Genealogy Chat

Hi Was getting on nicely entering details on the new family tree site, then whoops, problems again, is anyone else having this trouble? Every nw and then, once I cluck onto add to the tree, I get a picture of a cup & saucer on the bottom and words saying please wait, then a message saying cannot connect to GR, so it takes quite while to get going again, made up my mind, if this keeps on I`m going to pack it in, I never had any of thee problems when using Tribal Pages, thought it would be a good thing however to have an extra tree shown on GR as well since more people would probably see it and therefore more chances of making a connection, but oh why oh why, is it beset with problems. Also, why is there no function to show death as well as birthdate, GR please note!!

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Ditto! I've been trying to add the parents of my gr grandfather, but also had the message of 'not being able to connect to GR'. Now I can't even add anything in the 'Add Parents' box. It''s so frustrating, and really time-consuming. Why is it so difficult? The 'old' family tree was much easier. Cheers, Bea.

Hi Thanks Eilaine & MG HS for your response to my posting, I`m glad its not just me, I was starting to think I`d gone a bit do lally (my son says what do I mean by starting, cheeky begger, he says I`m already do lally!!) Anyway. after getting into such a stew, I`ve now followed the instructions and DELATED the entire tree on the old family tree site, so I can start again at the beginning, and hopefully this time not make such a mess. I had the old one all 'up the wall' I thinbk it was mainly because my father was illegitimate and I was in a fix as to how to show his mother & natural father, but could not get this straight, the tree kept on showing the nat father as hs mother`s husband, which he was not, she married someone else 2 years after his birth, but then to make matters worse (for me that is) he 'adopted his natural father`s surname after his mother died, and so I also bear that name. but I still wanted to show my paternal grandfather and his subsequent marriage, also eing able to show his mother`s marriage & children apart from him. but it has been tolo difficult with the names. I have done this ok on Tribal pages (please note GR team) but this site does not seem capable of ding that without 'blowing its top' I`m still going to try and work it out so that I can see both sides of the family, it became obvious to me that my father did know his natural father & the rest of that family as well as his mother`s side,so I want to show both lots in the hope that I might make a contact with anyone from either side, surely that`s not asking too much is it? Sorry to have waffled on a bit, I feel better now getting that out of my system, I was nearly going beserk, it all seemed to be so simple as far as I was concerned, but trying to get this new family tree (as well as the old one) to understand was driving me crazy. Anyone have any suggestions, do you think this would be a solution, if I made two seperate trees one for his correct birth name and another for his adopted surname?

Hi, Bea in Wales, You too! ah well, it was not just me, I was thinking I was making a mess, the same thing kept happening to me, I cannot understand why GR is having such a problem, their site for the trees seems to be sooo complicated, at least compared to Tribal Pages it is, theirs is so much easier to understand and you can show much more information as well. This new family tree site, does not even allow for year of death to show, only year of birth, I know you could put that in the extra details, but is that going to show on the tree, if someone asks to view it? Sorry if I`m sounding a bit thick here Also another little point, what is the use of adding the middle name, when it does not show either, many times the middle names are a clue to people if they are searching for someone, especially as in my case many of the family never used their first names, but were known by a second one. It would not be so bad if we were not paying a fee to be on this site (Tribal pages is free) but when you are paying out for something, you expect a bit better service than this, don`t you think so?

Have just been back to the new family tree site, its still having problems, so I`m giving it up for today, will try another go tomorrow, perhaps it will be working by then (says me keeping fin gers crossed anyway) Bye for now Thanks to those of you who have sent in responses, and if anyone else adds something, I will come back to you tomorrow. Going to get on with some work now, not going to waste any more time with this, its getting too frustrating.

Same problem here - all I got was the chamber pot (is it really meant to be a cup of tea?) then the no connection message.

Hi, I started my tree a couple of days ago and have made a mistake. I have tried deleting the whole tree but it still tells me I have 19 names but I only get my name come up in the square and nothing else. I too have had the error message and please wait and then nothing happens. HELP !

Hi Maud We mature, do-lally ladies should stick together, lol. There's a problem with the new tree today, there are a few messages on the boards about this. It seems that we can view the old tree but can only see ourselves, all alone, on the new one. Regarding your tree Maud, I think you need to enter your parents then enter dad's mum then enter dad's birth dad as her partner. Then go to dad's mum and enter her husband who was step-father. Hope that's right. Heather