tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post5983511746314013869..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: The Plagiarism Problem Rears its Ugly HeadOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-51870861622764125142014-11-17T22:04:05.173-05:002014-11-17T22:04:05.173-05:00Several years ago, I shared my manuscript with a p...Several years ago, I shared my manuscript with a person over 3000 miles away. Six months later, it was in print with his name attached. The reason that I knew it was mine was because, I had placed an intentional error in the document. He failed to alter anything that I had written. It still continues today even on findagrave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-28089343118351850392014-11-09T13:34:53.053-05:002014-11-09T13:34:53.053-05:00Thanks Jill!Thanks Jill!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-6088283048265754562014-11-09T13:34:39.811-05:002014-11-09T13:34:39.811-05:00T - Public Family Trees on Ancestry are *meant* to...T - Public Family Trees on Ancestry are *meant* to be copied and shared to other trees. That's the whole idea of them.<br /><br />Making your tree private is the right way to go if you don't want to share it. You can always choose to share to select individuals if you wishOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-45406586525209790562014-11-09T13:33:18.580-05:002014-11-09T13:33:18.580-05:00Tom D - You really can't toss out accusations ...Tom D - You really can't toss out accusations like the one you posted here without some proof.<br /><br />Can you give us an example please of something on the Ancestry website which has been plagiarized?<br /><br />I'll put 50 bucks down on you NOT being able to come up with one single thing.Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-1107829435800782772014-11-09T09:09:33.598-05:002014-11-09T09:09:33.598-05:00The Ancestry.com website is famous for plagiarism....The Ancestry.com website is famous for plagiarism.Tom D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-36123662966875464672014-11-07T12:56:29.035-05:002014-11-07T12:56:29.035-05:00G'day, I really enjoyed this post which I have...G'day, I really enjoyed this post which I have included in this weeks GAGs - GeniAus Gems at http://geniaus.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gags-geniaus-gems-7-november-2014.htmlGeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-43028485570306283822014-11-04T13:26:00.726-05:002014-11-04T13:26:00.726-05:00Not long ago I discovered a family tree at ancestr...Not long ago I discovered a family tree at ancestry.com that had every one of my photos and documents displayed on it but the author was the tree owner. Obviously she had saved everything to her computer and uploaded to ancestry. When I first found her tree and had not yet discovered the theft I contacted her through ancestry thinking I had found a new cousin. I got no reply. I figured out which Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256855136448978468noreply@blogger.com