Dennie: I would be happy to work along with you on this effort. Christopher (Kit) Kilgore in Decatur, GA D Rennow <[email protected]> wrote: >WARNING > >I was just looking around ancestry.com's one family tree area. The >Kilgores of Marion and Grundy County Tennessee are a mess. They have >the wrong people married. The wrong kids are listed. [Well logically >that has to be since the parents never existed as a pair.] The dates >of birth and death are also wrong. > >I know it is confusing as so many of the Kilgores had the same names, >but there is no excuse for these errors. People are just copying >information off the net without getting copies of the primary >documentation, such as: birth certificates, marriage certificates, death >certificates, census records, wills, etc. They know their grandfather >was John Kilgore so they just grabbed the first John Kilgore they came >across. The fact that his age is way off didn't seem to bother them at >all. Note that I said they instead of he or she. That is because there >were multiple sets of errors. > >I started to correct some of them, but then realized that was an >impossible task. There are way too many errors. > >But it did remind me to get back to my Kilgore project. I am >documenting the Kilgores of Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie >and Warren Tennessee counties. I am going through every census, >marriage records, death records, photos, bibles, etc. > >I was making pretty good progress, but then my personal life hit a rough >spot and I haven't done squat on the project for over a year. > >After I complete the initial six counties, I will do Hamilton County >Tennessee and north east Alabama. > >Once the project is completed, I will send a copy to the Tennessee >archives, Alabama archives, and each county library in the counties >researched. > >Cousin Dennie > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'll write you privately. Dennie [email protected] wrote: > Dennie: > I would be happy to work along with you on this effort. > Christopher (Kit) Kilgore in Decatur, GA > > D Rennow <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> WARNING >> >> I was just looking around ancestry.com's one family tree area. The >> Kilgores of Marion and Grundy County Tennessee are a mess. They have >> the wrong people married. The wrong kids are listed. [Well logically >> that has to be since the parents never existed as a pair.] The dates >> of birth and death are also wrong. >> >> I know it is confusing as so many of the Kilgores had the same names, >> but there is no excuse for these errors. People are just copying >> information off the net without getting copies of the primary >> documentation, such as: birth certificates, marriage certificates, death >> certificates, census records, wills, etc. They know their grandfather >> was John Kilgore so they just grabbed the first John Kilgore they came >> across. The fact that his age is way off didn't seem to bother them at >> all. Note that I said they instead of he or she. That is because there >> were multiple sets of errors. >> >> I started to correct some of them, but then realized that was an >> impossible task. There are way too many errors. >> >> But it did remind me to get back to my Kilgore project. I am >> documenting the Kilgores of Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie >> and Warren Tennessee counties. I am going through every census, >> marriage records, death records, photos, bibles, etc. >> >> I was making pretty good progress, but then my personal life hit a rough >> spot and I haven't done squat on the project for over a year. >> >> After I complete the initial six counties, I will do Hamilton County >> Tennessee and north east Alabama. >> >> Once the project is completed, I will send a copy to the Tennessee >> archives, Alabama archives, and each county library in the counties >> researched. >> >> Cousin Dennie >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >