This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/693.734.1033.2.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Barbara, but I'm not defensive; just factual. I answered your questions, which did include questioning my claim that the articles by CFA represented all sources about immigrant John Chandler found to the date of publication. I explained how and why that was a correct statement. I hope you won't stop making WWW inquiries; only you will be hurt by doing so. But, it would - in my opinion - be proper to say "I found a descent by XXX that says I descend from John b. ca. 1547 and John b. ca. 1599" instead of stating it as a fact, as you did. In that way, a responder can address the source as well as the content of the claim. You still have not told me your source for your 1547 statement, which was presented as a FACT. I feel certain CFA president Elizabeth Steelman will respond to an e-mail about whether any of your line has been covered beyond the 3rd generation in the CFA "Newsletter" and whether she knows of anyone who can help you with your later genealogy. CFA and I practice high (academic quality) standards in research and writing. That's why we we found what all others failed to find in more than 80 years of looking - and why our work can be depended upon to such a high degree. It took 5 men a combined 25 years of research (partime) to come up with what we have published - free, for the benefit of all. We do insist that persons who have questions be precise, including providing their sources. My 6 articles about Immigrant John to the 5th generation through son Robert and the 7th generation through son John II contain 393 numbered footnotes, many of which include multiple sources. That makes my sources total over 500 for less than 50 pages of text. Because of the publisher's space limitations, it will often be necessary for readers to read the text of a source to get the fullest picture, but the sources are there. Continued good luck on your search and we are here for future specific questions. JC/DC