Creepy goings on.

[Sloe Gin]

I am fairly sure that there is not any RChat policy that's stopping us from using the word Ancestry in our posts when referring to submitted trees at Ancestry dot  whatever.

No, I'm sure there isn't. 

I find that I can't use the abbreviation F M P because RC overrides it to show the full name (see what happens if I leave out the spaces: FindMyPast )

So if we have to mention FindMyPast in full, it must surely be acceptable to mention Ancestry.

[Rosinish]

I was told by someone who is very computer knowledgeable etc. that RC "must" be paid to advertise F M P & that's why the full descriptive name appears when no spaces are included   

Annie

[pharmaT]

I agree with much that you say hsfam.  But my heart sinks when I see a tree with thousands of people. 

A distant cousin has a large tree and we've exchanged information.

She is adding a LOT of side branches (including OUR side branches) and the sources are "Ancestry Family Trees".  She isn't verifying anything or getting original certificates.  I suspect this copying of trees is the reason another cousin has recently made her tree private.  I think adding in-laws is fine if you take more than two seconds to think about whether the connection looks right.  I doubt that some people give each person they add more than two seconds of research.

Her information about our mutual relatives is good but further out it's not.  I don't think that's helping anyone.

I admit I don't think that much about the in laws of my aunts and uncles etc but at the same time I believe my research to be as accurate as it can be.  I check the marriage certificate and cross reference it to check it is my aunt or uncle's (however many greats).  The rest of the information on the certificate I just record. So my reference to the in laws is as accurate as the marriage certificate is.

[youngtug]

I think that the reason do not use the full name of ancestry is because if you do this thread will crop up on a google search a lot earlier than if it was not used.
 This thread will probably put a lot of people off of using RootsChat, and maybe even deter them from pursuing genealogy.

[KGarrad]

I was told by someone who is very computer knowledgeable etc. that RC "must" be paid to advertise F M P & that's why the full descriptive name appears when no spaces are included   

Annie

RootsChat software transcribes some abbreviations into English.
F M P is one, as is O M G

Which get transcribed as FindMyPast and Blimey!

[Mike in Cumbria]

Blimey  FindMyPast



Edit.  So it does! I learn something new every day.

[Sloe Gin]

I think that the reason do not use the full name of ancestry is because if you do this thread will crop up on a google search a lot earlier than if it was not used.

But why would that matter to anybody?  In any case, the word 'ancestry' must appear in countless places on the internet every day.  It's a great deal less distinctive than ... the name of the other main genealogy site

[Rosinish]

Surely anyone typing the word "ancestry" into "google" is interested in genealogy   

So why would that put anyone off coming to Rootschat 

Annie

[youngtug]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sloe+gin&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=rRIOWP3BD-bv8AeohbqoAQ#q=creepy+goings+on