-----Original Message----- From: Deborah Cerasia <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 1:02 AM Subject: Compilers Beware There has been some discussion in recent days on several of the lists about the importance of checking sources. I wasn't going to add my two cents but after a visit to Ancestry.com tonight I feel I must. Imagine my surprise to see much of my pedigree (that I had so generously provided to another researcher) up for view with an error that had been handed to me by a cousin who had already done much research on our family lines. Fortunately for me I "checked" sources for my part of the line where it diverged from his to the top of the line. Having already found errors in Tanguay & Drouin I went to the source being birth /marriage/death certificates as well as will, land records etc. In doing so I found another error in Tanguay (with a correction in the tome of corrections to Tanguay by Lebeouf) . I immediately notified all concerned especially since one researcher who was a "cousin" from way back turned out not to be related at all. So imagine my surprise to see the error posted on a service available to all spreading to Lord knows how many other genealogists, especially since it had obviously been posted AFTER I had already informed the submitter with details of the error. Moral is - check those sources and don't believe everything you see just because another researcher has "provided" the info. Ciao! Hasta Luego! A Bientot! D.Cerasia [email protected] Researching: CERASIA, NEVEAUX,MUSSEL,McCOMBE,SIMPSON plus a whole lot more! Email if you think you might have a connection!!