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!