Have You Done You Genealogy Online?

You say it is costing you serious money? I do not think that I want to go that far back. I just want to find out about my Native American Heritage. I do not believe that I could get too wrapped up in something that would cost me a fortune, I hope. Thank you for the information about the mormon look up. I had been there before, but had completely forgot about it. Happy hunting.

I go and spend a few days in the area that my ancestors came from. When you factor in hotels, meals and gas, the cost mounts up. If your ancestors are Native Americans then I really don't know where to go. I guess that there are some records, again with the Mormons,but before that...? Maybe tribal records if there were such things. Sounds like you have a tough, but fascinating hunt on your hands there Rozie. Good luck.

Absolutely. Fortunately I have managed to evidence nearly all the stuff that I have found on there in Parish registers etc.

I do not know that I can come all the way down to San Diego, but it just so happens, I will be going down to my local library today. I will ask them about it. I too have all very common surnames on my mom and dad's side. So I guess it will be hard for me too. I want to call my aunt about some information. But I am afraid she will not be willing to tell me much either. She is very secretive when it comes to family things.

Oh alright.

I would love to really get into it like that. Since I have started just a week ago, I have found out a lot about my ancestry. I called my aunt tonight to ask the names of a few family members and we talked for an hour. It was really nice.

I do not understand what you mean when you say that people will 'take' what they want from it and use it as their own. I would think that if it not their family, they would not be able to use it.

The connections made from people who have a remote link to a family are far reaching. For instance, say your surname is Smith, or Jones, or even a name that it uncommon - - - Some people don't care whether or not they are related. Some people might think they are related through a long lost relative. Some people who are just compiling as many names connected to a particular surname as they can, will take what information they can. It doesn't even have to be connected to them if they are in it for the number of entries. When you have researched for years and spent thousands of dollars for documentation, you can email someone inquiring about information. They easily take the information and add it to their databank, making them appear like they are the ones who have researched the information, when in fact, they literally took it from what information you innocently gave them. If they would ask if they could use it, it might be different, but some people just take it. It doesn't have to be someone related.

Terilee, my friend could identify with you! She found a local man about 35 minutes from her doing genealogy on her line. He wanted some information she could supply. She innocently gave him what she had. Well,she soon found out how wrong she had been about this man. He wanted the information to use as his own and she found it on the Internet within his file, and she was not given credit.And also, the information she gave wasn't even in his lineage; yet, he put it in there just as though they were all kin. You do find these people on the Internet quite often. I will not put my information on the Internet, either. I do like to put in a query in the forums to find out if there is another researcher that truly is part of our lineage. Then we can share information. But I would hate to think what might happen if I put all I have on there for the public. I've seen so many sites out there with a little of everybody's information they have collected. You can tell they have just extracted it from someone else by the little bit of information they provide.

All the way back to the 1600s? That is totally awesome. I wish I could hook up with someone who had that much information on any side of my family. Thanks for the link, I will check it out.

Yes! It's amazing the amount of work that a couple of people have done, it's taken them YEARS to compile all this. I just added more ancestors tonight. I've gone the one branch back to one guy born in the late 1500s. I can't even get my brain wrapped around all that, LOL ...

He sold your computer for fifty bucks? On my God, if someone did that to me, I would probably go into cardiac arrest. I am glad you were able to replace it. Thank you for telling me about the site. I am going to check it out immediately.

I completely understand the mental issues, as I have a few of my own. Anyway, thank you so much for the information about this site. I am so excited. I was able to export the information from Myancestry.com to Tribalpages.com in less than five minutes. Everything is in perfect order. Thanks again. God bless you.

I had bought a new one and gave him the old one for school work. He didn't like that I wouldn't let him go online with that computer. He does have a few mental issues going on, but it still didn't make it right.