The Ancestral File explains right on it that none of the information has been verified against official records, but it does give you something to go by, and if you make a verified correction, please send it to the AF so they can correct it on the next addendum. The information they receive is only as correct as the person sending it. They need your help, and in that way you are helping everyone else to be as correct as possible.Linda Kay Diane Wrightsman wrote: > First - what is an onry LOL? (I get onry, but not LOL). > > I, too, spent years trusting the work of others, not documenting, not > thinking it was necessary in order to get my ancestors temple work done. > Only recently, when I pulled some r-e-a-l-l-y bad stuff from the Ancestral > file, have I realized what mistakes I could have made. > > I am now in the process of almost starting from scratch, at least regarding > documentation. Thankfully, many other researchers out there working on my > lines were more dedicated and exacting than I, so my work will be easier > thanks to them. > > But what we have done is not all bad or corrupted for lack of > documentation! My great-grandparents and their 7 children are sealed as a > family unit, even though I can't tell you the name of the cemetary where we > found their baby's gravestone. They, in turn, are still sealed to their > parents, even though I was unable to copy records in Jackson County, MN. > > What am I trying to say is that, our work has not been for nothing. But we > need to improve our methods so that those that research after us will not > have cause to doubt what we have done. > > Love you all! > > Diane in Austin > > ==== GEN-ROOTERS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to change to the digest list send an email to GEN-ROOTERS-D-request@rootsweb.com and in the body of the message put the one word SUBCRIBE > To unsubscribe form the list (L or D) send an email to GEN-ROOTERS-(L or D according to which one you are receiving-it is on the top of the emails you receive)request@rootsweb.com put the one word message in the body of the letter-- UNSUBSCRIBE > > listowner questions to AZDEE@aol.com