Who Am I?

You've seen this disaster of a profile before in Bottomless Pit 2. That post featured the events on the profile. This one has the list of alternate names. Over 6000 of them. Six THOUSAND!
This profile has given me nightmares. What if there's a profile somewhere on all of our trees that, because of a computer glitch, has every name and every event attached to it?
There are also a couple dozen "alternate name" facts with no name on them at all. See the horror after the jump.

Bottomless Pit 2

 MARY HANSON
 Birth 09 Aug 1675 in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
 Death  in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

 PARENTS
 John Hanson (1549-1622)
 Janet Raynor (1551- )

 SPOUSE & CHILDREN
 Walter Stanhope (1572-1661)
 ✿ Mary Stanhope (1602-1616)
 ✿ Jane Stanhope (1612-1693)
 ✿ Walter Stanhope (1612-1646)
 ✿ Edward Stanhope (1615-1675)
 ✿ Catherine Stanhope (1618-1618)
 ✿ Anne Stanhope (1623- )

If you're thinking Mary's birth year is a typo, you're an optimist. A birth year of 1575 would be better than having her parents and most of her children dying before her own birth. It would not, however, explain the births and deaths of Mary's parents, husband and children all occurring in England. Changing her birth year would also not improve the rest of the profile which is after the jump.
Here are just a few highlights (numbers in parenthesis are the number of events that are exact duplicates):

 ✿ Marriage
810 AD
Uppsala, Sweden
 ✿ Marriage
1503 7 Oct
Bernbowgale Edinburgh St. James St. Giles Toftis Manys Bernbowgale Manys Toftis Dummanyne Canongate Trinitarian Peblis Crukstoun, Midlothia, Scotland
 ✿ Christening
1847 31 Jan
Kerry, Ireland
 ✿ BURIAL
1864 15 Oct
NC
 ✿ Residence (85)
1911
Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
 ✿ Arrival (12)
1913 6 Jun
Detroit, Michigan
 ✿ Residence (72)
1930
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 ✿ SSN issued
California

After the jump: The complete list of events

Waste of Space

Today we have photos uploaded to a single profile. Along with the images below there are scans of a baptismal record and a marriage record. Each of those is uploaded twice.

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Title: seal of NJ
Uploaded: 8 times

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Title: seal of NY
Uploaded: 8 times

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Title: New_Amsterdam_1684_Visscher
Uploaded: 9 times

That's 29 uploads for 5 photos to one profile. The last image has been attached 21 times to 7 other trees. That's right, it has been attached multiple times to other trees. Not that you can tell from the image but it's a drawing of New Amsterdam from 1648.


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


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No Photo Yet

Rule #10: Every profile in your tree does NOT need a photo.

Each of the 9,000+ profiles on this tree has a gravestone photo. Of course most of the images are this:

On every profile the gravestone, whether the actual gravestone or the image above, is the profile photo. Even if there's a portrait of that person available! Apparently Ancestry's silhouettes aren't an obvious enough sign that a profile doesn't have a photo.


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Yowza!

Rule #5: You do not get to choose your ancestors.
Genealogy is not a buffet. You cannot pick and choose which of your 4th great-grandfather's wives is in your direct line because one is more interesting or easier to research.

Rule #6: Your female ancestor did not give birth when she was 74 years old.
Men can become fathers at any point during their adult lives. The same cannot be said for women. There are a few rare cases of women getting pregnant naturally over the age of 50. There's a list here. A source for one of the births on that list is an Ancestry Member Tree so I wouldn't consider it reliable. It is Wikipedia after all. If you can document a post-50 birth in your tree, without question, then you should go buy a lottery ticket.

You'll notice that this profile breaks Rule #1 and Rule #2 too. It's just all kinds of wrong. Sigh. See what other errors you can find.

 Uploaded numerous times to this tree.
Attached to Lewis O Garner 2nd and Lewis Oliver Garner 3rd.
 Title: tree-direct ancestor

 Lewis O Garner 2nd
 Birth 1793 in Howard Mill Area, Moore, North Carolina, United States
 Death 1879 in Ryans Glade, Garrett, Maryland, United States

 SPOUSE & CHILD
 Elizabeth Rickmeyer (1762-1860)
 ✿ Lewis Oliver Garner 3rd, b. 1840

Uploaded numerous times to this tree.

 Attached to Mary Elizabeth Yow.

