Other persons' family trees are not proof. I do know that Jim Morris and Pauline Morris Grieger worked on this for a number of years. Jim did extensive traveling both on the Morris line and on the Richards line and was never able to unscramble either of these (1985-early 90's). Yes, it was John, but which John Morris is the question. I have a line that has been repeated since 1878 in various family histories but it is not right. I believe in the perponderance of truth. This is one disadvantages of the internet. A person can just say "oh that looks like my line", and doesn't get the documents to back it up. There is a book called "Cite your Sources" by Richard S. Lackey 1980. Any serious genealogist and family historian should read it and follow its guidelines. Joan --- [email protected] wrote: > Attn: Joan Lund, > Sources: > One World Tree > Ancestry World Tree Project > Robert, John MORRIS, Hanson/Morris Family Tree: > Dianna Hanson, > [email protected] > Elijah Albert Morris, Sr., Source: > Fletch Williamson Family Tree: Contact, Sandra > Salyers, [email protected] > Toy Williams Family Tree: Paul Williams, > [email protected] > Norma Morris Smith, [email protected] > > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are > in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving > messages in the digest mode, send to > [email protected] > > Joan Black Lund [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/

I to have done extensive research and travel on the Elijah Morris line and have been in contact with Jim Morris and have received his research as well as that of Eugene Morris. We all have the same John Morris (found independently) however there is no concrete proof beyond Elijah . Eugene and I have found some information recently and have shared with each other in trying to solve the mystery. It is not ready to be documented as yet as it is a work in progress. The information supplied by D. Hanson has a lot of mis information in it. I also have the information from Pauline Morris Geiger . I have a lot of documented history on the Elijah Morris line forward and undocumented from John backward. Ask for documentation of facts . Norma Morris Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Lund" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] John Morris > Other persons' family trees are not proof. I do know > that Jim Morris and Pauline Morris Grieger worked on > this for a number of years. Jim did extensive > traveling both on the Morris line and on the Richards > line and was never able to unscramble either of these > (1985-early 90's). Yes, it was John, but which John > Morris is the question. > > I have a line that has been repeated since 1878 in > various family histories but it is not right. I > believe in the perponderance of truth. This is one > disadvantages of the internet. A person can just say > "oh that looks like my line", and doesn't get the > documents to back it up. > > There is a book called "Cite your Sources" by Richard > S. Lackey 1980. Any serious genealogist and family > historian should read it and follow its guidelines. > > Joan > --- [email protected] wrote: >> Attn: Joan Lund, >> Sources: >> One World Tree >> Ancestry World Tree Project >> Robert, John MORRIS, Hanson/Morris Family Tree: >> Dianna Hanson, >> [email protected] >> Elijah Albert Morris, Sr., Source: >> Fletch Williamson Family Tree: Contact, Sandra >> Salyers, [email protected] >> Toy Williams Family Tree: Paul Williams, >> [email protected] >> Norma Morris Smith, [email protected] >> >> >> >> ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are >> in mail mode, send to >> [email protected] If you are receiving >> messages in the digest mode, send to >> [email protected] >> >> > > Joan Black Lund > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/ > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the > digest mode, send to [email protected] >

On citing your sources you might want to investigate Mills - Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence - Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian. It's more modern than Lackey. TMG helps you cite your sources properly too, annoying as it can be as it forces you to do it. I admit, I didn't cite starting out and paid dearly for it. With odd things [and aren't most of them odd?] I find citing to be a pain in the rear but it should be done. The issue of believing a source is quite different. I have a line the DAR took as proven and I proved it was wrong - he served, just not as they said he did. No one is perfect and more recent research can disprove long held beliefs and good research. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.4 - Release Date: 4/6/2005