, check to see
who else
> has this info and see if they are connected. Again sorry but not of my
doing.
> Jim L
>
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