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PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LOOK SEE IF YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN SOME OF THE NICK
NAMES. that were used in OUR Child hood?????
HOW true, & that could be a big reason some of them HERITAGE BOOK STORIES
do not JIVE .
THE below poster is A Stinnett Family Cousin, & a VERY through Researcher.
Many of the posters in the HERITAGE BOOKS, Have lived with those OLD
Familly Stories for years. CUZ AT
CUZ AT,
You are SO RIGHT, when it comes to cousins having different information
about each other's families. 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins, etc. all could have
different information about the families because birth and death
information
was usually only written down ONCE (either mama's or grandma's bible) so
word of mouth information back during those times usually changed in
variation, as often as it was told.
As you said, there were so many children with such similar names; brothers
and sisters almost always had children named after either mom, dad,
grandma,
grandpa or some variation thereof. As far as Census Records, it is
extremely hard to even TRUST those records.
I have found throughout the last 25 years that because people themselves,
tend to use variations on their own names through the years; Census
records
list these variations and then these other family members (so called
genealogists) want to take these names as 'Gospel' truth. How many times
has Lizzie been shown on a Census record but was truly born Elizabeth, or
somewhere during her life she went by Beth, Bettie, Betty or Bessie and
one
or more of these names show up on 2 or 3 different Census Records. So then
people start showing multiple wives for the same husband.
The same with Jon, John, Jonathon, and Johnathon; as well as so many other
names that have common variations with multiple different spellings. Over
the course of 3, 4, or 5 Census counting's people see all these
'different'
names and think this family has 15 or 20 different children, or maybe 2, 3
or 4 different spouses and then when someone like me comes along and tries
to explain about all these 'variations' because I am one of these
researcher's that always looks for these variations in families over the
course of 30, 40 or 50 years before I set try to set them in 'stone'; then
the other person want's to call ME the lunatic and tell me I'm wrong with
my
information and that THEY have the right information in their family tree.
They couldn't possibly believe that a "Polly Mason" (as an example) could
really be Sarah Mason in true life when a Census record has her listed as
"Polly Mason". But they didn't bother to take into account part of another
family story that talks about her being "Sallie" and another record having
her listed as "Sara". They also don't want to realize that Polly and
Molly
were used as common nicknames for several different common women's names;
not just Sarah.
You can't just look at 1 or 2 Census records for a family and get a true
reflection of he family. Children use different names throughout their
lives. Census records contain more nicknames than true given names, than
any
other genealogical record out there. Whoever is filling out the form at
the
time, will usually write in whatever the child is currently being called
at
that particular time in their life.
So, don't go 'swearing' by your records unless you know for a fact that
they
CAN and ARE written in STONE. I have found so many State Records these
days, that even list incorrect information; and worse yet, is a lot of the
information indexed on Ancestry.com.
Tony Myers
Lakeland, Florida
813.244.2710
tonymyers.ancestry(a)gmail.com
-----Original Message-----
From: stinnett-request(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 3:00 AM
To: stinnett(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: STINNETT Digest, Vol 8, Issue 30
Today's Topics:
1. JUST BECAUS IT DOES NOT MATCH YOURS IS NO SIGHN TAT IT IS
WRONG. CUZ AT (Atpowelljr(a)aol.com)
In answer to soo much disbelief. We have so mamy cusins that are so ready
to drive personal stories in the ground, just because the personal stories
do not match what you/we have?? When many of those posters of the persona
l stories in print< <???> the poaters of your dobted stories have lived
with the information that you so quickly rjected for a life time< from
grannys bible & Ole trunk . Cousins when are you & I going to wake up to the FACT
THAT because every thing that we see is wrong just because it des not
match what we have, SOME of it YES but for sre not AL of what the other poster
presented is incorret. Attention cousins,just lets look at ourrecord alngg
with so much that we disbelieve> our Campbell family researchers have had
<Granny CATTY, around sicce 1723 & have not learned her MaIden Name<???>
REALY NOW, that is no reason that many of thee Heriatage book posters are
incorrect. i often wonder when our crrent reseachers will ever understand that
just beause yor & my information does not match gives a gaurente that
either of us has to be wrong<???>
Just becausetwo posters have different names does not make either wrong.
for instanse< Head of families in Amherst , County Va>
Head oF Famiies-VIRGINIA, 1783- Amherst County, VA<There are TWO Duncan
Campbell's & three John Campbell"s, What I believe is this; our current
researchers are TOO quck to shoot the mesenger; Like me, iDESCEND From one John
Campbel from the late 1700TH Centry, ONE John Campbell in the mid 1800th
Centry & have a first cousin John Campbell from the last 1/2 of the 20TH
CENTRY.
I do not believe for a minute that evety one elae is wrong just because
theier posting does match the other person.
EXAMPLE, I went to a Campbell family REUNION a few years back, I stared to
ask questions about family, I got to Grand Parents, that is exalty what i
got< GRANNY & Grand PA, & THIS ANSWER FROM Campbell cousins my age, NO NOT
Campbell_kids but JUST THE SAME THEY WERE Campbell's. TRUE, Eveery thing
that does not match is not wrong< just because it does not match what
we/you have.
Cousins think, sure we are related to <A George Campbell, but is that THE
GEORGE Campbell that is in question?;
Just what do you USE TO say that ttisi certian george campbel that you
read abot in the heriatge book has to be wrong, ; We have, g g g g g,g &g
Grand pa George <g,g, g,g,g,Grand pa & g. g. g. g. Grand pa Campbells, & many
Cousin George Campbell's & you dIS BELIEVE EVERY THING THAT OUR COUSINS
HAVE POSTED IN THE Heritage books.
MY quetion, why do you shoot the mesenger, WHN WE/YOU KOW THAT THERE AE SO
MANY OF THE SAME FIRST & LAST nammes that are the same????. i HAVE THE
OFIICAL head of house hold INAmherst ounty VA IN 1783 AND ALSO THE Amhesrt
County CENSUS FOR 1850 & BOTH SHW MANY OF THE LOCAL FAMILESS WITH THE SAME
FIRST & LAST NAMES & i FIND CURRENT RESEARCHERS TELLING Posters that theier
strries are wrong because you have one thing posted & their heritage book
story does not match what you have<????> CUZ AT
<atpowelljr@aol>com>