 Title: Female Direct Ancestor

 SPOUSE & CHILDREN
 Mary Elizabeth Yow (1799-1860)
 ✿ William Garner, b. 1791
 ✿ John Garner, b. 1794
 ✿ Phoebe Garner, b. 1798
 ✿ Hulda Garner, b. 1800
 ✿ Lewis Garner, b. 1802
 ✿ Malinda Garner, b. 1803
 ✿ Frances GARNER, b. 1820
 ✿ John H Garner, b. 1821
 ✿ Sallie Sarah Garner, b. 1823
 ✿ William Garner, b. 1826
 ✿ Elizabeth Garner, b. 1828
 ✿ Frances Frannie Garner, b. 1830
 ✿ Lydia Garner, b. 1832
 ✿ Margaret Garner, b. 1833
 ✿ William Garner, b. 1837
 ✿ John Garner, b. 1839
 ✿ Mary A Garner, b. 1858
 ✿ Richard McCorey Yow, b. 1870
 ✿ Florence J Yow, b. 1876

 SPOUSE & CHILD
 Elizabeth Yow (1799-1860)
 ✿ Sallie Sarah Garner, b. 1823

 SPOUSE
 Rebecca Spinks Yow (1835-1911)

 ONE of the RECORDS ATTACHED
 ✿ 1790 United States Federal Census
    Lewis Garner

Thanks to Kristin for the link to this profile ;-)
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No Leeway, The Photos

Here, finally, are the photos from the tree that contains this profile.
The tree has 705 photos. The photos below are 561 of them.
The "maybe" images should be yellow on a white background. I have no idea why the colors have changed. Also, most of the image files are much smaller here. On Ancestry.com they are wasting much more space.

Title: Yes
Uploaded 1 time.

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Title: Maybe
Uploaded 6 times.

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Title: no
Uploaded 17 times.

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Title: maybe
Uploaded 35 times.

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Title: yes
Uploaded 58 times.

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Title: Maybe
Uploaded 105 times.

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Title: no
Uploaded 113 times.

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Title: No
Uploaded 226 times.

Thanks to Kristin for the link ;-)

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Jung Would Have a Field Day

Any psychiatrists out there?
I would love to hear theories on this tree owner's thought process.
The photos are attached to:
Anna Jungmayr
Birth 1608 in Germany
Death 1670 in Germany
The flag, titled german flag, was originally uploaded by another tree owner. All the others were uploaded by this tree owner and are untitled. Seven of his photos are attached to five other trees. Here are just some of the photos attached to Anna's profile:

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Title of photo: D of J of A
This image was uploaded 2753 times to a single tree.
Two THOUSAND, seven HUNDRED and fifty-three!!!

Thanks to Kristin for the link to this tree ;-)

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Keeping Up With the Joneses

Here's one way I find potential blog fodder. I search Ancestry.com for public tree photos for a common surname and look for flags or coats of arms images. Within minutes I will have found a tree full of zombies, premature births, and other illogical profiles. It never fails. Inevitably it will also be a tree that is wasting space with useless iconography that has been uploaded hundreds of times.
Today I searched for Jones and Johnson. For each name I clicked the first flag in the search results and ended up in the same tree. Here is just one page from that tree's media gallery:

Over 40,000 images and I would bet about 30,000 of those could be narrowed down to 50 if the tree owner would just attach more than one profile to each image.
For those of you who noticed the page number, no, I didn't click through all 735 pages to get to this one. I chose a random page. You can do this quickly in any media gallery with three easy steps.
1. Click to page 2 in the media gallery.
2. Go to the address bar and change the last number (which should be a 2 if you followed step #1) to whatever page you want to jump to.
3. Hit enter.
If you want to take a look through a media gallery on a public tree go to any page on that tree. You'll see the address starts with http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/ followed by a number. That is the tree's id number. Delete everything following that id number and add /media. Hit enter and you'll be taken to that tree's media gallery.
You've probably already guessed that my next post will be a profile from the tree that goes with the above media gallery ;-)


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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.

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Angel Baby

This tree's photo gallery has 364 pages. I have no doubt that if I had gone past page 15 I would have found more. Just like images of flags and faux coats of arms, angel photos are a sure sign of a tree copied from other trees.

Title: Four different titles
Gods'little angel-baby-boy
Gods'little angel-baby- boy
Gods'little angel-baby-girl
Gods'little angel-baby
Uploaded: 11 times

Title: ANGEL BABY GIRL
Uploaded: Twice

Title: BABY BOY ANGEL
Uploaded: Once

Title: BABY GIRLS DEATH
Uploaded: Once

Title: Called to Heaven as a Child
Uploaded: Once

Title: Baby Boy Angel
Uploaded: Once

Thanks to Kristin for the link to one of these photos ;-)
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The End

I only looked through the first thousand or so photos on this tree. I'm sure if I'd looked through the other 10,000+ photos the "uploaded to" number below would be higher. Other than this photo the images are of flags, ships, coats of arms, crowns and royalty. 

