Hello Cathy I loved reading about your aunt and the family relations--I distinctly remember being dressed down by my third cousin's aunt (my second cousin once removed) for correcting where her grandfather had died. She had been told where and THAT was the place, despite showing her his death certificate and a photo of me by his grave 2,800 km away.
Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors > > Hi Pat, > > I was just reiterating what others have said. > If you unlink people/a line because the link is disproved, it helps to > add a note on your family member from which they've been unlinked so > that everyone knows that another line was pursued and it was wrong. If > only you know this, then the note can be private just for your benefit > unless it's an error that others are likely to make. > However, if it's an ancestry that is widely known in the family, then > anyone seeing this part of your work needs to know why you've discarded it. > > There'd be uproar in my family if I contradicted the work my aunt had > done by removing a line. It's bad enough when I correct a date or place > despite the fact that I clearly have better sources than were available > to her. Fortunately for me she concentrated on one branch only and was > stunned when I took up research seriously in the 1990's and started > following all lines. How times have changed from the pencil and paper days. > > Cathy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
