Here is some information that was on the FIDO BBS Genealogy Thread in the
mid-1990s:
Carmans in Greene County Ohio 19c and early 20c.
CARMAN, Joshua, Sugar Creek, 1803; pioneer preacher; soldier of 1812;
died December 1, 1844, aged eighty-five; buried one mile south of
Bellbrook, Ohio.
CARMAN, Josiah, Jr., Sugar Creek, 1821; son of Joshua, Sr.; died
November 7, 1859, aged sixty-six; buried at Middle Run churchyard,
Billbrook [sic], Ohio.
CARMAN, James, Sugar Creek, 1826; son of Joshua, Sr.
CARMAN, William, Sugar Creek, 1826; son of Joshua, Sr.
I did not copy the email of the person who obtained the information
originally although I know where she got it.
I post this as an example of internet sourcing problems. I have posted
before about the enormous amount of information posted in the early 90s on
Prodigy and possibly before. I was not a recipient of those posts, and
have Helen Silvey's achives and posts to the FIDO BBS and the later Carman
lists at Maiser and various private servers. IMHO At that time memory was
expensive and permanent public searchable archives were unimaginable,
either free or commercial. Now, as we all know, it is a different story.
This information is, as far as I know, is accurately transcribed, although
there appears to be a date which is not ascribed to anything. Who should
this information be attributed to? I did not get the email address or the
actual date of the message. I do have the senders name and can look up a
new email address. I believe the actual dates are taken from a
book which is in the public domain because it was published more than 95
years ago.
I am using this information for private research and do not intend to use
it commercially or publish it. IMHO it is not necessary to source it in a
mailing list. Anyone who intends to publish the information or use it
commercially would have a different problem.
If you have an opinion on this I would be interested.
This is a problem that often faces me, if I wait to find the exact sources
and dates for information, then I usually never put it online. In this
case, the poster really found the material. Should that person be
credited? What if I write the place where she got the material and get it
myself? What if I find that book mentioned at the online catalogs for New
York Public Library or Sutra in California or UTexas or UIll?
If I put my email as the source? Will it be valid a year from now?
I am not researching this line. If I were I would have to look into that
unassociated date and the source of the book itself.
I would also check the Sierra 1812 data base which is free this month to
see if he is there.
Regards,
Patricia