And I've written to *numerous* people who have posted trees, asking for more information (usually to confirm a source because their info differs from mine) and have *never* received a response!
Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> wrote: > I had an unsourced tree posted at RootsWeb for probably five years with the > same expectation--having people contact me for sources--and even said so in > the page headers. *No one* ever wrote although the counter I installed > ticked away indicating the file had been viewed by a couple of thousand > people. Finally someone pointed out that sources add credibility to your > work. I switched to Legacy specifically for the sourcing capability and > began including them. At that point I started getting contacts. No > blizzard, but about half a dozen a year from a database of just under 10,000 > names. Now I just have to work on standardizing the formatting so the > citations look good as well as being credible. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: jay_inga...@pipeline.com [mailto:jay_inga...@pipeline.com] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:14 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees > > > I created a new Legacy file copy of data I wanted to post, stripped all > (hope so) notes and sources, then added a new source saying if people > contact me I can provide the sources and notes that I have. Then posted that > data on Rootsweb. Almost no one has contacted me for additional info. One or > two people have sent correction requests. > > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees > > > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:33:59 -0700, "Brian L. Lightfoot" > <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > >>Any online tree with no source citations is pretty weak evidence but >>without anything else to go by, I consider it a starting point for >>additional research. > > From: "Dennis M. Kowallek" <kowal...@iglou.com> > > I don't publish sources in my online family tree precisely because I > want the viewer to contact me. He/she might be a distant relative that > can help me as much as I can help them. If the viewer chooses to copy my > info without asking about sources ... not my problem. > > And like others, I might use an online family tree as a clue to further > research. If the tree does not contain sources, I will attempt to > contact the compiler. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
