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30-12-12, 14:11
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I actively dislike even knowing about someone else's back tree, in case it is wrong. I like ploughing the virgin furrow, where any mistakes are my own.
Having succumbed to Ancestry, where research is so easy, virtually all the trees I have explored are incorrect. And all the research that I do there I forget withi a couple of days. Planning what to look for, chosing the most appropriate records to research, and finding some little part of the background to an ancestor's life makes them so much more real.
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30-12-12, 14:19
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It's the same mentality that drives some people to buy ready-made coats of arms (entitled to or not) or grab the first crest they find with their name on it. Makes a natty decoration to put on the wall of the 'den', along with those crooning mounted fish and Clan tartans.
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30-12-12, 14:55
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To copy completely without any checking shows me that a person is not really interested in the hobby.
It used to upset me when I saw things about my family, it still does, but when I see some things such as that my Grandad died in "Sussex, Delaware, USA", I think, like OC, "idiot" 
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30-12-12, 14:57
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Exactly. I used get irritated - don't care now its up to them silly So-and-Sos!
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30-12-12, 17:23
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I still get very wound up about info that I willingly gave years ago being put onto public trees especially when it's copied wrong and it's about people I knew and loved but I try to avoid trees like that - its fairly to easy spot in the indices on Ancestry which public trees are well researched.
Like others have said, I find people descended from those I know died as infants and I feel smug that I know better. I do sometimes look at what appear to be well researched trees for clues but on the other hand if all the info is there I struggle to maintain interest. Like most people on here, I'm obsessed with researching and love doing it - not being given a fully researched tree. I've kept my trees private for a long time and am much happier with that .
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31-12-12, 02:10
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I bought a book at a family reunion where the man had researched for 11 hours a day for an impressive number of months. He also took his computer to the reunion so people could add themselves and children to the tree, which is the main reason I bought it.
Most people bought the book as the man had proven a link to the Royal family. Turns out the man had looked at the internet for 11 hours a day for months but hadn't spent a cent on research. lol I found an error on Page 2. The link to royalty was that John, Tom or whatever told his daughter or granddaughter that his father was Lord Someone. John, Tom or whatever was illegitimate and I have been unable to find anything online to show his birth. I did find the webpage that states the rumour is that the father is ...  Defending ancestry trees though I accidently clicked on one the other day instead of link to a record. The person had a picture of OH's distant grandparents and I was rather skeptical. However they had a link to the newspaper where the pictures had come from, so I am very excited. I just wish the paper had said where they got the portraits from.
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08-01-13, 21:48
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Anyone else see Heir Hunters last night? It's an old series rehashed but I really laughed when they got all excited about a family tree they found on line.
"Unfortunately" they said " the tree is full of errors. A very easy mistake to make when you have a common surname and don't have any certificates". OC
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