Sherry,
Even primary document have errors. My maternal grandfather was born in 1880. Yet the official, primary county record give his gender as ‘female’ and his name as the female version. As for the discussion being far from Legacy, not really. With a primary record that contains errors, what type of record evaluation would be best recorded in Legacy to acknowledge those errors? And, where would you identify/record the errors, with corresponding proof? And, don’t forget identifying the Surety Level of that primary document’ information. Denise From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sherry Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 5:19 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fina a Grave duplicates I understand that - my comment is that you can't *trust* what you find on Find A Grave to be accurate. One of the bonuses is tombstone pictures, but that doesn't mean the information on the tombstone *or* the information transcribed and placed on Find A Grave is accurate. Sometimes people take these things as gospel. We need to be careful and get the *primary* documentation.... The spurious marriage and child for my ancestor was somehow "estimated" by Find A Grave. Bad information can be posted on a website and *must* be confirmed by the primary documentation - i.e., birth date from birth record, death date from death record, etc. A newbie would assume that what they find on the site is correct, but it's not always. I have written to people who have posted memorials to let them know they posted bad info..... most of them are just transcribing tombstones and have no idea if the info is correct or not. However, we're getting way far from Legacy in this thread.... Sherry
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