I agree. You never know when you are going to find just that bit of info that will unravel the mystery you are chasing. ---- V Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Well said, Marge > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Marge Campbell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 4:13:21 PM > Subject: [Campbell] Don't build your own brick walls > > Hi > Noticed some are fairly new to genealogy (at least their Campbell lines). > This pertains to ALL your genealogy searches...just some things I have > learned over the last 40 years or so. > > 1. Never, and I'm saying it again, NEVER say Never to anyone who says they > think they may connect to your line.  Why not?  Because you may miss a link > and put few more bricks on that brick wall of yours. > > I have a Campbell...fairly recent..died in 1949...fairly young man... I kept > getting emails, letters, phone calls from a lady...I had even asked my MILaw > if she thought her BILaw was ever in California...her reply...NO, he > wasn't...was he in the service? NO, he wasn't...etc...then she said.."I > never met him, he died." That kept me telling this lady no, NEVER... Well, > finally, on Thanksgiving...she calls me...and emails...and I tell her...(out > of frustration mostly) I'd have the younger sister of the man contact > her...not five minutes later: "How did you find Carol?  We have been looking > for her for over 20 years!"...seems my MILaw did know this man...and then > the story of why she denied  the fact came out...she had a secret that > involved my hubby & this man...seems this Carol might be my hubby's half > sister, or his cousin...took DNA to fix that one.  > > 2.  Boundaries changed a lot in the past..state & county...shoot even > country possesion here in the USA..so, if someone says they have a close > match, but it's in NC, not VA or KY..etc...DON'T discount that...research > it! > > Census records & family genealogies are secondary at best...sometimes > downright "stories", not factual at all.  Smile, accept the hints & > stories..then research them! > > We have a Dorcas Campbell..b abt 1839-40 in Missouri..we know this from all > census records she is on but one...the 1850 Shannon county MO census shows > her as Derias, age 10, a male b MO...well it's half right!  > > If the census says born in Ireland..probably valid...but check other census > records...make sure. > > One reason census records can be incorrect is that a neighbor gave the info, > and guessed at a lot of the info...also, the person interviewed could not > read/write...and the spelling is off..and if asked where they hailed > from...they may say the last state they lived in...which was on the way from > somewhere else..or since grandpa was from Ireland...they say Ireland...also > I have found where the state boundary changed..and they gave TN, when it was > actually in AL.  > > Just never say never...research it. > Marge > > Margie Campbell > Campbell's http://www.lmcam1.com/ > (under construction) > > NuStyle 2100 > Visit my Webshots Albums > http://community.webshots.com/user/margecam52  > > > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > 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 > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > 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