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In Ancestry.com, this is the message attached to the image directly above: “The individuals were a challenge to document. Sisters married brothers; Emanuel Cripe married both sisters. Susannah Mikesell married both Cripe brothers. ~~ Common ancestors. ~~ ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS WELCOME ~~”

Most days, I don’t want to get out of bed. Projects await my time and attention but I haven’t a teaspoon of energy. My body aches all over. By comparison, Tuesday saw me up early—and active—in anticipation of the trip to the Zoo. A psychologist might say “It’s all in your head.” Most days, nothing to look forward to. My happiness comes while documenting my extended family in Ancestry.com. Then, the negative message from a seventh cousin stole my last drops of energy. A dear friend read my earlier blog messages and said “Just get over it.” ~~~~~~ This is my “journal” and I’m documenting my thoughts on a bright sunny morning in mid-November.

Here is the weblink to My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers, November 13th. If the reader is seeing this message on another day, the November 13th message may not come up automatically. I’m making reference to the devotional message today because “it spoke to me.” (I read the words in my decades-old book.)  I have so much to be thankful for!!

Yes, I salved my pain immersed in the documentation of my extended family. Along the way, I saw the “careless documentation” by another subscriber to Ancestry.com. The culprit is not identified (and I did not send a message to him). In my humble opinion, my “Alexander” error was minuscule compared to that…

Here is the message I read first thing this morning (from a seventh cousin one-time-removed).

you have Alexander Frantz as being the son of Frank and Mary Ann Frantz this is incorrect. Alexander is the son of Uncle Frank’s second marriage to Constance Epton. I would greatly appreciate it if you would not just plug in anything you think works when it comes to my father’s family. These are people who I know and love and they are not just puzzle pieces for you to play with. I have said this to you before and it upsets me greatly and I do not appreciate and deeply resent you disrespecting my family members in this way. I have asked you before if you need to know something about my family then you need to ask I will happily give you any info you need. I added you to my page so I know you can see my tree. If you cannot stop disrespecting my family by putting in incorrect Information just haphazardly then I will have no choice but to file a complaint with Ancestry.com. against you. Why it matters is because people who don’t know you or my family don’t know that you have it wrong. I know my tree is correct because these are my family members. These are people who I know personally and speak to you on the phone and visit their homes. I called them and verified the information before I put it on my tree. So you can trust that what I have put on tree is correct. Thank you.

I (Lorraine) work so hard to have my database 200% accurate. Hours and hours… and rarely a word of thanks. Regrettably, this is not the first threat to report me to Ancestry.com. Off-topic: Here is an image created yesterday to support hours of researched information.

Fifty-three “sources” for these four individuals and that is not counting all the sources for the seven children.

This old lady frequently refers to herself as “just a janitor.”

So much time is spent cleaning up messes in Ancestry.com. The message has me weeping and heavy-hearted. In all my years… it never occurred to me to send a critical message to another subscriber to Ancestry.com. To be helpful, I’ve sent messages drawing attention to the sources I’ve found–and documented. I always include the salutation “Best wishes and happy researching from Lorraine.”

You be the judge: Who has the most “heart” for the Frantz family?

“Seventh cousin one-time-removed” has 11,661 individuals in the database and 285 with the Frantz surname. Lorraine has 60,950 individuals in her database and 3,130 with the Frantz surname.

My apology: I can’t stop crying. Yes, I’m “in a hole” (whole lot of pain).

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One-thousand individuals were added to my database in fifteen days. OMG!! I don’t “plan” to add than many in such a short period of time. It just happens!! “Climbing the family tree”  is my “drug of choice.” I escape from depression, loneliness, and (today) sadness. ~~ Four PM on a beautiful day and I should have been working in the carport—downsizing. Coulda, woulda, shoulda…