Jennifer,
The data in the IGI file is only as good as the data that your
grandmother put in there. If she did not verify the data, then it may
not be correct. You should try and verify it by looking at the Scotish
Church Records.
Jennifer Landeck wrote:
I'm trying to verify information my grandmother had given me on her family
and to take it back farther. Here is where I need the advice... She
convereted to Mormonism about 15 years ago and submitted her ancesters.
Last week I went down to a Mormon Family History Center to research my
Campbells. Here is my delima...
IGI vs. Scotish Church Records?
My feeling was the Scotish church records but everyone helping me there
kept directing me to the IGI files on the computer... All the information
they have on the computer I already have because my grandmother submitted
it and that is the information I'm trying to verify. First of all is the
IGI a reliable source? Second, which one is more reliable? I think I found
Alexander Barnet CAMPBELL in the Scotish Church Records and on the IGI...
My problem is that the parents aren't the same and I'm trying to find out
who they were... I also found the interface of there computers quite
frustrating and limited. While the micro fiche seemed to have more
information.
If the micro fiche is more reliable then I will be looking into the surname
CRERAR... Any one familiar with it? I've never heard it before.
Comments or suggetions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jennifer
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Jennifer Landeck-Riker
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