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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry family trees full of lazy errors
« on: Saturday 07 August 21 17:08 BST (UK) »
I have to admit it used to driver me nuts seeing all these trees with my ancestors on, with incorrect dates, people having kids at 99 years old, as was the case of my GGG grandmother on one tree. I did message a few people to politely tell them that the information they had for my 5x G Grandfather was incorrect as there is no father on his birth certificate, but they just ignored me - the lineage they selected took them back to someone who apparently fought alongside William Wallace, and its totally incorrect.
I no longer stress myself about it, I just laugh and move on. I have made some very good connections with 2nd and 3rd cousins on my Anderson side, and we have helped each other with information sharing which has been great. Always a bonus to connect with family members. but I never take anything on Ancestry as fact, I always do my own research and back up and documents. Some people just don't care, but that's a them problem.
I no longer stress myself about it, I just laugh and move on. I have made some very good connections with 2nd and 3rd cousins on my Anderson side, and we have helped each other with information sharing which has been great. Always a bonus to connect with family members. but I never take anything on Ancestry as fact, I always do my own research and back up and documents. Some people just don't care, but that's a them problem.