Alert:
Using the censuses I have found that Ancestry has not complete records for
each state. They have omitted counties in
among others Tennessee. Thankfully Heritage Quest has the omitted counties
and ancestors were located. It is worth the time spent reading page by page
censuses on Heritage Quest in order to locate the missing folks.

Like others, I spend a lot of time sending corrections via "comment" to
Ancestry. Mistakes due to poor handwriting and mistakes due to sloppy
indexing of correct spellings. Hastings being indexed as Hardy when the
entry on the census is clearly Hastings.

Wonder if Ancestry will give a discounted membership for correcting errors?
Guess not.

Poldi



On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Lucy Cronin <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> You can only use Ancestry for what it is worth.  It's advertising is
> deceiving.  Using family trees that may not be correct is only a starting
> point.
> The records on Ancestry are great & I wish there were more.  The family
> trees on Family Search aren't always correct either.  The records on
> Family Search are great too.  They have added some new ones lately.  You
> need to do your own research.
>
> Lucy Turner Cronin
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2011, at 6:24 AM, Lynda Huckaby Bishop wrote:
>
>  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:
>>>
>>>  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'
>>>
>>> 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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