On 10 Jan 2003 at 12:59, winmcl wrote:
Source every item found, > and prove every step taken ruthlessly. Some people seem to think that every source has to be a court/church/census or some such record to be a source. And some seem to think that every source has to be correct. If I find any info at all I source it, I have an engraved hammer head that was presented to my grandfather when crossing the equator in a particular ship in 1892. That is a high surity source. I also have sources that have been proved to be incorrect, however they are still a source for wrong info, with details re why they are incorrect and a 0 surity. Sooner or later a lot of sources will be either proved or disproved, but there are lots that will always be in a gray area with a low sutiry. How can anyone really prove that a certain event happened 200 years ago when there are only the bearest records surviving. We have to take these records and hope they are right, and if we can find substanciating records, then so much the better..Jean from Tuross Head, in Australia "Lang may your lum reek" Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
