Hi Robert, Am I the Joyce you speak of in your post? If so, I think you have confused me with someone else. I don't know enough about your John Couch to even make a guess - other than I found him in SC on a census record a few years back. I sincerely hope he is your John. I know how these John Couches are -- too many with the same name !! Let me tell you about an experience of my own. About fifteen years, or more, ago, I was looking on the Macon Co NC 1830 census for my ggg grandfather Asa Bradley. I found not only him, but his son, Asa, Jr. and living between the two a woman named Matilda Hood. I copied her as being an elderly person, and sent this "info" to three researchers as only a possibility that she was Asa's mother-in-law. I always enclose names/places with (?___?). Years later, I learned Matilda Hood was a young woman age 15-20 (never have learned who she might have been), NOT an elderly woman. This misinformation has found it's way, via one person, who also put it with ??, onto the internet and some folks refuse to change it. I mean, after all, we found it on the internet, they reason, so it must be accurate. The attitude is, "who are you to think you can tell me it's wrong?" Well, I should know because I"M the one who started the rumor in the first place, albeit it quite innocently. That is just one example among millions, I'm sure, that has made it's way into the internet sites and it's still being spread around as gospel. So if any of you have Asa Bradley for an ancestor -- be aware. Matilda was not his wife's mother. Have a nice week-end !! Joyce

Joyce, Have you ever had family members deny relatives just because "well so and so never mentioned him or her?" I have. I'ver even sent records to these people and letters from Aunts or cousins dating in the 1910's giving the children of certain couples plus census records with these children listed, and they still don't believe you cause they never heard of them. Been going through that for at least 10 years now. --- "Joyce H. Reeves" <JoyceHouseReeve@webtv.net> wrote: > Hi Robert, > Am I the Joyce you speak of in your post? If so, > I think you have > confused me with someone else. I don't know enough > about your John > Couch to even make a guess - other than I found him > in SC on a census > record a few years back. I sincerely hope he is > your John. I know how > these John Couches are -- too many with the same > name !! > Let me tell you about an experience of my own. > About fifteen years, > or more, ago, I was looking on the Macon Co NC 1830 > census for my ggg > grandfather Asa Bradley. I found not only him, but > his son, Asa, Jr. > and living between the two a woman named Matilda > Hood. I copied her as > being an elderly person, and sent this "info" to > three researchers as > only a possibility that she was Asa's mother-in-law. > I always enclose > names/places with (?___?). Years later, I learned > Matilda Hood was a > young woman age 15-20 (never have learned who she > might have been), NOT > an elderly woman. This misinformation has found > it's way, via one > person, who also put it with ??, onto the internet > and some folks refuse > to change it. I mean, after all, we found it on the > internet, they > reason, so it must be accurate. The attitude is, > "who are you to think > you can tell me it's wrong?" Well, I should know > because I"M the one > who started the rumor in the first place, albeit it > quite innocently. > That is just one example among millions, I'm sure, > that has made it's > way into the internet sites and it's still being > spread around as > gospel. > So if any of you have Asa Bradley for an ancestor > -- be aware. > Matilda was not his wife's mother. > Have a nice week-end !! > Joyce > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html