Michelle M.

I submitted my family tree long ago to the familysearch.com website and returned recently to see much of my accurate information wrongly changed by people who aren't even on my family tree. (I've been researching for 40 years and alive when many of the people on my tree were also alive.) I'm not talking about small changes either. People are being given the wrong parentage. I'm able to change it back, but there have been a few unrelated people who keep changing the information and will do it again. The site is GREAT for gathering records for free, but their family tree system is horribly flawed. People who use one source for information changes and do not look at all the information available as a whole are the problem. (Especially where illegitimate and adopted children are involved.) I'm also seeing people on Ancestry importing this same wrong information to their Ancestry trees. This is really frustrating when you need other trees to be accurate for Ancestry's DNA ThruLines. So, if you're looking for records, definitely use the site. But adding a tree or using the information from FamilySearch's user-submitted trees should be a hard pass. Also, keep in mind, that once you add tree information to their site, you cannot delete it.

My daughter has been attending Connections Academy for the last couple of years, and the online school has greatly declined. Recently, they decided to make all textbooks online. Worse, the books aren't available in their entirety for download or in one location to view. The student receives it in sections per given lesson which makes it difficult to review previous sections. Science is through BrainPop, an online site. Is the site helpful? Yes, but what child wants to go back through numerous videos and/or transcripts for review? Math is completely through Mathia online. We are not a fan of this program. (Posting below an actual question from their program. I still scratching my head on who thought this would be a good question to use.) Social Studies still offers a physical book but it's completely about religion. Physical Education keys on psychology and tests are given to students on that subject. The material is very similar to what I learned in college. My daughter is 11 and needn't learn about projection, schizophrenia, and various other mental disorders. The school clearly cares more about their bottom dollar than a student's education, and it is for that reason, we will be finding another online school. I do not recommend the school.

MATHIA QUESTION: Edward's mom makes him blow his nose for 24 minutes before he starts to cry that his nose is sore. How many times did Edward blow his nose before he started to cry?

My eleven-year-old didn't need her Physical Education psychology class to know that Edward's mom is experiencing issues.

I joined the site recently, and after two days, I asked to have my account deleted.

1. They go overboard on censorship.

2. It can be difficult to read posts. You can't use anyone's name in a case, including the victim. It all has to be done with initials.

3. They have some really ridiculous rules. A statement was posted on Facebook by a witness (very few people were aware of it) and I wasn't allowed to post it verbatim but was allowed to paraphrase it. I'm still trying to make sense of that. Crime site... full witness statement... seems to me it'd be more appropriate to post in its entirety.

4. You can't discuss possible suspects, a person of interest, or make any accusations against any person in the case. (Sleuth definition: carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective.) Perhaps WebSleuths may want to consider a name change.

5. They have no sense of humor and do not allow their members to have one either. Apparently stating a city is full meth heads is less offensive than my response that the townspeople appeared more addicted to holy water. The clipped my post and told me I was rude. Lesson learned... Meth head, good. Holy water, bad. Got it.

I could go on with other ridiculous rules and responses by moderators, but number 5 did it for me. Censor the crap out of me, that's fine. It's their site and they can do as they please, but I draw the line at name calling. Deleting my post would have sufficed.

Anway, good luck if you join their site. You'll find the conversation gets frequently recycled due to the limitation of speech and the inability to actually be allowed to sleuth.