A miracle

Have you tried finding source data so the profile can be corrected? Of course dating is difficult going back over a thousand years.

Richard, instead of critisizing, why don't you try to help get Genis database correct.

Do you know when Beatrice was born?

Do you know when Beatrice died?

Do you know when her parents live and their names?

Do you know who her husbands were and when they were married?

Do you know when her children were born and who were their father?

If you don't have any new knowledge to about this person (Beatrice) then why are you commenting?

It wasn't to hard to find something!
http://www.decourcy.net/history/196.htm

Erica, I did't intend for my commrnt to be critical. The title was meant to be a humorous attention getter. Upon furture refection I can see how others would view it differently.

Remi, The answer to all your questions is no. I was a history major so I notice when dates don't match but I never studied European history. I made the comment to point out an error so that others could research the information, as Eldon Clark has done. Was it important to point out the discrepancy, No, If a hundred or a thousand people add this to thier tree it won't matter. Since most of the source material on the internet are other tree's they are already full off errors. Example: Thousands of people on Ancestry.com list the place of death of thier relatives asY,Somme,France. This place had a population of 86 people in 2006 and it's never been much larger. The problem is in the solfware, when you enter "Y' for yes when it asks if the person is dead, it list the place of death as Y,Somme. My comment about Beatrice was the first time I have ever left a comment on any site so I didn't know I had to have the answer to the problem before commenting.

Hi Richard,

Like you, I have a tendency to speak up when I see something that doesn't make sense. Partly out of curiosity, partly because I just like things to be orderly!

My sister, who studied communications as part of her business degree, has finally gotten me to see that a comment without a solution is often seen as a complaint. It's just the way we tend to interpret things as human beings.

Whether it's a business or a social setting, or in an online group, my sis says that if I'll slow down for a moment and think up a possible solution, and then phrase my comment as a question, I'll often get better reception from others. For instance, "Would it make more sense to annotate the file as probably erroneous until further research can be done?"

Whatever! I totally get what you were doing, but I see my sister's point, too, and I've found that her approach generally works better for me. FWIW, YMMV!!!

Best,
Jen

I'm just trying to get everyone to pitch in and help getting thje information as correct as possible. That's what genealogists try to do. You don't need to have the answers before commenting, Richard, but if you find any, please let the profileadmins know.

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Now I got your joke!

In my volunteer efforts "cleaning the tree" we had a running gag for a while on the most improbable GEDCOM profiles, and how they came about.

My favorite explanation was that Y for yes, is deceased, got transposed to the location field, and then "read" by some old database to match the shortest place name; Y, Somme, France.

So the quick fix would be to change it to the opposite, the longest place name in that file. Do you know that location? Hint: its in Wales. :)

But I also agree with Remi. When we find empty profiles that don't make sense, let's correct them.

I've got 5,000 down, ??? to go.

Bajillions, Erica. "Bajillions" is the word you're looking for... /grin

Oouuch, I thought the word was "Fantazillions" :-)

LOL! How about 'multiplicity'?

No, Jennifer. Thats the neighbouring town to Duplicity.

Oh, darn, I guess simplicity isn't anywhere near, then. Duplicity must be a suburb of Complicity!

/lol

And how many geni children did Felicity have?

A multiplicity, of course! /grin

Oh Erica ?

No one seemed to pin your long name place :-(
That discussion ended up in another umm, ...city ;-D

I know that one!
The Welsh town Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
One of my favourite words ;-D))

And how do you abbreviate it? I understand the double L in Welsh is silent, a breath, like a ....

Karl Halvor Wollan :-P to your comment about our detour! /grin

That's such a delightful name! I've never heard it and I sure wish I could hear someone pronounce it! I had to check with Google and I found out that there's one place name that's longer:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

It's in New Zealand!

And it is good to see so many Geni members having a light-hearted conversation. Richard, if I think someone may not realize I am joking, I stick in my favorite emoticon, the raspberry = ;-P.

That's one of my faves, too, Maria! I totally agree, it's nice to just be enjoying some fun with other Genis! Or is that 'Geniuses'?