Iris, You have a lot of logic to your argument, but your argument assumes that everyone else KNOWS the correct information and will let you know. There is nothing wrong in posting whatever you have, but UNPROVEN lines and THEORIES should be clearly marked as such. That way people are aware that you are only guessing. If they already know the correct family line they will probably get in touch to let you know their material, BUT, those who are just starting out and do not have any information - or just snippets - may waste a lot of time, energy and money, trying to build on your incorrect information. I am sure you do not intend to deliberately mislead people, so as I said before, identify iffy material with a question mark or some other symbol so others can use good judgement. Regards, Marjorie -----Original Message----- From: IrisLillie@aol.com [mailto:IrisLillie@aol.com] Sent: August 1, 2004 10:06 AM To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GenWisc] request KQL... thank you for your response to the person complaining about non family people posting lines that "don't belong to them... Sometimes there is reasons for those postings.. Late 1700s thri early 1800s part of my family was in a small area in the Delaware River valley. That gave me two states to work with (three or four if you count the state boarder wars) and I had trouble figuring out who married who and how they connected.. So I just started doing the linage on several tyler, Lillie, Lilley, Taylor and what-not families just to try and get them right. Many were connected, some were not (that I could find at this time) but COME ON... two families living next door, last name LILLIE and I should not think that SOMEDAY I will find the connection... anyway.. my tree has several families that at this point I can prove no connection... Would that gal want me to not post? TOO flipping bad. If there is a chance someone would contact me and say... hey... did you know that this one was a cousin to that one. Or even, I have a letter from my 5th great uncle telling his wife that she is NOT to invite the other Lillies to a celebration as only family was to come to this one... it would help... But I won't have a chance at that if I don't post those unconnected families.. I always correct the info if sent a correction, and send inquiries of that line to proper researcher if I am contacted... but I am NOT going to remove them just because I can not at this exact second PROVE they belong to me.... Right now, I got some gal adding posted notes left and right to my Lillies, and she is not even connected.. But she is coming across my family in her research and JUST IN CASE I don't have the information or the source she is letting me know... Should I be upset that she is not family? Iris ______________________________