<sigh> Well Marietta, I hear you. I began this venture "for real" having no time, energy or otherwise to travel to the archives, libraries and courthouses where the records are. And when I get a "hit" I am excited, even if it is through a list or off a webpage...AND I plug it into my FTM. Why? Because it will be a bit longer before I can check it out (and never on what is not primarily of interest to me), and if I just stack it in a corner waiting until it is "absolute and concrete" I will lose half of it and never see some actual very real clues in the relationships itself that it is correct! Do I accept it as gospel? Do I present it to my family as absolute and concrete? Of course not! But I enjoy it and put it in just the same....along with the information on where I got it....and someday it will be a good CLUE (and much of it FACT!) for me to go to prove it...and what I don't get proven in my lifetime, it will be a good clue for my descendents to use to prove it. So I think that is what most of us do. I think we all know nothing is gospel unless you hold it in your own two little paws and see it with your own eyes (and THEN we don't know but what who wrote it down had a bad day, or wrote it down "later" and forgot the facts)....but I agree, who has time, or money to travel all those places??? I think just the CLUES we garner quickly are enough to save someone in our descendency who happens one day to have the time, money or inclination, will save them about a hundred years of research! LOL!!!! Shall we enjoy our lists??? <vbg> jan Listowner: Tnstewar-L@rootsweb.com Tnstewar-D@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Marietta Sexton <pollyanna@snowcrest.net> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 6:39 AM Subject: Re: Info on Genealogy and Copyrights. > This is great advice..... for those who are fortunate enough to live near > the source; > ie, the archives, libraries and courthouses where the records are. But what > does one > do if they live on the opposite side of the continent, with no chance of > examining the > original records ? I'm the first to admit that the "hunt and chase " is the > fun part of > research, but after 30 years of chasing, ( and pushing 80 ) I am sooooooooo > grateful > for all the nice people who have done look ups and made copies of records > for me! In > the two or three years I've been on the intenet, thanks to the generousity > and help of > fellow members , I've found members of my family in places that I had no > idea they > had lived, and feel comfortable using copies of wills, deeds, court > records, etc, that > they have sent, as documentation. > My response is not to be critical, but rather to encourage those in similar > situations > as I, not to throw up their hands, and give up. > Marietta > ---------- > > Carolyn, > > > > I teach genealogy at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. So, > my > > opinion tends to be more conservative than some other family historians, > but > > I do not consider a discussion group on the internet to be a source. (A > > valuable help, but not a source.) If someone posts a query, and I > respond, > > I include the actual source reference so the other person can consult it > and > > evaluate it for themselves. I also do not regard webpages, the I.G.I., > > CD-ROM's and published or unpublished indexes as sources. They are aids > > which lead us to sources. If you do not examine a source for yourself, > but > > rely on the accuracy of another person to do a lookup for you, you could > > risk the validity of your work. More importantly, you miss the > opportunity > > to view the actual document, court record, grave marker, artifact, etc., > > and the possibility of seeing additional information which could be of > value > > to you. > > > > That is just my opinion, but I hope it helps. > > > > Susan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Familybuff@cs.com> > > To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 6:21 PM > > Subject: Re: Info on Genealogy and Copyrights. > > > > > > > I am in the beginning stages of writing about our Whitford family. Is > it > > > permissible for me to document a source as "Danville Crossing List on > the > > > Internet"? I have received data from members of the list. > > > Thank you. > > > Carolyn Whitford > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > My genealogy software won't accept "spaceship" > > as a "Place of Birth"..... Now What ???? > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >