Genealogy is the one subject where it pays to peddle your wares in public. But there can be pitfalls. Just about the first search I ever carried out for KNIBBs on the internet revealed the names X KNIBB, Y KNIBB, Z KNIBB and others in a family group on one US based website. I was unhappy about the ages and relationships given but there they were in black and white, so who was I to question them? I was nevertheless keen to verify the information. Unfortunately the email address then given was incorrect, so I had to bide my time. Meantime the names swelled the K/NIBB/S database. As I gathered more and more data from the US, I began to wonder why no one in the group ever showed up anywhere in official records. Eventually and unexpectedly I found what I thought was a match for Z in GB records but where were the others? Checking the website again for the umpteenth time and with the help of Google, I finally tracked down the correct email address of the submitter of the KNIBB family records which were not confined to the one website. I discovered that the entries were at the periphery of her tree and that she had obtained the names from a distant family member in Liverpool. This location tallied with the Z KNIBB details I had found in the GRO indices; I pressed her for more information. By and by a listing came my way. On it were the KNIBB names but a little further down, I was intrigued to see the same forenames repeated. Apart from Z, it was apparent to me that the rest were not KNIBBs at all! The moral of the story is never to accept anything peddled on the internet at face value. And that includes info from me. Nothing is a substitute for personal first hand detailed research. However, we've all tales of how by pooling information, we can help each other so please keep your queries coming my way. I'm here until Wednesday and then away for a fortnight to La Belle France. We'll just miss La Tour in Provence, but I think from yesterday and today's pedalling in the Pyrenees, we already know who will be wearing yellow in Paris. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit!

Hi Alan :) Sooooooooo ... when should we expect you for a cuppa?!?!? We're only an hour away from the French border you know!! ;D I have no idea where LaBelle is, but hey, I'm sure YOU can find US!! :D lol I hope you have a wonderful time, and that the weather is better in France than it is here in Germany at the moment. We've had cold weather for the past oh, week, two weeks I guess. Today it's been sultry and we've just had thunderstorms with no rain. Now we're just very very humid ... sigh!! It's going to be a hot summer in Germany I'm told, so I think you're doing your travelling at the right time, before it gets REALLY hot!! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackari2@aol.com To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Pedal power? Genealogy is the one subject where it pays to peddle your wares in public. But there can be pitfalls. Just about the first search I ever carried out for KNIBBs on the internet revealed the names X KNIBB, Y KNIBB, Z KNIBB and others in a family group on one US based website. I was unhappy about the ages and relationships given but there they were in black and white, so who was I to question them? I was nevertheless keen to verify the information. Unfortunately the email address then given was incorrect, so I had to bide my time. Meantime the names swelled the K/NIBB/S database. As I gathered more and more data from the US, I began to wonder why no one in the group ever showed up anywhere in official records. Eventually and unexpectedly I found what I thought was a match for Z in GB records but where were the others? Checking the website again for the umpteenth time and with the help of Google, I finally tracked down the correct email address of the submitter of the KNIBB family records which were not confined to the one website. I discovered that the entries were at the periphery of her tree and that she had obtained the names from a distant family member in Liverpool. This location tallied with the Z KNIBB details I had found in the GRO indices; I pressed her for more information. By and by a listing came my way. On it were the KNIBB names but a little further down, I was intrigued to see the same forenames repeated. Apart from Z, it was apparent to me that the rest were not KNIBBs at all! The moral of the story is never to accept anything peddled on the internet at face value. And that includes info from me. Nothing is a substitute for personal first hand detailed research. However, we've all tales of how by pooling information, we can help each other so please keep your queries coming my way. I'm here until Wednesday and then away for a fortnight to La Belle France. We'll just miss La Tour in Provence, but I think from yesterday and today's pedalling in the Pyrenees, we already know who will be wearing yellow in Paris. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237