Another Ancestry Personal Family Tree Hit

And the greatest hits from Ancestry.com trees just keep on coming.

While clearing the leaves for my 8th great grandmother, Sophia Sethia Short b. ca 1665 in Colonial Virginia (she married Thomas Harrison 1665-1746). I found her parents (sic) on several trees.

Her father was Matthew Barnes b. 1692 and mother was Catherine Wood b. 1692. Not a bad trick to have your parents born nearly 30 years after you are and she doesn't even carry the same last name as her parents.

One of the worse examples of something that is suppose to be genealogy I have seen published to the net to date. I've sent personal messages to all these folks and also published a post to the Ancestry Short message board. Let's see how long it takes them to make the change, if ever.

I remind folks that if you make a mistake on your lineal lines, that mistake is double every geneation past that. You have to be careful and give this research the due diligence it deserves or why even bother in the first place.

More Genealogy New Calendar Math Found at Ancestry.com

Just when you thought it was safe to crawl out of your genealogy closet, I have uncovered some more interesting genealogy calendar math.

My 6th great grandmother is Hannah Medlicott, who was born in 1684 in Colonial Pennsylvania, and died in 1715. She was married to John Wendel Kite.

What is interesting are the nearly a dozen trees that give her parents as (wait for it) . . .

Father: William Medlicott (1805-1884)
Mother: Martha Tankee (1839-1866)

Fascinating that a couple can have a daughter 121 years (father) and 155 years (mother) before they are even born. And this is why I tell my students not to blindly accept what they see at Ancestry.com as gospel. You may end up looking pretty foolish if you do.