I have found errors in on line searches and from trees from LDS (Family Search). I remember several years ago I made contact with a person that shared a family name with. He sent me a packet with the information he had which was done by a great uncle around the turn of the century. This was around the time when genealogy was becoming in vogue with the new middle class. Well I worked his line and could never find evidence it was correct it seems there was a fictitious person in the tree that could not be documented. Another tree I got from Family Search had the right name but it was the wrong person with the same name as the right person. “Trust but verify”
Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Cardoza Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:56 PM To: Azores Google Group Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Source documents Barb If you mean data from someone’s family tree…… I usually try to contact the person who posted it to find out their relationship and the sources they used. Sounds good, right? But, my experience on Ancestry is that the person I contact usually just copied the tree info from others, so no help there. I haven’t had a lot of luck with folks from FamilySearch.org, either. Sometimes, but not often, as lots of people don’t use their email address for contact purposes. The best procedure is to just look at this data as clues that you can followup on, to prove or disprove by your own research. Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html Climb Our Family Tree: http://www.kathys-place.com/Kathy/index.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Oct 22, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Barb Davis <[email protected]> wrote: So when you go to ancestry or family search and are able to hook into a record that appears to match yours (correct names and dates) but there are no sources attached, cited, or copies of documents, do you trust that this really is your person? I am always careful to both cite my source and add a copy of the document where possible so it makes me question when records are not done the same. Opinions? Barb Davis -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
