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PLEASE be careful before you add information to your tree!!!

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PLEASE be careful before you add information to your tree!!!

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 11:03AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 28 Feb 2014 11:28AM GMT
This has always been a terrible problem on Ancestry.com but it appears to be growing worse lately. Before you add a person to your tree, please at least look at the birth/death dates of everyone in the family. I recently received a hint that included 10 family trees that all had exactly the same information. The person I was researching was born in 1852 and every tree said his mother was born in 1797. It is extremely unlikely that a 55 year old woman in the middle of the 19th century is still giving birth to children. Because this information had been copied over and over again, it will continue to be passed on to others who don't take the time to consider if the dates are reasonable. Do yourself (and others) a huge favor and consider if the information you're about to post to your tree makes sense and/or is even feasible.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
MarilynJMcCar... 28 Feb 2014 6:03PM GMT 
rickathedj 1 Mar 2014 3:58PM GMT 
deeflint01 2 Mar 2014 12:54AM GMT 
rickathedj 9 Mar 2014 6:23AM GMT 
ElaineW58 24 May 2014 5:24PM GMT 
ElaineW58 2 Jun 2014 4:12PM GMT 
MarilynJMcCar... 2 Jun 2014 4:22PM GMT 
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