Thanks. I just can’t see the point in putting nonsense in a tree. Any ancestors I’ve claimed are either well supported with documentation or I make it very clear when something is merely likely. I would imagine that this is the approach of people who use Rootschat, but what earthly point is there in doing otherwise? Any other approach seems a waste of time to all concerned.
Dave
This type of thing used to bother me until I realized that most people use their online trees as their only genealogy database. Instead of having their full database on their computer at home, and putting only their proven, notated and sourced entries online,
everything (except for the mandated cut-offs for privacy) goes online. This includes speculation, stuff they've copied, info they plan on double-checking some day, and so on. They're not putting it online as a means of publishing their research, or because they understand and want to adhere to genealogical standards, but because this is their only family tree software/vehicle and doing it this way works for them.
As for me, a great deal of my research was put online without my permission, and has now been copy/pasted a gazillion times, but I personally do not have any online trees because I like to prove everything before making it available to even one other person.
Different (keyboard) strokes for different folks.
Regards,
Josephine