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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: hurworth on Thursday 11 May 17 08:08 BST (UK)
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No prizes for guessing what is annoying me this week.
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Re: A relative finds the marriage of your grandfather's sister and sends you the details.
You had no idea what happened to her.
What do you do? (POLL)
Add the newly discovered relatives to the tree and reply to the relative that e-mailed the info
Add the newly discovered relatives to the tree, forgetting that the tree is public and she can see it
Why wouldn't you reply to the person who gave you the information :-\
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Yes - why wouldn't you reply ? As for putting the details in a public tree , some people assume that it's ok because you shared the information in the first place. I shared my private tree with cousins , only to find all the details on Ancestry , including copies of certificates and other documents. I won't be making that mistake again.
By the way - does this poll close today , the 11th , or Friday the12th. :)
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2018
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[Why wouldn't you reply to the person who gave you the information :-\
Lack of manners?
It's happened to me before. One relative didn't have time to respond to new information but did have time to update her tree. Apparently she'd been busy pruning her orchard and as we all know it takes much longer to type the words thank you than add a couple of dozen people to a tree on Ancestry. ::)
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This is probably going to be one of the most one-sided polls ever.
Everybody knows what they should do and everybody on here probably would do.
Except when there's an orchard to prune
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2018
Do we need that long to reply ;D
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As for putting the details in a public tree , some people assume that it's ok because you shared the information in the first place.
At least this is one part of her tree which is well researched and accurate...
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How long have you been waiting for a reply?
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I sent the information with images of the records a week ago.
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I had similar. Find a marriage that was only a family rumour... Added it, got the info, emailed the other got a response! And photos! And further info!
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I sent the information with images of the records a week ago.
Maybe the relative is on hols! ::)
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I'd give them a bit longer. I'm very good at responding quickly to simple emails, but if I've got a bit more to say I tend to leave them until I have time or am in the mood for a fuller answer. Unfortunately this can mean they get sidelined for a bit!
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The thing is, if I'm reading this correctly, s/he had time to add the data to his/her online tree, but no time for a simple thank you.
I've had this type of thing happen to me, too. It's not a good feeling.
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The thing is, if I'm reading this correctly, s/he had time to add the data to his/her online tree, but no time for a simple thank you.
Yes, but adding the data to the tree requires no thought. Whereas composing a reply which may include other info takes up more time and thought.
You are probably right in expecting no reply, but I'm just saying it's the sort of thing I might do. Add the names in quickly, and defer composing a reply until later. Then sometimes other things intervene.