Punch, Candace wrote: > Thank you Steve!! Another > genealogy truth is records are only as good as the information > originally recorded or the recorder. > > > Candace: The micro-film pictures of a document reflect exactly what is on that document. I think where the errors come in have to do with transcribers. I accidently found a Maher family transcribed as Mehas. After a careful look at the film, I could understand how the error was made because there were notations made which partially covered the name on the form. Luckily I had experience at handwriting identification, and was able to sort it out. And, another observation: Our ancestors lied a lot!!! Steve No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1293 - Release Date: 2/22/08 9:21 AM

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Franklin" <macdummy@montanasky.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] LDS Films in the church records > And, another observation: Our ancestors lied a lot!!! > > Steve Didn't they just. My Ma-in-law, God rest her soul, lied like a trooper, and fed us a family background that was a total fabrication. And we swallowed it! My mother's wedding certificate is a tissue of lies, and I've never known if she knew, or had my grandmother convinced her it was the truth!