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| Woodcut of hubby's ancestor, "stolen" by 13 other people for their family trees! |
Dear cousins and possible cousins:
"Steal my family photos--please!"
And post them on your family trees so I can connect with you. Cousin bait!
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| Family photo of Tillie Rose Jacobs Mahler, "stolen" by others for their family trees! |
If you save my publicly-posted family photos to your tree (whether it's hubby's 2d great-grandpa Benjamin McClure or my great-grandma Tillie Rose Jacobs Mahler), I can click on your profile photo, see whether we are a DNA match, look at your tree, and find out whether (and how) we're related.
Sure, some people who are not related have mistakenly claimed my photos of dead ancestors for their trees. Either I'll send a gentle private message questioning the connection or I'll post a politely-worded public comment on the photo on that tree.
You don't need my permission to "steal" a publicly-posted photo for your tree. And I don't expect you to ask permission.*
Please, just go ahead and steal my family photos . . . and lead me to our cousin connection!
This week's #52Ancestors prompt is "Thief."
*John Tew recently wrote that while he agrees with me, he also would like those who "borrow" his photos to give credit to his grandmother who so carefully and thoughtfully preserved these photos for future generations to enjoy. A lovely idea...and I do hope some of his distant relatives will do that. I'm just happy anyone saves any of my photos so I can follow the bread crumbs and find our cousin connection.
#CousinBait #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
I'm with you. The person who took that photo of your great-grandma Tillie would have liked to share copies with the whole family, I'm sure, even with the ones who weren't born yet.
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