Cassie, I totally agree with Marilyn's comments. Roberta in AL "Allen-Wible, Marilyn K" wrote: > > Cassie, I appreciate and agree with your suspicious nature on something like > this. It may very well be a legitimate effort, but it is still a good idea > to exercise some caution with an organization that asks for birth > certificates or other personal information as "proof," especially if it's an > relatively new venture with no history to use as validation. > > I appreciate everyone's input into the Elam "gene pool" of information, and > Cassie's hard work and dedication to seeing that it works so well for all of > us. > > Marilyn Allen-Wible > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cassie Elam [SMTP:celam@pdq.net] > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 8:19 PM > > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS] Fraudulent lineages > > > > There is a website at > > http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud.htm that discusses > > fraudulent lineages published by GUSTAVE ANJOU (1863-1942) and lists the > > 109 "genealogies" of his found at the Family History Library in Salt > > Lake City, Utah. The Elams are not listed, but you may want to check > > for other names you have been searching. There is an update which lists > > further fraudulent lineages. > > > > The website's main purpose is purportedly to share information on our > > earliest colonial ancestors. While it may be a perfectly valid venture, > > I have some reservations about it. They espouse the truly noble purpose > > of only including ancestors whose existence is proven by valid > > documentation. The problem I have is with their requirement that you > > provide a Xerox copy of a birth related document on yourself, and that > > of the parent your line goes through. Perhaps I am overly suspicious > > (10 years in the legal profession will do that to you) and this is a > > perfectly legitimate request, but this in conjunction with their open > > enrollment cutoff of 31 Aug 1999 just sounds a little fishy to me. At > > any rate, other people have submitted information and there are some > > names/biographical info in the database so you may want to have a look > > for your relatives. > > > > Cassie