Jim, Thank you so much for the "tutorial" on genealogical sources. This was certainly a good review for all of us. I agree that the internet has made us a little "lazy" in our research, and I am one of those people. Before I had a computer, I would spend hours at the library, the archives and the Family History Centers. That was when I got the best and most "accurate" sources. Now, I see so many "cousins" putting out information that we want to believe is a primary source when actually it is only a secondary source. We tend to play "leap frog" over the real documented facts because its too difficult to research the "real" ones. But, on the other hand, some of us are "stuck" and won't budge an inch to move forward. I hate to see our Brays give up "the ghost" (no pun intended) just because we can't get to a certain source. Would it be possible for some of the very experienced people (such as you) to throw out some questions to the Bray group so that some of us can look for the answers and report back to this site? I think if we really want to make some headway into finding our Brays in Europe, we need to forge ahead and not give up. Teamwork is the way to do it. For example, how about a "roll call" with everyone's name and how they are related to the Chatham family group. Also, if we could just put a brief address (city,county,state) we could see who is closest to which source. For example, I have a National Archives very close to where I live in SoCA, but I can't get to a cemetery in Chatham Co. Does any of this make sense? Let's "rally up the bandwagon" and try to get some feedback! Anybody up for suggestions? So much for my rantings. Carol

I agree. I never put anything down as "for sure" unless I have documentations to back it. I have found cousins who are certain that they are right but will skip an entire generation --- a man can father a child when he is 60 or 70, but can a woman have a child at that age? As a result, my research is all very slow, because I want it to be correct. The internet resources certainly help. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: <CABWEBB@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Check out lostdove > Jim, > Thank you so much for the "tutorial" on genealogical sources. This was > certainly a good review for all of us. I agree that the internet has made us a > little "lazy" in our research, and I am one of those people. Before I had a > computer, I would spend hours at the library, the archives and the Family History > Centers. That was when I got the best and most "accurate" sources. Now, I see so > many "cousins" putting out information that we want to believe is a primary > source when actually it is only a secondary source. We tend to play "leap frog" > over the real documented facts because its too difficult to research the > "real" ones. But, on the other hand, some of us are "stuck" and won't budge an inch > to move forward. I hate to see our Brays give up "the ghost" (no pun > intended) just because we can't get to a certain source. Would it be possible for some > of the very experienced people (such as you) to throw out some questions to > the Bray group so that some of us can look for the answers and report back to > this site? I think if we really want to make some headway into finding our > Brays in Europe, we need to forge ahead and not give up. Teamwork is the way to do > it. For example, how about a "roll call" with everyone's name and how they > are related to the Chatham family group. Also, if we could just put a brief > address (city,county,state) we could see who is closest to which source. For > example, I have a National Archives very close to where I live in SoCA, but I can't > get to a cemetery in Chatham Co. Does any of this make sense? Let's "rally up > the bandwagon" and try to get some feedback! Anybody up for suggestions? > So much for my rantings. > Carol > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >