Barking Up the Wrong Tree: January 2014

31 January 2014

Uh, no you don't.

I opened tree hints one day this week to find this as the very first hint. Taunting me. Begging to be mocked. I think the universe is telling me I need to get back to writing on a regular schedule. So here we go.

Title: I Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve
Attached to: One tree but the images were just uploaded this week.
Uploaded: 220 times in 48 hours to 220 different profiles.

Here are just two examples of profiles that have the image attached:

Martha Effie Davis Hooper
Birth 9 November 1905 in Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas, USA alt birth Illinois Marriage in Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death 9/3/1997 in Henegar, De Kalb, AL Burial: 6 SEP 1997 Baker Cemetery,Hardy,Shap Co.,Arkansas

Diluglic - Dilulius I Van Commeria King of Troy King of Cimmerians, Roy des Cimmériens
Birth 490BC or 725Bc or 710BC in Georgia
Death 625 B.C. in SIMMERIA, BLACK SEA REGION, ANCIENT TURKEY, GREEK KINGDOMS

Doing a Google search to find the source of the image brings up three articles all titled, "I Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve." Apparently the tree owner featured above didn't bother to read the articles.

"I Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve"
"I Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve" Part 2
Both written by Nathan W. Murphy for the FamilySearch Blog.
I Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve
From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, directing readers to Mr. Murphy's article.

If you have a photo or profile to suggest please send me a link at buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com.

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27 January 2014

Total Nonsense

Amyntas Of Macedonia
B: 410 in Abt,,British Columbia,Canada
D: in ,,British Columbia,Canada

FATHER
Arrhidaeus DeMacedonia
B: in ,,British Columbia, Canada
D: in Macedonia

MOTHER
Clèopatre
B: in Macedonia
D: 2000 in Macedonia

SPOUSE & CHILD
Queen Eurydice (1935 - )
❇ Philip Of Macedonia (383 - 336)

More after the jump.

Warning: Sarcasm Ahead >>

18 January 2014

Where to start?

Thomas Jr. Davenport
B: 1721 in King William, King William, Virginia, United States
D: 1780 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States

SPOUSE & CHILD
Mary Noel (1743-1802)
❇ Osborne Davenport (1763-1830)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Lucy Ransom (1730-1750)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1754-1808)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Lucy Ransom (1730-1750)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1754-1808)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Lucy Ransom (1754-1750)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1754-1808)

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Lucy Ransome (1725-1781)
❇ Anne Davenport (1752-1793)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1761-1848)
❇ John Jonathon Davenport (1765- )
❇ Mildred Millie Davenport (1766-1821)
❇ Nancy Davenport (1770- )
❇ Priscilla DAVENPORT (1772- )
❇ Ann Davenport (1822- )

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Lucy Ransome (1725-1781)
❇ Anne Davenport (1752-1793)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1761-1848)
❇ John Jonathon Davenport (1765- )
❇ Mildred Millie Davenport (1766-1821)
❇ Nancy Davenport (1770- )
❇ Priscilla DAVENPORT (1772- )
❇ Ann Davenport (1822- )

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Mary Noel (1743-1780)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1276-1320)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1451-1517)
❇ Philemon Davenport (1740- )
❇ James Davenport Jr (1742-1823)
❇ Joe Davenport (1744-1849)
❇ Claiborne Davenport (1754- )
❇ Julius Terry Davenport (1758-1843)
❇ Osborne Davenport (1763-1830)
❇ Nancy Davenport (1762- )
❇ Priscilla Davenport (1766- )
❇ Ann Davenport (1822- )
❇ Ann Davenport (1822- )
❇ Ann Davenport (1822- )
❇ James Davenport (1847-1902)

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Mary Noel (1743-1780)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1276-1320)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1451-1517)
❇ Philemon Davenport (1740- )
❇ James Davenport Jr (1742-1823)
❇ Joe Davenport (1744-1849)
❇ Claiborne Davenport (1754- )
❇ Julius Terry Davenport (1758-1843)
❇ Osborne Davenport (1763-1830)
❇ Nancy Davenport (1762- )
❇ Priscilla Davenport (1766- )
❇ James Davenport (1847-1902)

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Mary Noel (1743-1780)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1276-1320)
❇ Thomas Davenport (1451-1517)
❇ Philemon Davenport (1740- )
❇ James Davenport Jr (1742-1823)
❇ Joe Davenport (1744-1849)
❇ Claiborne Davenport (1754- )
❇ Julius Terry Davenport (1758-1843)
❇ Osborne Davenport (1763-1830)
❇ Nancy Davenport (1762- )
❇ Priscilla Davenport (1766- )
❇ James Davenport (1847-1902)

Do I start with the son born in the 13th century? Or maybe the one born in the 15th century? Or the daughter born in the 19th century? Or one of the dozens of other egregious errors?
UGH!!!

