Being picky?

[ptjw7]

I don't know whether its me being picky but why do people not include all the family on their tree
I have a family from down under who had 3 children(well most trees show 3) BUT some trees show only 2 and others only 1
How can this be, not enough information or just laziness
Anyway I will leave mine as 3 children

Peter

 

[emeltee]

It's always possible that for some reason the owners of the trees with less than 3 children haven't found the others.

 

[ptjw7]

I did wonder that myself but then unless the Australian records are so different from British ones I usually end up with more especially with more common names
Peter

 

[DaveHam9]

The older Australian records generally have more info than the British ones. That has changed over the years as the records issued now have less info than the ones of say 70 years ago. I suspect that is to reduce the amount of data that has to be kept on computer servers.

I have seen trees with only one child and with more than five others missing. I suspect the tree owner was simply following the direct line.