Wayne, There are mistakes in my ancestors in the BE also. I called one of the editors in Bridgewater but he did not plan to add an addendum about these. I also do not put much stock in what I read there. I realize such information is difficult to find but it seems more attention could have been paid to more sources and some of the descendants where known. I am glad to learn I am not by myself in this regard. Ilene Smith ---Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ruth Hoese Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] The Brethren Encycopedia of 1983 Wayne, I know there are mistakes in my ancestors in the BE. I haven't looked anything up for years, but have discounted some info because I know of errors and to tell the truth I cannot even remember what they were. I am such small potatoes in genealogy research that if I find them I figure there must be many, many more so I have taken some things with a grain of salt when that is the source. Am I the only one, I guess not. Thanks for speaking up. Ruth Hoese -----Original Message----- From: A. Wayne Webb Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] The Brethren Encycopedia of 1983 I just had to pipe in on something that is disturbing, at least to me, in regard to our much vaunted Brethren Encyclopedia. For some time now there have been efforts underway to update the ministerial and congregational information. The amount of work has been daunting to say the least even with the Internet resources and those in the possession of my compatriots in the project. But hopefully later generations will appreciate the worthiness of the project. But the other day was the last straw of being silent. While working on a minister, Conway Tyson, I noted that the BE states that in 1914 he lived in, and I quote, Vannoy, SC. The source given was the 1914 almanac on page 62. Yet when you view the actual page you find that Conway Tyson lived in McBain, Michigan. Looking at other almanacs they all list him in the same place. I think the error is referenced in the aforementioned source wherein the minister George Washington Tucker lived in Vannoy, South Carolina. G. W. Tucker is listed five lines above that of Conway Tyson. And why for God's sake would you list a minister by his almanac source in lets say, 1918, and miss the 20 or so before that and the later ones??? They have some ministers living in Podunk, Iowa, and missed the other four or five places where he lived and served in the ministry! Did these people check anything? If it had been a hundred or so similar errors I would have chalked it up to simple errors. After hundreds and hundreds of such errors there is only one comment that can be made-poorly researched and even shoddier work. Some of the editorial staff are recognized as authoritative authors, and rightly so. Yet these same authors and staff did not check their own published books and made statements within the BE contradicted by those same published works! In Frustration, Wayne Webb P.S. The number of elders and ministers who have obituaries that clearly state as such within The Gospel Messenger and The Brethren Evangelist is truly astounding. Why was Winger's 1917 Indiana history missed for the most part? There are ministers and elders, with elections and ordinations, within that worthy volume who did not make it into the BE. Take a look at J. C. Murray, James C. Murray and John Clinton Murray. An interesting conundrum and having a large Brethren library and access to the Internet is a blessing! ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message