Have Ancestry taken the 'fun' out of genealogy?

[PeteW1959]

I am going through my tree at the moment looking for missing census for everyone. This is something I have done from time to time, and start with a known census and then work backwards or forwards.

Now, when I go to a census entry on Ancestry, I automatically get a list of possible census entries for other years, as well as BMD and parish records. Now you may think this is helpful, and although there are a lot of 'false positives' many of the links are correct.

However, I miss the 'thrill of the chase'. Working out the best way to search to find that awkward census return, entering known information in different combinations, and finally the sense of achievement when you find great uncle Fred's entry mistranscribed as Freda.

Where will it end? Will it eventually end up that you enter your name and get your whole tree delivered to you fully completed?

[Chrissie Smiff]

I have found some of those links really useful Pete. In your case though, if you prefer to search yourself, I would suggest that you ignore the links and don't click on them.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Taken the fun out? No, certainly not. They love their little jokes, do Ancestry - Samartive Beguine Bleaner being the occupation of my relative. An eight day old baby boy called James described as an 80 year old woman called Jane. Jepson relatives transcribed as Sepson, Lepson, Tepson, Japson, Tapson and (endlessly) so on, finishing with a final flourish as......Winterton.....


You take your fun where you can get it, Pete, and I will just breathe another exasperated sigh and submit YET ANOTHER correction!

OC

[PhotoFamily]

Where will it end? Will it eventually end up that you enter your name and get your whole tree delivered to you fully completed?

When you look at sites like WikiTree, that try to be the one tree for the entire world (?!), then yes - just register yourself, tie into a tree, and your work is done, right?