If you could get the living folks who can verify your findings, then you
have a "sort" of documentation. I agree about the documentation; however,
there are other ways of documenting facts such as church records, obits,
etc.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Polly Murphy <pollymydear(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
The other thing I don't like in some researchers is that they
only want to
go by what is documented... when we know that everything isn't documented.
My mother has a grandmother line that doesn't have a marriage license
because the courthouse burned. And, she died right before one census and
her husband got remarried. So, the family researchers don't accept our line
because... no documentation except for my next under grandmother's death
certificate. Some people want to get too technical.
Anyway... that is my two cents in it..
Polly
From: Deloris Williams <del_williams(a)comcast.net>
To: carter(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER] ANCESTRY
That should be a given for every document you find online.
The records on most of these Genealogy websites are indexed by humans, and
there's always room for human error in any index.
An index is just that, an index created by a person transcribing
information
from an original source making it easier to locate a name or place or other
subject in the original document, and one must take into account that not
all of the records were transcribed correctly. If there is a link to an
original source, go to that source, not the index, that's why the original
sources are included on the websites in the first place.
I know of people who never look at anything but an index, and put that into
their trees; when you ask them did they look at the actual record, they
say,
no, why should I, the info's there?
What an utter waste of time for those people to even bother researching, if
that is their attitude.
Deloris Williams
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From: "Linda Smith" <kiddmaster(a)aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:47 PM
To: <carter(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [CARTER] ANCESTRY
> I don't even trust the census records at least not what they write for
> there are so many errors in the names, occupations, etc. If you use
> the census records on ancestry get your info from the copy of the
> original record, not from their transcription
>
>
> Linda S.(Kidd) Smith
> 715 Grove Avenue
> Chase City, Va 23024
> LindaSKidd(a)aol.com
> (434)372-5433
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