We all have to start somewhere and chances are like myself when you do start you will record everything and believe it to be true. It is only after a few years and the accumulation of a lot of data things start to get "untidy" I started the LAVER ONS after about ten years worth of collecting although this was pre Ancestry. Joining the GOONS changed things considerably and set a higher standard for "getting it right" As stated on earlier posts there are a number of big issues to consider as to what you now do with your data but the best advice I can give is to verify what you have got and assume that there are mistakes. Also "stick with it" you don't say how big the study is but assume another ten years at least. Cheers Howard LAVER #3175 (got a record from a family bible that falsified the date of birth of a child to try to settle a fraud case!) -----Original Message----- From: Neil Hartwell via Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:39 PM To: GOONS@rootsweb.com Subject: [G] Hartwell ONS - starting from scratch Hello out there I've recently signed up to the Guild, and I've collected a lot of data (via Ancestry.co.uk) over the past 10 years on UK folk with the surname Hartwell (My colleagues in the USA are even better organised) I'd like some ideas on how best to turn this into something of use to other researchers. I'm not particularly keen on retyping details for hundreds of Hartwells from GED into html Ideas and suggestions are welcomed / and any details of notable Hartwells you may have encountered. Regards Neil -- Neil Hartwell The Garden House 74 Lostwithiel St Fowey PL23 1BQ 01726 832785 _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message