tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post6625095186098813087..comments2024-02-25T23:58:14.990-08:00Comments on Greta's Genealogy Bog: Online TreesGreta Koehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-38339058953080215022010-05-25T04:40:13.475-07:002010-05-25T04:40:13.475-07:00Greta, I feel the same way you do about using blog...Greta, I feel the same way you do about using blogging instead of posting an online tree, and for the same reasons. Great post, and you left me laughing!TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556045553534725632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-87513575876281104442010-05-20T06:58:36.277-07:002010-05-20T06:58:36.277-07:00Thanks Greta, online trees are a thorn in my side....Thanks Greta, online trees are a thorn in my side. I have them and I understand their powerful potential but they also have the potential to be extremely destructive to the entire concept of sourcing your information. The more we talk about this subject, the greater our chances of educating everyone to treading carefully when it comes to online trees.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598994683893095499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-62579074545517438972010-05-17T18:48:56.182-07:002010-05-17T18:48:56.182-07:00Carol, Jenna, Concetta, Kim, Apple, Linda, and Ala...Carol, Jenna, Concetta, Kim, Apple, Linda, and Alana - Thank you all for stopping by! Concetta, I had not been aware that not all the trees belong to subscribers. I have known some people who have problems making changes. I have considered putting some partial trees on for families that I am really focusing on, but doing the whole thing would just be too much for me right now. Alana - I'm the same as you - I don't ask for a "trade of information," but I do like to hear from the researcher, and possibly explain how I know certain things or why other things are still tentative, for example. But trading family stories through these contacts is fabulous! Apple, I agree - our feelings may very well change, especially as the contact features change.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-61698486031207808332010-05-17T12:04:20.217-07:002010-05-17T12:04:20.217-07:00Great post, Greta. I also use the online trees an...Great post, Greta. I also use the online trees and the "shaky leaves" for leads and to, hopefully, make contact with a new cousin, however I never merge the online info with my tree - I'll write down what I find and then investigate further on my own. Just as I wouldn't want others to take my tree as gospel, I don't take chances with what I find online. I do have a tree on Ancestry and although about 90% of my data has sources, I have not put the source documents on my online tree (unless it's what Ancestry has to offer). I am more than willing to share my stuff, but I would like to be asked first. (is that wrong?)Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821657762290392135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-22433467702979868722010-05-17T10:17:48.762-07:002010-05-17T10:17:48.762-07:00The same. I use the online trees for leads and ho...The same. I use the online trees for leads and hopefully to contact the researcher for additional information. However, my tree is up on ancestry. I have worked diligently to put up supporting research...both what ancestry has to offer and those documents that I personally own. I don't mind sharing. I have no plans to write a book. My blog is my writing forum. Nice work Greta.Linda Hughes Hiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774876428039197357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-16500432449006224422010-05-17T04:08:30.488-07:002010-05-17T04:08:30.488-07:00Great post! Like you I also use online trees for l...Great post! Like you I also use online trees for leads and to weed out lines. My feelings about online trees has changed over the years and will undoubtedly change again.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-6644669645002298692010-05-16T16:48:30.520-07:002010-05-16T16:48:30.520-07:00Greta,
What a good way to sum this whole situatio...Greta,<br /><br />What a good way to sum this whole situation up! I have hand selected which parts of my family I have decided to put on Ancestry, mainly due to my client work, and put on only bare minimum as I feel comfortable. Despite giving someone true info for common ancestor, they choose to leave up wrong info that I am now seeing being passed from one tree to another.<br /><br />It all goes back to the golden rule: If you can't prove it yourself, it isn't true.<br /><br />KimKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629327409479731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-71005974708805356602010-05-16T16:39:59.824-07:002010-05-16T16:39:59.824-07:00Great column, Greta. I found you though Randy Seav...Great column, Greta. I found you though Randy Seaver's blog. I thoroughly agree with a lot of your points.<br /><br />Jenna, I know most people hate not hearing back from the Owner - but there is an issue that some people might not be aware of. I, like many people, have a tree on Ancestry.com. I wish I could talk back with people, but I can't typically respond to them because I am not a paid subscriber of Ancestry. Or if I go to look at their tree to answer a question, I run up against the wall. I've been trying to figure out how I can list an email somewhere for people to contact me directly, but until I do, I unfortunately can't answer much as I'm dying to! :-(Crafting in Yoohoovillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223824425648008880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-19591161301930451392010-05-16T13:59:15.490-07:002010-05-16T13:59:15.490-07:00All good points! I have a love-hate relationship w...All good points! I have a love-hate relationship with online trees. I love to find them, but as soon as I contact the tree owner, I hate not hearing back from them! The trees sometimes have great clues and sometimes drive me crazy. I guess as in other areas of life, we have to take the good with the bad.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324800784948486726.post-68412847497164086652010-05-16T06:22:17.537-07:002010-05-16T06:22:17.537-07:00BINGO!!
And BINGO again!!BINGO!!<br /><br />And BINGO again!!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.com