The demand for "Primary Documents" has driven me crazy for years ! We know someone was some where at such and such a time...weve got copies of it..yet reaserchers rejecy what we found, because we dont have a "Paper trail" early on. Is all our work to be rejected because we cant produce original documents from that particular time frame? I was told in chat the other day.." If you dont have paper, its not valid "...now wait just a bloody minute ! If you KNOW what you Kow..and the Corthouse was burned..you want me to produce paper work...how am I supposed to do that ? Is paperwok the end result of all our work ? We know, beyond a doubt, that X went to x..we have it from the census and other stuff...yet we are told "You MUST have a paper trail"...Hold on ! There ISNT always a paper trail..people, early on, were not paper trained ! So. I cant find a certain cert for X..if I find that on line, and print it...is THIS a papaer tail ? Is the fact that I know certain people were married in and at X at a certain time, and I copy that from on line a "paper trail "? Ive also been told that "copies are not vaild"..now wait a second..they will give me the original ? I DONT THINK SO ! So now, someone , please tel me..copies are not valid.. what does one do to make it "valid " for inclusion ? BJ _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

BJ, One thing to add to Ann's message. If you are not trying to get into a club such as the daughters of the revolution or something. A list of your sources will also work in most cases. As long as your facts are correct. For example: Your great-great grandparents were married in McCreary Co. on Jan 14, 1913. You go to the courthouse and see the marriage record and write down the data yourself. This is a source that is valid and can be used. Hope this helps you some. Della "BJ. B." <meowmumtu@hotmail.com> wrote: The demand for "Primary Documents" has driven me crazy for years ! We know someone was some where at such and such a time...weve got copies of it..yet reaserchers rejecy what we found, because we dont have a "Paper trail" early on. Is all our work to be rejected because we cant produce original documents from that particular time frame? I was told in chat the other day.." If you dont have paper, its not valid "...now wait just a bloody minute ! If you KNOW what you Kow..and the Corthouse was burned..you want me to produce paper work...how am I supposed to do that ? Is paperwok the end result of all our work ? We know, beyond a doubt, that X went to x..we have it from the census and other stuff...yet we are told "You MUST have a paper trail"...Hold on ! There ISNT always a paper trail..people, early on, were not paper trained ! So. I cant find a certain cert for X..if I find that on line, and print it...is THIS a papaer tail ? Is the fact that I know certain people were married in and at X at a certain time, and I copy that from on line a "paper trail "? Ive also been told that "copies are not vaild"..now wait a second..they will give me the original ? I DONT THINK SO ! So now, someone , please tel me..copies are not valid.. what does one do to make it "valid " for inclusion ? BJ _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ==== KYMCCREA Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames,etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a