In my email, a very unexpected surprise: A link to a branch of the “Frantz” family tree that I did not have documented in my Ancestry database.

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The new information changed my relationship with the woman in the obituary (yesterday). “Helping hands.”

Honestly, sincerely, indubitably, etc, etc, I want to walk away!! However, requests greet me—first thing in the morning—when I check my email messages.

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One thing leads to another. Documenting the ancestry of a “cousin” brought me face-to-face with another error in Ancestry. Obviously, it was imperative that I correct those errors?!

I’m aware that Ancestry scans my data and sends “hints” with additional information. “They” are getting to a point where “they” are sending me information that needs repair. More “just a janitor” stuff!! I was still struggling with Tiner/Tyner information when I “took a breather” and checked my email.

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Ancestry was telling me that a cousin had added several more folks to his database—including Funk. I have Funk in my ancestry so quickly followed the link… Immediately, I saw that the individual had been duplicated in his tree. Then I saw several duplications in my tree. I can’t complain because “it’s a good thing” when errors are brought to my attention. I guess Ancestry will continue to invade my database and I am destined to be a janitor cleaning up messes.

Wide awake in pre-dawn hours, I told myself I was **NOT** going to touch Ancestry today. About four o’clock I got up and “yes” made a bee-line to the computer to check my email messages. Ancestry advised me that I had a message from Louis Tiner (“goodie goodie”) and I rapidly went to his message—and followed it with a reply. (No need to document the messages here.)

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I’ve added a lot more information today and it may prove beneficial as I work to accurately document the third great-grandfather of Herbert James Tiner.

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Before I got out of bed—at a pre-dawn hour—I planned to write a blog message about laissez-fair. What was I going to say? I’ve forgotten… because my mind became stuffed with thoughts and words about “ancestry.” ~~ It has been sixty years since I lived in Paris, France, and I still have un petit peu recollection of the language.

After a couple of days of intensive research, I believe I have everything documented “copasetic.” I’ll turn to projects that have been neglected. Click the images (below) to enlarge them for better viewing.

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It’s a heavy load but I strive for 200% accuracy.

…and can’t let go!!

Couldn’t sleep; awake at one and up at two. It is one o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve been searching—and documenting—for eleven hours. My “brick wall” is not a lack of information, it is too much misinformation.

Need I say more? I create pictures (and attach to the individuals) because I am beginning to believe that many Ancestry subscribers can’t read.

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True story: I have Polly Frantz fully documented in my tree. Because I observed so many Ancestry trees with inaccurate information, I “started from scratch” to make certain my research and documentation is accurate.

Archivist, too? Hey, there aren’t enough hours in the day!! I can’t keep up with requests and clean up messes!! There was another message titled “Lorraine–has to be a mistake.”

POSTSCRIPT on 21 Apr 2022:

THANK YOU, Shelly, for your message. I hate to disappoint you but I can’t help you. I am not related to Mabel Whipple although she is in a “tree” that I own. Honestly, I rescued the Traxler information from an extended family member. Her decades of research– compiled in a genealogy software program–would have ended up in the dumpster. I acquired the information on a “thumb drive” and uploaded it to Ancestry. Perhaps you can search for Whipple in other Ancestry trees and locate a family member. ~~ Wishing you “happy researching” from Lorraine Frantz Edwards.

 

I was NOT going to “climb the family tree.” However, yesterday (via Messaging), I met a new cousin on a far-away branch of the tree. I think she has copied too many Ancestry Member Family Trees!!! She has more than 230,000 individuals in her tree and she has my ancestry wrong (in her tree and quite possibly, therefore, wrong in a lot of trees). So, I’m working to clean up the mess but I foresee that this is A BIG JOB.