tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post6681541740265036680..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: ICYMI - Comments on "Are Ancestry Leaf Hints Useful?"Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-41452137577126650342016-08-11T04:02:46.954-07:002016-08-11T04:02:46.954-07:00I'm not a genaologist, and my trees are a mess...I'm not a genaologist, and my trees are a mess. But I want it that way. I like the hints! Only 2000-4000 is out of control. Most hints are right. But I have some families that have multiplied themselves everywhere. It was intentional and track able. I have done my DNA and it only adds fuel to my maniacal adding of the "wrong" relatives simply because of the deliberate spreading of these "duplicate" families. Ask almost anyone in Texas who has the sur name Duke, which branch of Dukes they come from- then watch what happens when the YDNA comes back and you will see every single person in the family has now done their's as well, and then it blossoms into a communication between every single Duke they can find alive doing their's as well. Those hints gave me much of my incorrect information which turned out to be very correct once DNA was introduced! Member trees are all over the board, but sometimes, they are THAT individual's life and it is the information that they know to be true. I've asked people on other sites to please not make corrections to my tree. They still do it, thinking that they know my family more than me. I lived with them. I have our family bible, the photos, the stories. When that little leaf pops up sometimes, I shake just like it in anticipation for a juicy bit of information that I was unable to find or didn't know! Erin Van Zantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01657865036618399285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-58326929782623352192016-07-20T17:53:33.179-07:002016-07-20T17:53:33.179-07:00I personally have found the hints to be very usefu...I personally have found the hints to be very useful, over the years. However, caveat.....it is the links to documents that are the most useful. The trees I use as leads. I have found many a gem in those Ancestry hints. Diane Gould Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362418860289987479noreply@blogger.com