Ancestry has the best collection of databases pertinent to family history on the internet and whether or not you agree with their motives for making this available the fact is they have become an invaluable resource.

I have found ancestors I didn't know I had and answers to puzzles that I thought I would never solve. However when I use the databases I always do my best to cross check what is there and I never add anything I think might be relevent until I have made absolutely sure that it is.

In today's society we tend to look for the "quick fix" everything must be instantly available but that's just not the way with family history, even with the internet. You still have to verify your findings and make sure everything ties together and makes sense. It's just like a big jigsaw puzzle, if you find a piece that looks as if it fits but then doesn't no amount of fiddling and hammering will make it fit! In the end you will have a picture that makes no sense at all!

As I said before I have no problems with sharing the information I have collected myself over the years from all sorts of sources but if I share I want it to be shared responsibily with people who have a common passion for family history. When you misuse the data then you make a mockery of it's purpose and make it so much more difficult for others to get the facts straight. That is just not acceptable, hence the privatized tree!