Title: End of line
Uploaded to: 203 profiles
Many only have UNK as a name or UNK with a surname.
Attached to: numerous other trees

Thanks to Kristin for the link to this photo gallery ;-)
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African American, The Photos

None of these photos are titled. They were all uploaded to a profile with the name "African American" and dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. That profile will be featured here on Monday. They have all been uploaded numerous times to this tree to various other profiles. The first two have been attached to one other tree. Thankfully the others have not been attached to other trees.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, 6 Jul 2010
Photo credit: Brian Bedder, Getty Images North America

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Venus Williams

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Venus Williams
Photo credit: AP

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Royal Obsession

This is the photo gallery for one tree's profile of Peter Beverly (1610 - 1650). The last item is the only one not originally uploaded by this tree owner. The other 16 items are attached only to this profile which means they are uploaded numerous times. The tree has over 70,000 photos.
In true clickophile fashion there is only one record attached. It is from the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. The record is for a Robert Beverly. According to the profile Peter Beverly was born in England and died there.

ROW 1

1) Title: Family Tie Tree
On the image: Family Tie of Interest,
but Not a Direct Ancestor
Sibling, Cousin, In-Law,
Half- or Step-Sibling, Etc.
Attached to: 35 other trees

2) Title: Immigrant
On the image: Immigrant
Attached to: 84 other trees

3) Title: Descendant King Hugues I
On the image: Direct Descendant
Hugues I, King of France
Founder,
Capet Dynasty
Attached to: 128 other trees

4) Title: Descendant King Henry I France
On the image: Direct Descendant
Henry I, King of France
Capet
Dynasty
Attached to: 129 other trees

5) Title: Descendant King Henry II
On the image: Direct Descendant
Henry II, King of England
Considered Founder,
Angevin Empire &
Plantagenet Dynasty
Attached to: 125 other trees

6) Title: Descendant King Henry I
On the image: Direct Descendant
Henry I, King of England
Norman Dynasty
Attached to: 126 other trees

ROW 2

1) Title: Link to Germany
On the image: Direct Link to Medieval
German Ancestors
Attached to: 101 other trees

2) Title: Link to Wm the Conqueror
On the image: Direct Link to
William the Conqueror
Attached to: 134 other trees

3) Title: Link to Norman Dynasty
On the image: Link to Norman Dynasty
Kings of England
Attached to: 119 other trees

4) Title: Link to Capet Dynasty
On the image: Link to House of Capet
Kings of France
Attached to: 127 other trees

5) Title: Kings of Scotland
On the image: Direct Links to
Kings of Scotland
Attached to: 126 other trees

6) Title: Link to Plantagenets
On the image: Plantagenet Link
Attached to: 114 other trees

ROW 3

1) Title: Link to Magna Carta
On the image: Direct Link to
Magna Carta
Attached to: 177 other trees

2) Title: Link to Caroliginian Dynasty
On the image: Link to
Caroliginian Dynasty
Attached to: 162 other trees

3) Title: Link to Emperor of HRE
On the image: Direct Link to an Emperor
of the Holy Roman Empire
Attached to: 160 other trees

4) Title: Link to Charlemagne
On the image: Link to
Charlemagne
Attached to: 165 other trees

5) Title: Beverly COA
On the image: Beverley
Attached to: 558 other trees

Thanks to Aggie for the link to this profile ;-)
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Crain's Business

The logo in the photo is probably too small to see but it's in the top left corner of this page.

Title: Crain Bathroom
Date: March 2011
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee  
Uploaded to: Two profiles.
A man born 1785 in Georgia and
his daughter born 1820 in Tennessee.
Their surname is Crain.
Attached to: 10 other trees

Title: Crain Bathroom
Date: March 2011
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee  
Uploaded to: Six profiles. The same man above, his wife and son,
his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather (b. 1680 in Ireland)
all have profiles graced with this photograph.
Attached to: 34 other trees

Seriously, I can't make this stuff up!

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The point is?

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I'm assuming the focus of the photo is that piece of paper and not the vacuum or office chair. Of course no one can tell what is on the piece of paper and there is no description. So the point is?

TITLE: 1
UPLOADED TO: At least 22 profiles for people from the 13th - 17th centuries
ATTACHED TO: Numerous other trees

TITLE: 1
UPLOADED TO: At least 22 profiles for people from the 13th - 17th centuries
ATTACHED TO: Numerous other trees

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