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Genealogy

People who copy and paste random stuff onto their trees- why?

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needsomewarmsunshine · 26/10/2024 14:08

Why do they do this? I know that it is open to debate sometimes what is correct, but...
Copy and pasting random stuff, most of which is obviously not correct. ie. 3 baptisms before birth different areas of the country. mixed up life events and living to 140 are some recents I've found from Ancestry family trees.
Why do genealogy then not research or at least read what your tree pages? A lot of them don't make sense.

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TeabySea · 27/10/2024 19:03

KnottedTwine · 27/10/2024 18:15

Some people just don't care about it being accurate though @TeabySea. They are like click and collect genealogists, they just want to connect as many people to their tree as they can. Or prove a link to a celeb or historic figure.

One thing I always do when I am searching for someone and they pop up on other people's trees is to look at how many sources/documents they have linked to that person. Most of the rubbish trees have no linked census, baptism, probate records at all.

Yes, I think you're right - just want to say they have ancestors!
I don't take any notice of the ones with no supporting info. I like my research backed up.

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