RE: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-13 Thread David C Abernathy
] UnSourced Internet Trees Good Afternoon Erin, I'm certain that anyone on this list is able to recite manysimilar stories of dealing with Unsourced Internet Trees. It only emphasizes the need for us to verify the information we receive from any source. I am sure that the woman who posted

[LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-13 Thread Tom Watkins
Good Morning David, You made my point regarding verifying information from all sources and the need to quit pointing the finger at the internet databases. Few (if any) folks who share incorrect data do so intentionally.  It is our individual responsibility to do the best we can in producing

[LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Tom Watkins
Good Morning Michele, As you well know, most folks start out in this hobby without any formal training; just a curiosity as to where they came from.  Thus, they start collecting information. It is only after they are bitten by the genealogy bug hard enough to take a course or join a list

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread cranberryfrog
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees Good Morning Michele, As you well know, most folks start out in this hobby without any formal training; just a curiosity as to where they came from. Thus, they start collecting information. It is only after they are bitten

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Erin Bradshaw
I have a perfect example of unsourced trees. I contacted a woman on Ancestry that had included my great grandfather Merret. She even had a copy of his deaf certificate with cause of death. When I contacted her to ask how she was related to him (I had a copy of his Bible record with all the

[LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Tom Watkins
Good Afternoon Erin, I'm certain that anyone on this list is able to recite manysimilar stories of dealing with Unsourced Internet Trees. It only emphasizes the need for us to verify the information we receive from any source. I am sure that the woman who posted the incorrect data did not do

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Paula Ryburn
: Erin Bradshaw eb_pa...@hotmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, September 12, 2011 3:23:36 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees I have a perfect example of unsourced trees.  I contacted a woman on Ancestry that had included my great grandfather Merret.  She even had

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Erin Bradshaw
OOPS! yep, typo! On 9/12/2011 2:02 PM, Deborah Trounstine wrote: Good story, Erin! BTW I had to laugh at the idea of a deaf certificate :) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-12 Thread Erin Bradshaw
Tom, I would not have been against including her in our family. But she obviously didn't want to be part of mine. I do go back to a family reunion of a branch of descendants and when asked which line I belonged to, I replied that actually I was descended from J. C. Merret. The lady then said,

Re: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-11 Thread cranberryfrog
. michele -Original Message- From: Tom Watkins Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees Ms. Michele Simmons Lewis, Staff Genealogist McDuffie Mirror Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA My suggestion is that you Not use

[LegacyUG] UnSourced Internet Trees

2011-09-10 Thread Tom Watkins
Ms. Michele Simmons Lewis, Staff Genealogist McDuffie Mirror Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA My suggestion is that you Not use the information found on UnSourced Internet Trees. Most of us need all the clues we are able to locate. I have my tree posted at Roots Web without sources. I do Not have a