True, both death certificates and obits are only as good as the information given by the informant. And many informants just had to guess. Beverly Railey Robinson Sent from my iPad On Nov 14, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Iris Wilde <i.bridgeofhope@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never seen a Brethren Enclyclopedia but I would LOVE to! Where > could one find a copy of this? I have to agree with you on the errors of > some obituaries. Recently, I received a newspaper obituary that was about > my Grandmother Cripe. It had my Grandmother's name right. However, it then > said that their Father came from Scotland. There is no way this could be > the case. However, it did make me curious as to WHY this would have been > reported. I am from the Cripe descendent line of the Daniels to Jacob to > Ira, my Father. Thanks, Iris > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:12 PM, William Thomas <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net>wrote: > >> >> Re: I'm open to considering a better solution. Never the less, I'd rather >> move forward with a imperfect solution than to do nothing. >> >> Everything has potential flaws in it, even historical documentation. I >> know >> in the case of my own family, the Brethren Encyclopedia has questionable >> information in it. Some of the Brethren Histories also have errors. I >> also >> have obituaries with errors and embellishments. In the end, it takes some >> judgment on the part of the decision makers to determine what is valid, >> what >> is questionable, and what is false. Set your objectives, establish >> standards for meeting those objectives, and move forward. We don't live in >> a perfect world. >> >> Bill Thomas >> >> >> >> ------------------------ >> Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN >> ------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Thank God for Life and Liberty > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Beverly, I went to www.worldcat.org and put in Brethren Encyclopedia. It listed six libraries within 25 miles that have copies. I splurged and bought my own. It consists of four volumes. Maxine Driscoll in California -----Original Message----- From: Beverly Robinson Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:27 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] proving membership of early ancestors True, both death certificates and obits are only as good as the information given by the informant. And many informants just had to guess. Beverly Railey Robinson Sent from my iPad On Nov 14, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Iris Wilde <i.bridgeofhope@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never seen a Brethren Enclyclopedia but I would LOVE to! Where > could one find a copy of this? I have to agree with you on the errors of > some obituaries. Recently, I received a newspaper obituary that was about > my Grandmother Cripe. It had my Grandmother's name right. However, it then > said that their Father came from Scotland. There is no way this could be > the case. However, it did make me curious as to WHY this would have been > reported. I am from the Cripe descendent line of the Daniels to Jacob to > Ira, my Father. Thanks, Iris > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:12 PM, William Thomas > <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net>wrote: > >> >> Re: I'm open to considering a better solution. Never the less, I'd >> rather >> move forward with a imperfect solution than to do nothing. >> >> Everything has potential flaws in it, even historical documentation. I >> know >> in the case of my own family, the Brethren Encyclopedia has questionable >> information in it. Some of the Brethren Histories also have errors. I >> also >> have obituaries with errors and embellishments. In the end, it takes >> some >> judgment on the part of the decision makers to determine what is valid, >> what >> is questionable, and what is false. Set your objectives, establish >> standards for meeting those objectives, and move forward. We don't live >> in >> a perfect world. >> >> Bill Thomas >> >> >> >> ------------------------ >> Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN >> ------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Thank God for Life and Liberty > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com 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 ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message