General Chat

No the large tree would never work, least of all because people record things in different ways so even 'matching' trees would clash.

I suppose the idea of posting trees is for any matches to be logged which can then be picked up on and notes shared or compared as necessary.

That is fine, I think I will unshare my tree, because it has inaccuracies. I do think though if you share your tree then you are allowing people to copy and paste, if you don't want them to, then don't share your tree.

Joanna

I don't, I ask the connection then I tell them the line that they are interested in, and then answer any queries they have. I also send copies of photos and certificates that I have.

Fair enough, it doesn't work quite like I thought it would, but that isn't a problem, i expect many people are in the same boat as me, not deliberately being impolite.

Perhaps the shared tree facility should be removed if it causes problems?

The facility to allow other members to see access your tree is fundamental to the operation of GR so I can't see it being removed.

In my experience as a member of GR for several years, most people I share with are only interested in their own bit, and do not copy huge chunks willy-nilly. I have only ever come across one name collector who suggested I sent a gedcom so he could add it to his large collection and he got short thrift.

One of my interest is in mini one-name studies, usually linked to a particular location or area for names that I have connections with. This means that many of my connections may share distant branches with each other, but we don't copy each others trees for the sake of it.

Yes, but why would you copy info from someone else's tree..enter details into your own without ever checking it first.
You are missing the point here Joanne,,i dont object at all to sharing info,,im happy to pass on details of shared ancestor,, i love doing it fact,,
Thats why i belong to GR,,because i LIKE SHARING INFO...
What i dont expe tis someone asking,,'may i view your tree please' and then copying everything off it.
As we already discussed,,,,its about manners...