I was mooching through Ancestry trees and was VERY surprised to find my grandmother on a tree. No details other than her year of birth so I'm not bothered about her being on a tree - she is long dead and no one has mucked about with fantasies about her life etc.
I investigated the tree and it looks like a firm connection - I have emailed the owner.
But I was musing... HE has details of three baptisms that I have been searching for FOR EVER. I have details of two baptisms which have completely escaped HIM. He has the wrong surname for our mutual 3 x GGM - and I know EXACTLY why he has that, because I made the same mistake many years ago.
He also has full details of a branch for which I could find zilch...and I have full details for a branch which has baffled him!
Isn't it odd that two people researching the same family and presumably using the same resources, can finish up with completely different "holes" in their research.
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I investigated the tree and it looks like a firm connection - I have emailed the owner.
But I was musing... HE has details of three baptisms that I have been searching for FOR EVER. I have details of two baptisms which have completely escaped HIM. He has the wrong surname for our mutual 3 x GGM - and I know EXACTLY why he has that, because I made the same mistake many years ago.
He also has full details of a branch for which I could find zilch...and I have full details for a branch which has baffled him!
Isn't it odd that two people researching the same family and presumably using the same resources, can finish up with completely different "holes" in their research.
OC
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