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From: Deborah Cerasia <cerasiad(a)VIANET.ON.CA>
Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 1:02 AM
Subject: Compilers Beware
There has been some discussion in recent days on several of the lists about
the importance of checking sources. I wasn't going to add my two cents but
after a visit to
Ancestry.com tonight I feel I must.
Imagine my surprise to see much of my pedigree (that I had so generously
provided to another researcher) up for view with an error that had been
handed to me by a cousin who had already done much research on our family
lines. Fortunately for me I "checked" sources for my part of the line where
it diverged from his to the top of the line. Having already found errors in
Tanguay & Drouin I went to the source being birth /marriage/death
certificates as well as will, land records etc. In doing so I found another
error in Tanguay (with a correction in the tome of corrections to Tanguay by
Lebeouf) . I immediately notified all concerned especially since one
researcher who was a "cousin" from way back turned out not to be related at
all.
So imagine my surprise to see the error posted on a service available to all
spreading to Lord knows how many other genealogists, especially since it had
obviously been posted AFTER I had already informed the submitter with
details of the error.
Moral is - check those sources and don't believe everything you see just
because another researcher has "provided" the info.
Ciao!
Hasta Luego!
A Bientot!
D.Cerasia
cerasiad(a)vianet.on.ca
Researching: CERASIA, NEVEAUX,MUSSEL,McCOMBE,SIMPSON plus a whole lot more!
Email if you think you might have a connection!!