______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 22:31:38 EST From: Ohenri66@aol.com To: GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <17d.18f04b31.2bbe569a@aol.com> Subject: [Gentry] GENTRY'S Alabama and Mississippi [Citation lists information listed taken from the book cited below. The sender says in part:] >"This book was printed and compiled by Jonathan Daniel Gentry, M.A. the >book is called OUR GENTRY FAMILY 1510 - 2000. By Jonathan Daniel Gentry, >M.A. jgentry@hotmail.com. I have not had a chance to prove that all is >right. But I would advise that you check what you think you can use. " The cautionary statements above are so right. After a cursory glance through the information cited, it is so full of errors, that a reader really needs to take far more time to check out each individual entry than it is worth. I suggest it is far better to access a list such as World Connect where one can find multiple entries for individuals and you can choose the ones that are most likely to be correct. Errors include dates, places and relationships. e.g. Allen Cain Gentry listed as dying in 1791 in Jackson Co., AL (long before AL was ever open for settlement and in spite of the fact that Allen Cain is in the 1800 census in Edgefield Dist., SC again: "161. Allen Gentry b. 1788 SC. D. Nov. 19, 1842 Carrollville, Tishmingo, MS. m. [1] Rebecca Motes, m. [2] Rebecca Reeves about 1830 Alleghany Co. NC. d/o George Reeves and Jane Osborne." These are two completely different Allen's, one a descendant of David-III Gentry and the other a descendant of Nicholas-III Gentry. The children listed are a mixture of children as well. I could go on. but this may serve to illustrate why I would never trust the information in this source. Bill Gentry