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hi all , i saw a tree with 83,000+ is this possible? can you copy and paste someones tree? if they have the same family members in it? adie from leicester england

Other tree's may very well have some of the same family members as your tree..........but why would you want to copy and paste someone else's tree???
If i find a connection with someone else's tree, i always double check their information to confirm it is correct, before adding anything to my tree.

well, because it would save time, if im trying to add people to my tree, which is why we all joined! then why spend hours looking at there tree , who is your relative to add family members who you dont now about, it would save loads of time, if i was related to you and i had 50 people who you never knew about, wouldnt you want them on your tree if they are related to you? thats the point of having a tree isnt it? ???????????????

Ok, but how do you know that the information in their tree is correct?

because i had a tree match and the person sent me a photo of my great great grandfather through the post, his dad was cousins with my grandad and i had a photo of them together that my uncle gave me, so i emailed it to him, anyway, bit of a story for you there! its just taking me ages to add people, ive only got up to 105 now, and ive been on here since just after xmas, so i was wondering how he got 83000! in his tree, thats either some serious man hours or he has copied someones tree? thats why i asked if thats people was doing on here, and why are people hiding there names in there trees? i dont get that, do you know why they do that?

Trust me on this one Adrian......when i first started out building my family tree, i added lots of information from other people's tree's who were connected to my family............2 and 3 yrs further down the line, i realised that some of the information i had willy nilly added to my tree, without confirming the information for myself..........was all wrong and i had to delete lots of information from my tree and start all over again!!

I've got 791 people in my tree on here and I've been researching for more years than I care to recall . It depends if you want quantity or quality I guess ?

i joined to trace my family tree, so if i find someone who is related to me do i then not add my other members of my family because i didnt find them first? we all need help with our tree surely? if i was related to you and you saw my tree, i wouldnt mind you adding me because you would be a family member, thats why we all decided to join and make a tree isnt it? to add family to our trees, after all its just a hoby.

Well that is a bit OTT Jane!!!
Adrian for security reason's, some people hide the details of "Living People" in their trees.

to amanda 2003, thankyou for your reply, i want the correct info, its just i thought that 83,000 was alot! its took me a few months to get to 105! and thats with help from my uncles and a few tree matches on here , who turned out to be related. i wouldnt want anyone on my tree who shouldnt be there.

It is all very well adding family members to your tree Adrian.....just as long as you have confirmed the information for yourself.

There are some trees Adrian that are "Worldwide" which means anyone can add information to that tree............is the information correct? Who knows!!!

to pricklyholly, thanks for your reply, i didnt realise you could hide people for that reason, thanks for the info, thats helped alot,i only saw the advert in december for genes reunited, i didnt know it has been going for years!, good site though, i joined because sadly my mum passed away in december and i never new my family, but since then ive met my mums remaining brothers and sisters and some of there children, they actualy had photos of me and my sister from when i was a child! i didnt even know they knew about me. been a success for me so far.have you found anyone?

Yes Adrian 83,000 people is an awful lot to have in a tree .
Getting a tree together these days is a lot quicker than it was years ago and in some cases it is so quick as to be of no use at all .

For most of us I think , it's about the hunting for the elusive ancestors .

Good luck with your searching .

thanks amanda, hope your having good luck with your tree. take care.

Well that all sounds fantastic Adrian!! I just wanted to point out to you, whatever information you add to your tree...please take the time to check it out for yourself. It will save you a whole lot of trouble in the long run!! xxx

i will, im just getting used to useing this site, if you have any tips then give me a shout, thanks again holly, im hoping to get it finished by the end of the year, bit difficult as i dont speak to my dad, and need his motheres maiden name. ill see what i can get my sister to find out for me! cheers hun xx

Adrian , it must have been amazing for you to find out that there where photos of you and your sister as little ones being kept by aunts and uncles .

It can sometimes take years and lot's of patience to find elusive people but never give up hope .

Pickly holly is right though , you should always check out any names that you think might be connected to your tree yourself .

I have a tree ,sent to me, which has my grandfather on it....... 100s if not thousands of names built up over a lifetime by a dedicated and careful researcher..... but the tree was still 'wrong' as were all those who had copied it , in that he couldn't 'know' what I knew ie my birth to the son of my grandfather...the son ( one of four) who 'didn't exist' unless one knew of the second marriage (virtually untraceable) of said grandfather.

There are trees on Ancestry that have copied from each other perpetuating the same mistakes...and it often takes just one mistake to make hundreds of names in a tree irrelevant.

I joined to add family to my tree yes ...but only if they're the right ones :)

Happy reseaching Adrian..........goodnight to you and Amanda...xxxx