Hi Mary, Thank you so much for your input. I am understanding a little more now. There are some documents in "the researcher's" collection that was donated that are clearly copies and translations of Historical documents. She did a lot of work. I just questioned the handwritten "Ancestry Chart" .... I agree it is a good tool to use with further documentation. Under different circumstances I would have run with it!!...but in this particular case, it is totally useless. You might know..... Again, thank you so much... Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: <pleblan@aim.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:55 AM Subject: [ACADIAN] Collection of Research papers was Historical Records > From one of our "Friends" with a PhD in an unrelated field. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: R. Martin Guidry > > Paul, > > If this is truly an historical society's holdings versus a parish > courthouse with official parish records, I agree with you. These are > probably files of individual society members. Some combination of > files could certainly have occurred. > > I would be leery of using the information outright unless it is well > documented and verified through further research. It is certainly > valuable to use to get leads that are later verified through further > research. This seems to be a very similar situation to that of Placide > Gaudet's Notes that are widely used by researchers. > > Marty > > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message