How reliable is the Carpenters in America book by Daniel Hoogland? Because I believe it
also lists his wife's name as being the same as his mothers. Has anyone proved any of
the information in that book to be wrong? And thank you for the link. > From:
GeneZub(a)aol.com> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:03:21 -0400> To:
carpenter(a)rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] REQUEST INFO FOR LEWIS CARPENTER>
> In reply to S R's inquiry about FamilySearch data concerning Lewis Carpenter:>
> I don't have the appropriate data to say whether or not the Lewis Carpenter >
information is correct, but FamilySearch databases--except for IGI > extractions,
identified by batch numbers beginning with C or M--are notoriously > unreliable.
That's not to say that submitted items have no value, but that you > should
approach them with extreme caution. As with any secondary source (only > more so), such
databases are only a starting point. There's no substitute for > primary research
(i.e., examination of original documents [usually available > on FHL films] or reliable
transcriptions thereof [typically in book form]). > An example of the latter is _Oyster
Bay Town Records_, 8 vols., ed. John Cox > (New York, 1916-1940). Digital images of
vol. 1 (1653-1690), which includes > the Musketa Cove Proprietors' Book, may be
viewed online at >
http://books.google.com); all eight volumes are available through
Interlibrary Loan and on > FHL films 844,548-51 (see FHL catalog for dates).> >
Gene Z.> > ----original message----> From: S R
<chemungcountygr(a)hotmail.com>> Subject: [CARPENTER] REQUEST INFO FOR LEWIS
CARPENTER> To: "CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com"
<carpenter-l(a)rootsweb.com>> Message-ID:
<BLU121-W440B5603C13B0E8D274A9BF710(a)phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"> > > I have cut and pasted the following
information from
familysearch.org. Is > this information correct? Did his wife really
have the same exact name as his > mother? Or is this research that was never proven and
could be wrong? > Hopefully someone can tell me. Lewis CarpenterPedigree Male Family
Event(s): Birth: > About 1749 Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York Christening: Death: >
About 1785 Burial: Parents: Father: Joseph Carpenter Family Mother: > Elizabeth
Townsend > Marriages: Spouse: Elizabeth or Betsey Townsend Family>
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