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What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 22 Mar 2014 12:09AM GMT
Classification: Query
I agree with you that this file is a problem, & I really wish people wouldn't use it. There seems to be an eagerness to claim relationship to well-known names from the past whether it's feasible to prove or not. This is where I believe the Millennium file is often at fault.
I have a lot of family from Guernsey, Channel Islands, & frequently find other trees with the attributes of Guernsey, Ohio. It must just be carelessness but too many people aren't very careful with their trees.
There are some good points made on this board & we should probably take note.

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 8 Jan 2015 5:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have had this problem, too. It isn't necessarily the result of sloppy research. It might be because someone added the person via the Ancestry iPhone app. When using the app, one can type in the first few letters of a location and, voila!, a number of different locations occur from which to choose. Because many places in the U.S. are named after places in Great Britain and Europe, there might be a city or village in England that has the same name as a city in the US. On the app, both would show up, and the person using the app would have to choose. The iPhone screen is so small that it is easy to attempt to touch a city in Europe, but to accidentally touch the American city instead, without ever realizing it. I have done this several times myself, and have noticed it on other's trees as well.
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