----- Original Message ----- From: <BonSnow@aol.com> To: <KYGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Fw: {not a subscriber} Re: [KYGRANT-L] Lookups > Hi Debby and All, > > In response to the questions Debby wrote to Sandra concerning the Simpson > discrepancies, THE INDEX IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE. All Sandra and I do is tell > you what it says. I have found several wrong entries. It is as accurate as > the person giving the information was. Just like census records, the person > giving the information could have been a teenager and just guessed at the > birth dates etc. Could have even bee a boarder giving the information or, > the census taker wrote it down wrong. My theory is to gather as many > sources as you can; the ones that contain information that coincides with > others, is the route I go. Unless we have famous ancestors who's every > moment has been documented, we are pretty much left with "most likely." > Family Bibles are wonderful sources, but even they aren't always correct. > Some people have been known to "fudge" on ages in the family Bible in order > to receive pensions! Even marriages have been known to be "concocted." > > Hope this helps to clarify why there is and always will be, discrepancies. > > Take care, > Bonnie > > > ==== KYGRANT Mailing List ==== > Genealogists do it generation after generation. > Genealogists should also consider the handsome neighbor... >