Eric, I totally agree with everything you say. Hence my email. I don't discount the possibility I'm wrong - but I don't think so. But if I am wrong I would always prefer someone told me. And if it was on one or two trees I would contact them via Ancestry but it is on about 13. (I wonder if there is any significance in that number!) So I thought I'd try the list first. Christine -----Original Message----- From: Eric Millward Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:25 PM To: Christine Benson ; CHESHIRE mailing list Subject: Re: [CHS] Phebe HUDSON and John ASHNESS Christine, NEVER, EVER (yes I'm shouting) accept what is given in other people's trees without researching the data yourself. Use them as hints or clues but not as evidence. Don't be misled by the same info. appearing in several trees either. They could be copies of copies of copies etc. It does happen. Finally if you find that you are in a minority of one do not assume that you will get a response if you enquire where the others found their data. Some do reply but the majority do not. Personally I am always pleased when some one challenges my data .... I may unearth an error there. Eric Millward