davidfowler
Exiled Brummie
Not sure where to have posted this. I found someone who had the same research as me for one of my surname interests but their tree was marked "Private". So I sent a personal message to them asking if I could have a look at his tree and that he could look at mine as it's "Public".
This is his reply, just wondered what you think.
" I see your public tree containing ******, however we appear to approach Ancestry from differing directions. I have a record based research project creating family units by systematically allocating every census record.
Since Ancestry is a Name/County based search engine, every place name in my tree is in the correct format: Parish, County, Country
Not one of yours has a county in their place of birth/death.
You also include street addresses, which should properly be in the description box of the record.
There are large numbers of people in your tree without even a birth/death place, a very bad situation, and very few records per head.
No doubt you are a do it your own way merchant, but Ancestry is designed to be an information exchangable media, why not use the correct formats? So that people receiving hints, do not need to correct them on arrival.
I am happy to send you any information I have, but would prefer it to be used properly.
So you can either tell me to get lost, or decide to improve your standards, the choice is yours."
Is it just me or?????
This is his reply, just wondered what you think.
" I see your public tree containing ******, however we appear to approach Ancestry from differing directions. I have a record based research project creating family units by systematically allocating every census record.
Since Ancestry is a Name/County based search engine, every place name in my tree is in the correct format: Parish, County, Country
Not one of yours has a county in their place of birth/death.
You also include street addresses, which should properly be in the description box of the record.
There are large numbers of people in your tree without even a birth/death place, a very bad situation, and very few records per head.
No doubt you are a do it your own way merchant, but Ancestry is designed to be an information exchangable media, why not use the correct formats? So that people receiving hints, do not need to correct them on arrival.
I am happy to send you any information I have, but would prefer it to be used properly.
So you can either tell me to get lost, or decide to improve your standards, the choice is yours."
Is it just me or?????