On 30/06/2016 11:50 PM, pauloricardocanedo2 via wrote: > Well even if Ed Mann uses some false connections in some of his works it doesn´t mean the other works he does are wrong. > > Of course it doesn't - however, it does mean that the work is most probably no better than other bunglers could do for themselves. This is the same pitiful excuse that has been made here for depending on Medieval Lands. The facile habit of using readily-accessible stashes of data causes many an amateur in medieval genealogy to waste time and effort. It means that one busy ignoramus exerts an influence in this field that is out of all proportion to the skill and sense brought to it. Self-indulgent clinging to trust in self-evident charlatans is currently disgracing two of the world's greatest nations. It doesn't have to disfigure SGM discussions as well. Peter Stewart