I think it makes my ancestors a whole lot more interesting and fun that there were criminal, ne'er-do'wells, witches and others mixed in with the "good" ones. But like you wrote, Joyce, there are some in my family that want the polished version - heaven forbid any ancestor was anything but pure and good in their minds! Someone mentioned a death certificate. My grandmother's had errors on them that she perpetuated. She had 3 marriages and while there were 4 years between number 1 and number 3, she only "aged" one year. She deliberately gave the wrong birthyear. When she died, none of her children knew it and I found it in my research at the Harlan County Courthouse. So not only was the death certificate wrong, so was the gravestone. I thought it was funny and knew Grandma was chuckling in heaven. Sandy