totally tempted to tell

[Finley 1]

Thanks for responses, some interesting stories.

Still contemplating. 

  is it worth it


xin

[Flattybasher9]

The tree is perhaps, deliberately wrong, due to the "Cut and paste" mentality of those who do not research properly. They may have been burned by copying someone elses. Since there has been no activity on the tree for some time now, he/she may now be playing a waiting game fo reactions from others.
Me personally, I would ignore it, as you may get the "who are you to tell me" attitude response.

Regards

Malky

[Treetotal]

The other alternative if they ignore you, is to add comments to their tree, which you can do if it is on Ancestry. That way, if if they take no notice, others who look at it may be alerted to mistakes.

This is something I felt compelled to do as one tree had a photo of one of my Ancestors wrongly named in their tree...I told them that I had the same photo and that the person lost their life in WW1...their tree had this same individual married with the wrong Family  It was, in this case an easy mistake to make as there was two people who had the same name, born in the same area one year apart.
I sent them a message and they didn't respond or change the info so I put a public comment and the person changed the information. People are reluctant to change what they believe to be true, even when presented with the evidence because it messes up their tree.

I would tell them and take Groom's advice if you don't get a favourable response...I believe we owe it to related researchers to keep it real and stick to proven facts. Otherwise it ends up being a piece of fiction.

Carol

[ThrelfallYorky]

I'm afraid I'd feel I had to tell them. Then it's up to them, but I hope they'd at least look again, to check out what they have, and consider if they may be mistaken.
I hope someone will tell me if I ever get climbing out along a branch that's not really attached to my tree, before I fall off it with egg all over my face.
I nearly did once, researched what seemed like the right parentage ... but somehow it didn't quite seem to "fit" properly, so I went right back and started again ... and found I'd slid over onto a cousin, with the same names of children, almost the same ages, and in the same general area! I could so easily have adopted this branch as the right ones! Even the job fitted.
At present I'm going cross-eyed trying to search into the back-story of a chap who spent 2 censuses with a direct ancestor, claiming her as his wife (I don't think they married at all!) before she goes off in the next census and claims to be married to another chap (and I know he was married to someone else!) but I can't find him before or after, and he claims two different dates of birth, nearly ten years apart! I've found someone who so nearly fits .... but no proof, so can't get there.
Isn't it frustrating? But isn't it satisfying when we do get an awkward so-and-so of an ancestor finally pinned?

[philipsearching]

Tell them about Rootschat - it sounds as though they are in desperate need of proper advice!

[a-l]

It seems to me that only genuine researchers wanting accuracy would be happy to receive any corrections and act on it. Those who don't must be copiers who aren't interested enough to do any research. Just my opinion xin.

[Finley 1]

Well  - I sent a note to them, so we will see - probably no response.

But I do feel better .

xin 

[Helen D]

I found one who had my mother marrying twice, and I did correct her! The annoying thing was that if she had asked my cousin, she would have been put right ( I did not know her, she was my cousins relative) - it was just lazy researching on her part, and she did apologise to me . If it is a distant branch I usually ignore it.

[jettejjane]

Xin, I would contact them and then forget about it. I have learned the hard way not to get wound up about incorrect details or to expect an immediate reply (or any replies!)

I contacted two people who were seeking relatives and info  on maternal  Grandmother s family in Ireland. That was 3 weeks ago, have heard nothing. Had put it out of my mind until I read this. It is a shame because the Irish side is tricky. It could possibly be a great help to me and I could help them.

It slightly annoys me because they were asking for people to contact them. Both were active on ancestry.

Jane