I agree with Doc about bad information. Last July, the subject of bad genealogy on the Internet came up on another list I belong to. I did a little research and below is what I reported to that list. Bill Davenport >wbdave@aol.com -------------------------------------------------- When I look up my own line on Worldconnect, I get an lots of information - most of it wrong. Garbage In, Garbage Out, Repeat. I did a little survey. I looked up the following individual: Thomas Davenport - born in England probably in 1604. Died in Dorchester, Massachusetts 1685. He married Mary (unknown) who died in 1691. The three most common names associated with Mary is Forth, Pitman, and Neuman. Thomas and Mary had nine kids, born between 1643 and 1664. On Worldconnect the most popular spouse for Thomas is Mary Forth. There actually was a Mary Forth born in England in 1589 who married a Thomas Davenport born about 1580. But people keep connecting her to Thomas (1604). So this means her first child was born when she was 54 years old, and the last at age 75. That must have been a remarkable lady. In my survey - I had 114 hits. Here are the results: All these are the same person - with the same kids. Thomas (1589-1685) - Mary Forth -- 3 times Thomas (~1615-1685) - Mary Forth -- 66 Thomas - Mary Pitman -- 12 Thomas - Mary Neuman -- 8 Thomas - Mary -- 7 Thomas - Mary Waitstill -- 1 Thomas - Mary Forth and Mary Pitman -- 8 Thomas - Mary Forth and Mary Neuman - 4 Thomas - son of Henry -- 5 times Thomas - son of Thomas -- 8 Thomas - son of Rev. John -- 2 Thomas - son of Richard -- 2 Thomas - born in or about 1589 -- 8 times Thomas - born in or about 1615 -- 11 Thomas - born in or about 1617 -- 10 Thomas - born in or about 1620 -- 71 Thomas - born about 1610 -- 8 Thomas - born about 1618 -- 1 Thomas - born about 1625 -- 1 Thomas - born in England -- 84 times Thomas - born in Dorchester, MA -- 2 Thomas - born in Dorchester England -- 1 Thomas - born in London England -- 3 Thomas - born in Little Ilford England -- 2 Thomas - born in Coventry England -- 3 Thomas - born in Cheshire, England -- 2 ------------------------ In a message dated 11/11/2005 2:15:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, JSDDOC@aol.com writes: ALL INTERESTED IN CORRECTING GENEALOGICAL IDENTIFICATIONS: The simple answer now appears to be that error will always be with us. Case in Point: Identification of Davenport Kennedy's parents: There are fourteen (14) identifications of the parents of Davenport Kennedy on the GEDCOM. Two (2) are redundant, i.e., same person putting up the identification twice. All of the remaining twelve (12) are wrong, are