AMEN on the "commend and thank all those on the committee for all their long hours and hard efforts to get such a wonderful tool published!!". NOT an easy task. ----- Original Message ----- From: <HudsonK@aol.com> To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 11:21 PM Subject: [ALMORGAN] Re: Morgan Co., AL Heritage book > The "Heritage" books of any county is donated family histories submitted from > other researchers. The society does not question the submitters info..but > only cks for typos etc. Can you imagine the hours spent just looking for > typos on the Morgan Co Heritage book??!! I have been doing my personal > research 20 yrs..and oh my for them to have to go back and do my research to > be sure I was accurate...we would never get the publication. I am a stickler > for documentation but many are not. You will find many people use what they > find on the internet as "their genealogy" and never step foot or mail a > letter to a court house etc. Some will use info they received in snail mail > and never document it. Or they take "handed down" family info and never > document it. Goodness my mother in our family Bible wrote she and my dad was > married Oct 16, 1946 but when I mailed for the document it came back Dec 23, > 1948. As far as documentation of cemetery markers, death and birth > certificates..I find the most accurate is the birth. The parents are giving > the vital info but death certificates..the info can come from anyone and it > doesn't mean their memory is accurate or have accurate knowledge...my uncle > gave info for his mother..he listed her mother as Ora Irene Cusick..her > sister married a Cusick and they were close to the family but her name was > Ora Irene Dennis. Cemetery markers many times were placed years later and > possibly by a descendant who thought they remembered the accurate dates. But > genealogist know these are guidelines to give us clues to further our > research. The Heritage book is another source to help further our research > and just as the Morgan Co website..it is your responsibility to make contact > with the submitter to find out what source they are using for their > documentation. When the Heritage book was taking this info from > individuals..if you wanted a photo included you were charged "photo fees". > Again there were many on the committee..so there would have to be a lot of > cross referencing and going thru each photo to see if there was duplicates > and then determine whose photo was to be used and whose money was to be > reimbursed..this would be the reason for duplicate photos in the book. As > large as the Heritage book is I commend and thank all those on the committee > for all their long hours and hard efforts to get such a wonderful tool > published!! > > Kathy > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > ==== ALMORGAN Mailing List ==== > For your email to go thru the Morgan Co., AL mail list you must be subscribed. To subscribe send your email to: ALMORGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for the diget mode replace the L with D) In your subject line type: Subscribe (type: Unsubscribe if you wish to get off the list) To send your query to the list, whether you are on the mail mode or the digest mode send it to: ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com > >