Robert, Been there done that and had the T-shirt, or should I say the in the invective. That is why I prefer to use a Pseudo Name when posting to the list. Anonymity means that I can be brutally honest, without fear or favour. I have no interest in protracted correspondence with those who "know better", without any documentary evidence to back their stance. I have removed my Ancestry from all the various websites where it was once posted, as I found that so many, would take a name from my tree, and ascribe descendants that fitted their requirement, but which were factually inaccurate. Sharing information, is one thing, contributing to the dissemination of misinformation by those, who appear to be more interested in numbers than accuracy, which is replicated ad-infinitum is another. Where do you draw the line? Achwr ======================================== Message Received: Mar 19 2012, 06:05 PM From: "robert williams" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [Dyfed] The Written word. Many Years ago I had an E.Mail off somebody who had traced their family history using nothing but the I.G.I; Their facts were therefore based on what somebody else had told them,and more importantly, NO research in to the Actual Parish Registers had been done whatsoever. How did I know that? Because I had the Parish Registers here at home. Well,Photocopies of the originals,but the closest you could get,and much better than depending on Heresay,and wishful thinking. Well,You should have heard what I was called after correcting their errors! I was in no way correct as far as they were concerned,as the Mormons or their transcribers more likely, would Never get it wrong! Besides which,They didn’t like the truth thrown their way,coz it didn’t look half as good as they had it written down! Cheers Graham. ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ACHWR

Achwr said; <That is why I prefer to use a Pseudo Name when posting to the list. <Anonymity means that I can be brutally honest, without fear or favour. I'm genuinely surprised anyone should feel the need to hide behind a pseudonym as some form of protection, from ......... ? Being honest is quite normal behaviour, I assume that the ' brutal ' aspect you allude to is being overly blunt, or pointed, in your comments. Over the life of this list I've developed a 'bed side manner' (survival technique?) which is to soften a contradictory response in some way without lessening its meaning - it usually works, has it ? <I have removed my Ancestry from all the various websites where it was once posted, as I found that so many, would take a name from my tree, and ascribe descendants that fitted their <requirement, but which were factually inaccurate.Sharing information, is one thing, contributing to the dissemination of misinformation by those, who appear to be more interested in <numbers than accuracy, which is replicated ad-infinitum is another. I subscribe to the opposite approach and have maintained comprehensive family trees online for a dozen or so years without becoming aware of the problems you describe. Perhaps I'm being naive. Go on Achwr, reveal yourself, you know you want to really :-) Gareth Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Gareth's Help Page http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html Cwmgors a'r Waun http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cwmgors/Waun.html -----Original Message----- From: yr achwr Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:21 PM To: robert williams ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dyfed] The Written word. Robert, Been there done that and had the T-shirt, or should I say the in the invective. That is why I prefer to use a Pseudo Name when posting to the list. Anonymity means that I can be brutally honest, without fear or favour. I have no interest in protracted correspondence with those who "know better", without any documentary evidence to back their stance. I have removed my Ancestry from all the various websites where it was once posted, as I found that so many, would take a name from my tree, and ascribe descendants that fitted their requirement, but which were factually inaccurate. Sharing information, is one thing, contributing to the dissemination of misinformation by those, who appear to be more interested in numbers than accuracy, which is replicated ad-infinitum is another. Where do you draw the line? Achwr ======================================== Message Received: Mar 19 2012, 06:05 PM From: "robert williams" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [Dyfed] The Written word. Many Years ago I had an E.Mail off somebody who had traced their family history using nothing but the I.G.I; Their facts were therefore based on what somebody else had told them,and more importantly, NO research in to the Actual Parish Registers had been done whatsoever. How did I know that? Because I had the Parish Registers here at home. Well,Photocopies of the originals,but the closest you could get,and much better than depending on Heresay,and wishful thinking. Well,You should have heard what I was called after correcting their errors! I was in no way correct as far as they were concerned,as the Mormons or their transcribers more likely, would Never get it wrong! Besides which,They didn’t like the truth thrown their way,coz it didn’t look half as good as they had it written down! Cheers Graham. ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ACHWR ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message