Thanks to Ida for the link to this profile ;-)

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10 January 2014

Arrr!

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Title: pirate_wheel
Uploaded: 15 times
Attached to: 150 profiles in one tree
Profiles are for men and women born all over the world - the Netherlands, England, France, Germany, Switzerland... Birth dates range from the late 16th century to the very early 18th century.
Saved to: 28 other trees

If you have a photo or profile to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com.

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06 January 2014

Cry Craven

cry craven - [idiom] to yield; capitulate; give up
dictionary.com

Emphasis on that last definition. Sigh.

thomas craven
B: abt 1850 in Manchester, Lancashire, England
D: 1832 in Indiana, Pennsylvania

thomas is the father of...

william craven

william is the father of...

John S craven
B: 1814 in Pennsylvania

John is the father of...

Tison B craven
B: 1836

Tison is the father of...

william h craven
B: abt 1814 in Kirk Smeton, Yorkshire, England

Thanks to Laura for the link to this tree ;-)
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03 January 2014

The Impossible Dream

Each of these was uploaded by a different user.
All of the trees extend down to living people.
Excuse me while I pour myself a very strong drink.

Title: adam eve
Uploaded to: Adam of Eden
Birth in Garden of Eden
Death in Olaha,Shinehah,East of Eden
Attached to: 3 other trees

❇ ❇ ❇ ❇ ❇

Title: Adam and Eve
Uploaded to: Adam (eth-Ha-adam)
Birth 4004 bc in Garden of Eden
Death 3074 in Canaan
Attached to: 5 other trees

❇ ❇ ❇ ❇ ❇

Title: Adam and Eve 117th GGGF GGGM
Uploaded to: Adam First Man
Birth in Eden
Death in Olaha,Shinehah
Attached to: 6 other trees

❇ ❇ ❇ ❇ ❇

Title: Adam&Eve
Uploaded to: 'Ha'adham (ADAM)
Birth abt. 4004 BC (1-931 AM) in Garden Of Eden
Death 3074 bc in Olaha,Shinehah
Attached to: 29 other trees

❇ ❇ ❇ ❇ ❇

Title: Adam of Eden the First Man and Eve in eden
Uploaded to: 13 profiles on this tree
4 for Adam of Eden the First Man ^
4 for Adam of Eden the First Man *
5 for Adam of Eden the First Man #
Attached to: 1 other tree

❇ ❇ ❇ ❇ ❇

Title: Adam and Eve
Uploaded to: 11 profiles on this tree. All 11 are for...
First Man Adam
Birth 4026 B.C.. in Garden of Eden
Death 3096 B.C. in Olaha, Shinehah
Attached to: 138 other trees

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Barking has been "deemed offensive to [Ancestry.com's] brand" and is banned from their Facebook pages. In Ancestry's "Community" comments with links to Barking are censored.
Dear Emma, Hannah, Jemima, Mary Jane, and all of her other personalities agree that I use "the banner of 'education' to actually mock, deride and laugh at [Ancestry's] own customers" and I "can make [my] point concerning tree inaccuracies & cock-ups and their effect on our 'hints' system without being downright unpleasant and sarcastic about it."
Allen says, “your cute little blog is a waste of bandwidth at best”
Ann thinks I'm "...copying and pasting mistakes on trees and calling it a blog" and that my readers are "mean-spirited people...who like to have a laugh at the expense of others."
Sue was really offended by the “...continual stream of sarcasm and constant poking fun...What a nasty taste in my mouth your blog left me with. Unpleasant, sarcastic and jeering at people who you obviously see as your intellectual inferiors. Won't be reading that again.”
And finally from Les, "You truly are a horrible woman, pointing out mistakes is one thing but blatantly laughing and taking the p is completely out of order."

Why?

Researching our family histories we are bound to make mistakes. Hopefully we are quick to correct them. Unfortunately some people refuse to read or think before adding information to their family trees. Some trees have been abandoned so the errors are there for eternity. Here we will laugh, mock and shake our heads at the carelessness, stupidity and/or ignorance of those errors.
All examples are taken from trees published online.
I'll also post tips occasionally, though the messed up trees are a great example of what NOT to do.
If you have an online tree to suggest for a future post please send me a link: buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com

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