Mythology is what we are about until all sources are fully verified, then only does it become genealogy. Of the meager 2,859 family members in my database, only 1% is fully verified, I've a long way to go!!!
Bernie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire Quortrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:32 AM 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Wondering > > > > Bill wrote: > >> I realize that this comment and question is not on the topic of > >> Legacy > >> BUT as I read all of your emails many tell of a data base of > >> 10,000--20,000-- even 30,000 individuals in your database with > >> Legacy. > >> For myself I go back 8 generations for my bloodline 14 generation > >> with > >> my mother's family, and 9 generations with my wife's side of her > >> family > >> with both parents. This includes all children within each > >> generational > >> family. And I have only tops 670 individuals. Yes, I have not > >> expanded > >> on all 13 children of my 4th great grand father. just my bloodline. > > > > Bill, if you go back one generation to your parents thats 2 people; > > 2 generations 4, so the number of people in a generation is 2 raised > > to the power of the number of generations, or 2^n in math/computer > > symbols. If you've gone back 8 generations on one line thats 256 > > people and if you've gone back 9 generations on another line, that's > > 512, which is 768 people without adding any siblings of these folks. > > So I don't see how you could have gone back that many generations > > on all your lines and have only 670 people in your file, and of > > course > > it would be many more if "all children within each generational > > family" > > were included. Perhaps you have some lines that don't go all the > > way back for 8 and 9 generations? > > > > jr > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.7 - Release Date: 4/12/05 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
