Not to belabor the point, but one example that I found almost comical, was a family submitted by both sides of the family, across the page from each (for those of you that have a copy, pages 260 and 261). The same photograph was on both pages. This, of course, was in my line! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net> To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com>; "pblack" <pblack@dancris.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] Re: ALMORGAN-D Digest V00 #68 > Agreed. And as there are in most books. :o) I've noted that this book, in > particular, sometimes has several "versions" of research by several > different folks -- probably when there was conflict, or difference of > opinion. Then there is the possibility that from collection to print to > distribution, which usually is quite a long period of time, new facts have > been found. In my research I've found tombstones that don't match church > records, distributed family charts that have my own name/birthdate wrong, > books with conflicting information between their covers, books with children > connected to the wrong parents, etc., etc., etc. I guess we're all human. > Not to mention that some folks seem to tend to think that if they see it in > print, on the web, or "my daddy always said" (ie., my Dad was quite the tale > teller), it must be fact. Others don't seem to really care, I don't think. > Not everyone is a "serious" ancestral researcher. At least books such as > this one give some of us somewhere to start to make connections to > document/prove our ancestry. I'm sure that my own databases, numbering > somewhere around 75,000 family members have errors... in spite of the fact > that I try very hard to avoid them. I'm fairly confident that the Morgan > Co. Heritage Book Committee did too! > > Tricia Roberts Hall > Greenville/Spartanburg, SC > __________________________________ > He best understands who has felt the pain. -- The Compassionate Friends > Nicole Noella 12/30/1980 - 4/17/1999 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pblack" <pblack@dancris.com> > To: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net>; <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] Re: ALMORGAN-D Digest V00 #68 > > > > Please be aware that there are some errors in family lines in this book. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net> > > To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 6:50 AM > > Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] Re: ALMORGAN-D Digest V00 #68 > > > > > > > When I said that, I was refering to The Heritage of Morgan County, > > Alabama, > > > ISBN 1-891647-19-9, printed in 1998 as I wasn't certain that there > hadn't > > > been previous publishings in the past. However, now that I look, I see > > the > > > "Limited First Edition" notation in it. Sorry if I confused anyone. > > > Tricia > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Martha2" <Martha2@hiwaay.net> > > > To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:18 AM > > > Subject: [ALMORGAN] Re: ALMORGAN-D Digest V00 #68 > > > > > > > > > > > Tricia, > > > > > > > > When you say recent Morgan Co. Hertiage book, are you refering to the > > > Heritage of > > > > Morgan County, Alabama book or is there another book out with the name > > you > > > give.? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] epidemic doctors > > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:07:27 -0400 > > > > > From: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net> > > > > > To: ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > Ditto the praise to Troy. There is a list of some of the doctors > that > > > died > > > > > in the 1888 yellow fever scurge in articles on pgs. 58-59 in the > > recent > > > > > Morgan Co. Heritage book. This information was researched and > > provided > > > by > > > > > the same Ivydene Simpson Walls of Hartselle that Troy mentioned. > > Those > > > > > articles state that five doctors died, several of whom had survived > > the > > > 1878 > > > > > epidemic: > > > > > > > > > > Dr. R. C. Bowman, died 9/21/1888, > > > > > Dr. W. B. Black, died 10/2/1888, > > > > > Dr. William Gardner Gill, died 10/6/1888, > > > > > Dr. R. V. Williams, died 10/8/1888, and > > > > > Dr. W. J. Young who died 10/30/1888. > > > > > > > > > > I was a little surprised to read in her article that only 35 of the > > 110 > > > > > people contracting the disease between September 3 and November 3, > > 1888 > > > had > > > > > died, as in my asundry family collection it seems that there were > > *many* > > > > > multiple deaths during that time. At the same time, life was > > difficult, > > > at > > > > > best, back then... and death seemed to visit more often. > > > > > > > > > > Hope someone finds this interesting. > > > > > Tricia Roberts Hall > > > > > Greenville/Spartanburg, SC > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > He best understands who has felt the pain. -- The Compassionate > > Friends > > > > > Nicole Noella 12/30/1980 - 4/17/1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALMORGAN Mailing List ==== > > > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology... > > > > A researcher gathers information... > > > > A genealogist gathers documentation... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >