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Can you make a business out of using GenesReunited

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Barbara

Barbara Report 12 Dec 2009 09:48

I have just had someone contact me re my tree and when they made their tree available to me it had 24,000 names on their tree! They couldn't tell me exactly where our families connected so I am intrigued as to why they would want to add my tree to theirs without a connection. Any ideas?

Yesterday they added something like 200 people to their tree.....

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Dec 2009 10:06

I think some people just like to collect as many names as they can in their tree - they are not really interested in their family. If they were serious researchers they would be able to tell you where the connection was with your family.

Kath. x

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 12 Dec 2009 10:33

Is it possible that they are a member of the LDS?

I was under the impression that LDS wish their relatives, however connected, to be baptised posthumously into their faith.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

TonyOz

TonyOz Report 12 Dec 2009 10:37

Had this happen to myself when i first became a member of this site about 5 years ago.
Naturally.....i was eager, as many are, to connect up to what i thought was a person who was interested in swapping family research interests.

I opened my tree,( around 1,500 ) and the person did the same, only to find that the connection was so thin, and so far removed it was of no real interest to me.

I noticed that this persons tree was multiplying at a rapid rate, but had also noticed, they had my grandfathers birth and death back to front ( b.1940 - d.1875 ) so i emailed to let them know, only to get a reply, that went.....Quote: "O'h well...it dosent really matter, as i work for a university, and we are just collecting data for a student group study, to see how people all over the world connect ".....

From that point onwards, i never opened my whole tree to anyone....and only ever now supply a little information, unless there is a firm blood line connection.

Was nice to know my family ancestors eventually got to Uni......one way or the other!! ....not

Tony

Researching:
Hull,Williamson,Hales,Sadd,Langton,Bateman -"Essex"...Copley,"Sussex" - "Yorkshire" Richardson -"Yorkshire"...Barnes - "Wiltshire" ...Coglan - "Lancashire"... McCarthy & Walsh ( Ireland )"Limerick & Kilkenny"