> Being a person who collects data and places them on the internet, I apologize for one and all errors. Dear Remmick, Apologies for errors in data are NEVER needed! What is the best solution, is an open mind, and alertness to the fact that none of us are perfect. And *U* have amply demonstrated that! It's the "closed minds" who are the problem. Well "problem" is too strong a word. Let's just say that "closed and rigid minds" are not terribly helpful... ;) And i'm sure we have all come across a few in our research on GRs... Your description of the "three-in-one" sounds only too familiar... I have the dubious pleasure of also having to deal with the surname ROTH < just to mention but one > ...; if U don't think that "concurrence" is a problem there, let me divest U of that notion 1, 2, 3... I have no end of trouble with that name... And of course "my" Roth is called Jakob ROTH, a situation not unlike my Wilhelm HUMMELs, ALL in the same village of course... ;) But we keep rooting... Jay Btw. Sharing "corrections" or documenting errors will at least offer an opportunity for other researchers to see what "should be", aka. "s/b". < Who else has found data that "s/b" ??? > ----- Original Message ----- From: <RemMick@aol.com> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] St. Petersburg Archives, What information is on the microfilm records > The other error which can be found is: > When the person recording data thinks he/she has found a duplicate name with > data. For years many members of my family have doubted my data on our Hein > family of Borodino because of the researchers thinking three different Hein men > were not three only one man. > > How could that occur? The person copying data found a Georg Hein b. 1807, > then found another Georg Hein b. 1807 and then a third Georg Hein b. 1807. > They eliminated two and mentioned only one Georg Hein. Along came another > researcher. They found Georg Hein b. 1807 Dolkin, Po. and one Georg Hein b. 1807 > Kulm, Po.. So they wrote Georg Hein b. 1807 Dolkin/ Kulm, Po. . Well, that > all may seem quite logical. And, I can understand why the person recording did > what he/she believed accurate. Unfortunately there were three different men > name Georg Hein. All ended up in Borodino. One was born in Dolkin, another in > Rudetz and the other Kulm. All born within the Kulm area of Poland. > > So, yes, looking at the original data can help you. Finding someone to > read Polish records has never been accomplished by me. So, I continued to reply > on memories of the elders of my family, instead of lumping all the Hein > families of Borodino under one Georg Hein. > > It took more than twenty-five years to find data that shows the three Georg > Hein men. All were married to more than one wife. Not all died in Borodino or > even Russia. > > I must voice that I have tried very hard not to make these same mistakes but > no one can be perfect. There are days a person misreads data, or the fingers > don't strike the correct keys .... Sometimes, family data is recorded > differently by members of the same family. > > So, nothing is absolute. So, don't stop looking around just because you > think you have found a name that seems to be right..... Or, don't stop looking > at data because the dates don't seem quite right...... > > Being a person who collects data and places them on the internet, I > apologize for one and all errors. I try and so do the others to get all this right. > > remmick@aol.com > http://www.remmick.org > > > ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are NOT allowed. > >