200 year rule?

Question

Sorry to ask but I'm new here. Am I right in thinking that ancestors added to Wiki that were born over 200 years ago have their privacy setting as public? I only ask as I am trying to wade through a whole list of William Gray's to see if any of them are one of my ancestors, and it would be easier to check if that was the case. Thanks

Comments

Clarification:

Profiles of persons over 200 years should be set to Open:white, however, they are frequently mis set to public:green, especially ones with no dates.

Answer 1

Hi Catherine!  Thank you for joining us!

Profiles that are 200+ years are open.

To narrow your search for William Gray, this is what I posted on a previous G2G:

Right, there are 2521 John Smiths.  For any searches beyond the first 100, you have to go down the page to:

• Enter an Optional Birth Date (just the closest year estimate; it doesn't need to be the full date).
• Set Strictness for date matching: to Plus or Minus 12 years, or Plus or Minus 30 years.
• Set Skip people without a date? to Only match against people with birth dates
• And then click the Search button to search again.

This is precisely why an estimated birth year should be a minimum requirement. I just discovered that you can also go to the bottom of the page and Search Any Text - Use Google to search WikiTree pages: to enter search terms such as Simon Smith and Elizabeth Bateman to get a list of pages with a husband and wife.

Hope this helps.