I realise that true genealogist want to have the source of information documented BUT I often find that family charts like you have described are a very useful starting place when you begin researching a family history. I would hate to think that someone's work was just going to be lost. Have you tried offering them to a local library? When I visited the Dumfries library last year they had some hand written notes on Robert TROTTER who is someone I am researching. I used the information to locate one of my families in the Scottish census. You could include a letter with the charts saying that there is no source documentation available. best of luck Christa Le Vine -----Original Message----- From: marcher51@sbcglobal.net [mailto:marcher51@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 11 June 2004 01:05 To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [D-G LIST] re: family records I was given by a friend who had no use for it, a collection of large charts of different families. It looks like a large volumn, but when you open it, it is two pockets, one on each side that holds the folded charts. The charts are abt. 4x legal paper. I think they are comparable to ahnentafel outlines or reports that we see nowadays. Any comments appreciated.

Hi Christa, You wrote: "I realise that true genealogist want to have the source of information documented BUT I often find that family charts like you have described are a very useful starting place when you begin researching a family history. I would hate to think that someone's work was just going to be lost." I totally agree. In any event I think that there is a lot of nonsense talked about this. Leaving aside DNA testing which would be too expensive for most of us, the only person, who may be able, to tell you who your father, was is your mother, and in many circumstances she may not be certain. By that I'm not meaning to impune anyone's ancestry, just facing the facts of life. I know, I've had examples of it in my own family tree. What's shown on my family tree is what the record shows but don't fool yoursef that its fact, because it isn't, just like any other history. It is, as Napoleon Bonepart said, " History is just a myth that has been agreed on". There are no facts. Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christa Le Vine" <christalevine@btinternet.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] family records > > I realise that true genealogist want to have the source of information > documented BUT I often find that family charts like you have described are a > very useful starting place when you begin researching a family history. I > would hate to think that someone's work was just going to be lost. > > Have you tried offering them to a local library? When I visited the Dumfries > library last year they had some hand written notes on Robert TROTTER who is > someone I am researching. I used the information to locate one of my > families in the Scottish census. > > You could include a letter with the charts saying that there is no source > documentation available. > > best of luck > > Christa Le Vine > > > -----Original Message----- > From: marcher51@sbcglobal.net [mailto:marcher51@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: 11 June 2004 01:05 > To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [D-G LIST] re: family records > > > I was given by a friend who had no use for it, a collection of large charts > of different families. It looks like a large volumn, but when you open it, > it is two pockets, one on each side that holds the folded charts. The > charts are abt. 4x legal paper. I think they are comparable to ahnentafel > outlines or reports that we see nowadays. Any comments appreciated. > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >