HERE! HERE! I live probably closer than most on the list to the facilities that houses the information. however, due to family and finances... I can NEVER get there. I appreciate EVERYONE who helps out on this (and other) lists doing look-ups and most of all encouraging us. (yes, even us lurkers!) It is like a scavenger hunt. I'll take what I can get... and check it out later! Its the FUN of the hunt and finding out names of past relatives for me. I feel like I know them.... even if they turn out NOT to be my line. Its like losing a family member! (Ha!) ----- Original Message ----- From: j <unicorn@sun-spot.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Info on Genealogy and Copyrights. > <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 !!! > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >