tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post3638955428945526989..comments2023-11-28T16:35:05.948-08:00Comments on Post-it Notes from Hades: Someone is WRONG on the internetPersephonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-1176830498306084842013-02-14T14:45:38.380-08:002013-02-14T14:45:38.380-08:00Good post; well written.
I've had over 10,00...Good post; well written. <br /><br />I've had over 10,000 people coming through the ancestry I've posted online. I've been contacted by less than 10 of them. I'm quite sure it's being copied whole. <br /><br />The joke's on them because I "occasionally" correct data. Are they following behind correcting theirs? Not likely. <br /><br />I've stopped worrying about them and stopped talking back. I know what's in my database and the odds of accuracy.<br /><br />I've also had unidentified photos taken from my site, "identified" incorrectly and then re-posted on other sites. Lately, I've watermarked them with a big orange UNIDENTIFIED diagonally across the middle of each one. If anyone wants to download them, feel free. I have the originals and un-watermarked ones on my hard-drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-35589141138192219412013-01-29T09:32:18.049-08:002013-01-29T09:32:18.049-08:00Thank-you, Loretta. In the Case of the GGG-Aunt V...Thank-you, Loretta. In the Case of the GGG-Aunt Vs the GG-Grandmother, I had posted my ggg-aunt's marriage certificate, complete with transcription. One of her married sisters, who had a very unusual surname, had been a witness, and her father had a reasonably unusual occupation, so there was no mistaking who this woman was and whom she had married. Alas, it was up for months, to no avail, the "researcher" was too busy copying down distant relatives that weren't hers (including my late father)!<br /><br />Your idea is a fine one, though. It could be a great face-saving device -- for those who are paying attention! Not much we can do about oblivious "click-o-philes", as you have pointed out.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-46937892998373367752013-01-29T09:13:52.862-08:002013-01-29T09:13:52.862-08:00Great post!
One option for the your ggg-aunt vs. ...Great post! <br />One option for the your ggg-aunt vs. their gg-grandmother incident is to write a story. Point out the differences between them and attach it to your ggg-aunt. It will show up as a hint for them AND for anyone else who links to her in your tree. It won't stop the clickophiles from copying the error but it will give notice to those doing actual research ;-)<br /><br />-Loretta<br />Barking Up the Wrong Tree Blog <br /> <br />p.s. You can see an example of what I mean in my blog post, "This Time It's Personal" from Jan. 2012. LLG70https://www.blogger.com/profile/05978415045288866420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-51887043004054482032013-01-29T09:04:38.734-08:002013-01-29T09:04:38.734-08:00Well, as you have seen, Joanne, my results were ve...Well, as you have seen, Joanne, my results were very mixed! I can only suggest waiting three days, then politely providing the evidence disproving who their relatives are, all the while saying that it is their business whether they want to consider your evidence. I think the important thing is leaving them a way of saving face. Obviously, I failed in this last item when writing to the lady who had been copying my photographs. I can only hope that, although she thinks of me unfavourably (if, indeed, she thinks of me at all), she might have an inkling that what she has been doing isn't quite right.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-26364044211531622662013-01-29T08:39:53.396-08:002013-01-29T08:39:53.396-08:00Thank you for giving me language ideas for when I ...Thank you for giving me language ideas for when I respond to people who copy my ancestors/pictures/whatever and have no clue what they are doing. I just wrote a woman who had copies my entire family tree of ancestors who emigrated from Ireland. She has them going to Australia - I wrote and told her they were my husband's great grandparents who got married, got on a boat in Cork and moved to western Pennsylvania. She wrote me back that I didn't have a clue about finding legitimate relatives.<br />(sigh) People make me tired...joanneFinding Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065674614147470678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-53679736689430043752013-01-25T17:37:01.317-08:002013-01-25T17:37:01.317-08:00Oh dear, Audrey, I hear you! And they're such...Oh dear, Audrey, I hear you! And they're such bright people, too -- teachers, researchers and activists! It's so depressing!<br />Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-19103400446884701102013-01-25T16:05:24.862-08:002013-01-25T16:05:24.862-08:00I like the 3 day rule for correcting someone. I ha...I like the 3 day rule for correcting someone. I have more than a few Facebook friends I need to do this with when they relentessly repost without bothering to check with Snopes first.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219761342468705017noreply@blogger.com