Cousins" when I first started genealogy I met a man that was a professional genealogist......he was related to the Hollands of Franklin Co., Tn, which at the time I thought were our Hollands. We talked a long time and one of the most impotrant things he told me was to be very wary of LDS records. He said if there was not PROOF ....wills, deeds estate records etc. to NOT trust them, and if there was proof to double check, and verify them myself to be sure it was accurate......that a lot of people just made stuff up and put in the LDS records......sad, but I have found his warning to be true. Most of the info on their sites does not offer any proof. If I find something I use it for "clues" to see if it is really true. He sent me back to Bedford Co., Tn where I finally found our Hollands. Everything he told me turned out to be true. Just wanted to warn you about the LDS records. I know they do good work, but some of the info on their sites is just dead wrong. The info on Edward and Dr Arthur Johnson most likely came from the book "The Ancestry of William and John Johnston Colonial Firends (Quakers) of Virginia An Account fo the Connections fo the Family of Johnston of Caskieben, And Of That Ilk, Of the Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland" by Lorand V. Johnson M.D. there is a copy in the Chattanooga Library. He did a lot of research, but some of the "proof" he mentions can not be found.....for instance he uses a letter supposedly in the Quaker records of London, and I have looked at everyting on line and emailed the place where their records are kept....got an answer back that no such letter was there......soooooo we have to be VERY VERY careful with this Johnson bunch to get ours right !! Don't mean to sound like a wet balnket, but I don't want to "bark up the wrong tree" either !!!! Blessings and Love Mary

Of course you have to be very careful of any information provided by individuals on their ancestors, family oral history being what it is but if you go to their library section you can order microfilms that have PHOTOGRAPHS of actual probate records, deeds, etc. Those are surely to be trusted. I have ordered films of church records in Mexico and found my baptism and confirmation records photographed from the church's record books. Everything was accurate. Just remember to verify for yourself anything found in the SEARCH section. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Johnson" <tonyempireore@msn.com> To: "Johnson-L" <Johnson-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:12 PM Subject: [JOHNSON] Dr. Lorrand > Cousins" when I first started genealogy I met a man that was a > professional genealogist......he was related to the Hollands of Franklin > Co., Tn, which at the time I thought were our Hollands. We talked a long > time and one of the most impotrant things he told me was to be very wary > of LDS records. He said if there was not PROOF > ....wills, deeds estate records etc. to NOT trust them, and if there was > proof to double check, and verify them myself to be sure it was > accurate......that a lot of people just made stuff up and put in the LDS > records......sad, but I have found his warning to be true. Most of the > info on their sites does not offer any proof. If I find something I use it > for "clues" to see if it is really true. He sent me back to Bedford Co., > Tn where I finally found our Hollands. Everything he told me turned out to > be true.. > Just wanted to warn you about the LDS records. I know they do good work, > but some of the info on their sites is just dead wrong. > The info on Edward and Dr Arthur Johnson most likely came from the book > "The Ancestry of William and John Johnston Colonial Firends (Quakers) of > Virginia An Account fo the Connections fo the Family of Johnston of > Caskieben, And Of That Ilk, Of the Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland" by > Lorand V. Johnson M.D. there is a copy in the Chattanooga Library. > He did a lot of research, but some of the "proof" he mentions can not be > found.....for instance he uses a letter supposedly in the Quaker records > of London, and I have looked at everyting on line and emailed the place > where their records are kept....got an answer back that no such letter was > there......soooooo we have to be VERY VERY careful with this Johnson bunch > to get ours right !! Don't mean to sound like a wet balnket, but I don't > want to "bark up the wrong tree" either !!!! > Blessings and Love > Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >