> > I'm new to the list so I might be repeating something that has > > already been done, or this is the wrong list for, but I would love > > to share good sites for researching genealogy. > > > > My favorite research site to get gedcom files is at: > > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi > > > > Newest discovery for Civil war information: > > > > http://dlxs.richmond.edu/d/ddr/ > > > > It is the Richmond newspaper that published throughout the Civil War > > and has a searchable data base and reproductions of the actual > > pages. > > > > Is anyone interested?? > > > > "Paulette Smith" <[email protected]> > > Most GEDCOM files from RootsWeb are next to worthless as they have > either no sources or the only sources are other gedcoms (which > usually have no sources). > > RootsWeb would do the world a favor if it deleted every Gedcom with > no sources or other gedcoms for sources. What would be left would > at least serve as a somewhat usable cluefinder to actual sourced > information. > > It would also serve to discourage name collectors and focus on > actual genealogical research. > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Ahem? (g) Some of us believe that an event place of Washington D.C., USA should be a sufficient clue to the probability that the fact (birth, marriage or death) can be documented by using the relevant vital records from Washington DC. And then too some of us prefer to say "Sources on request". It would be a mistake to _assume_ that an unstated source is also non-existent. Cheryl singhals <[email protected]>