I'm glad you feel better for venting - now I'm not feeling so good after reading your e-mail.
Don't be so sure those of us who have large databases don't have verifiable sources for every piece of information in them. Come see me - I'll show you my sources - it took a lot of time and I stand behind every name and date in my 27,000 plus database. Ruth A. Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire Quortrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Wondering > I think what Bill may be saying is that the only ones in his database > are the ones he can verify - ie has good sources for. Maybe not? But I > doubt those with the huge databases of 10,000, 20,000 or 30,000 have > verifiable sources for that many descendants or Ancestors. By the way > verifiable sources does not include data from IGI or the Pedigree > Resource File. Those are mostly leads not sources since there are most > of the time no sources for the information offered. > > If you do not have legitimate sourced proof that an individual belongs > to your family all you have is a guess and all you have done is > collect a possible lead. You can collect names from now to kingdom > come but if that is all you do you have not done genealogy. You might > as well take a city phone book and copy all the names that match those > in your family. It actually verges on "one-up-manship." You need > birth & death records, land records, wills, military records, census > records and etc to prove a genealogy. It is hard work and can not be > done strictly on the internet in 6 months or a year or more. But it is > so satisfying when you find the one piece of information that provides > the proof you have been looking for. If you are not involved in this > kind of search you are missing half the fun of genealogy. I feel sorry > for you. > > Sorry for venting but I feel better. Spare me the critique of my > comments. I have heard all the easy answer before. > > Claire 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
