This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TIF.2ACEB/97.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I know what you mean about Betty's book. My family had errors also. I've been working to correct them and add to her work. I suppose she was just given the wrong data. I'm sure she did the best she could. It's still a good place to start your own research. I've also found lots of errors in the census records too. I think the data was just copied wrong from bad handwriting........or bad English, German, French, Russian etc.