Ancestry tree rubbish

[Finley 1]

 

oh so hopefully he was happy,   I loved his dogs.


and his plimsoles.


xin

[coombs]

John Hurt's grandfather Walter Lord Brown was born to London parents. Now here is an Anc tree which has Walter's family listed. Not sure how accurate it is but one Anc tree says his gran was Sarah Lewington, and Sarah had a brother with Campbell as a middle name, which could indicate a family name. So John may have Scottish roots.

The Walter Lord Browne has been documented on WDYTYA, but as the title of this thread goes, the Lewington connection may be Ancestry tree rubbish.

[steve62]

They do make mistakes and a little thought and checking should give you the right answers.  People who just copy are not really interested - its just a little hobby.  I have on one tree gone back to 1605 and it has taken time checking and rechecking hints that are sometimes wrong.  I have a family born married, had children and died all in Nottinghamshire and I know it is all correct.  If a hint says somewhere else - its wrong and Anc should know that!!  Off topic another annoying thing Anc Private Messages.  "You have a ........  Can we exchange info and help each other".  Gladly and, and .....??
Got what they want and thats it.  So no longer bother answering them.  If I get stuck I come on Rootschat and maybe help others as well.

Have a Great New Year.

Steve62

[Finley 1]

Yes

I 'met' a cousin on Ancestry and helped her .... for weeks .. all going swimmingly and today She has privatised her tree and gone!! taken what she needed and gone.. so sad..

xin

[guest189040]

I have stopped contacting anyone on Ancestry.

I met two distant Cousins via Ancestry and we each helped each other then they both petered out.

Others I sent info to and they have used said info and even downloaded the family images I had posted without so much as a ... may I or thankyou.

[coombs]

I feel Ancestry has gone to pot, and it is not just rubbish trees but the site has shown a very distinct lack of new records since last September. FindMyPast Fridays may have some obscure and irrelevant records but at least it is something, and you never know if your ancestors came from "irrelevant" areas of the country where you say "I have no ancestors from there at all". And FindMyPast Fridays seem to be quite good lately.

[rayard]

Sometimes when you search Ancestry it puts a tree containing the name at the top of the list. I had a look at one, my Grandmother would be very surprised to find she had seventeen other brothers and sisters she did not know about, from two other stepfathers at the same time, plus all of their children!

I had several emails from Ancestry saying I should look at the new records, I look every day but there aren't any except a few for Gloucestershire.
rayard.

[coombs]

When you finish being useful to someone, they dont want to know you any more. Grab the Ancestry tree info and run. Whereas us on here take pride in accuracy of our Anc trees, even if we may may make the odd mistake, due to namesake cousins, or just we occasionally got the wrong end of the stick with 2 unrelated people in the same parish of the same name. You will make mistakes on the family tree climb. We are human after all.

[Edward Scott]

I agree with you, we will all make mistakes but sometimes just applying a little common sense, rather than an other piece of data, helps.

For example, marrying at 4 and have babies at 6 is unlikely.

I believe that the serious researcher may also try to disprove a connection as much as looking to prove it, sometimes that can be an easier or more logical way to reject a person.