Vic, For sure, post to the appropriate maillists and bulletin boards, such as for the surnames and the counties. Post your corrections here! Best when you do so, to cite the documents or research that have proved your new facts or debunking of old information. That way we all can evaluate the evidence for proof one way or the other. I appreciate anyone posting new evidence, especially if it corrects old mistakes (even my own). We all learn as we go, sometimes make bad assumptions, and often find out we were off the mark originally. That's family history research... Most families have some legends and erroneous information floating around (in the digital age, you can never fully remove anything). And some people hang on to those legends fiercely. Combat misinformation with good information. We'll all thank you for it. Dona Ritchie ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002)
I'd love to know how to de-bunk bad info off the net too... such as my GG-grandfather Thomas 'Anse' Couch (I know on the net it says Alfred) (m. Elizabeth Campbell) as being the son of Martin Couch... just isn't so according to Thomas death certificate which names his father as (looks like) James Couch to me, but definately isn't Martin. I'm not sure who James' father was but a James and Martin Couch are mentioned in one of the Dickey Diaries as being brothers. Also a James and Marton Couch is found listed living side by side in the 1810 Washington Co. Va. census, then in 1820 a James and Martin Couch were found listed in 1820 Clay Co Ky census, . In 1820 James Couch was living between Martin Couch and William Harding. Williams', Lewis', Pennington's, Bowling's, Davidson's, and Fry's were also found living in the area. Sarah (Campbell) Baker interview; Wooton, July 22, 1898: John J Dickey Dairy, roll 3, page # 2436-2437: I was born in Perry County, Kentucky in 1824. My father was born in 1800. (the dairy spells the previous as Cambell but I believe that an error jfBurke). He was the son of John Campbell who emigrated from New River, North Carolina. I do not know when. His wife was Polly Couch, his brothers-in-law Martin and James came with him, also his brother William, who went to Indiana after I was 17 years old. None of his children were married when he came here. He was poor and came to better his condition. Some argue that because Sarah says that James and Martin were brother-in-laws, insted of half brother-in-laws, to her father that it proves that they were full brothers to Polly. Not necessarily so... my husband had a whole slew of half brothers and sisters from both his mother and father and I never once heard him refer to them as "half" brothers or half sisters when talking about them in general. Also to make this a bit more interesting (I've been waiting a long time to be able to say this). Thomas 'Anse' Couch (m. Elizabeth Campbell) has been proved to be the same 'Anse' Couch that is mentioned in the Up Cutshin, Down Greasy book. It has been proved by the death certificate of one of his sons... the death certificate of John Couch (m. Sally Shepherd) named his parents as Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Campbell... then my gg-grandfather Elihue Couch named Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Campbell as his parents on one of his marriage liscense.. plus Perry Co births also show his parents as Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Campbell. These documents prove that Elihue 'Lihu' and ole John Couch of "Up Cutshin, Down Greasy" are indeed brothers. Thomas was another of the brothers mentioned in the book... haven't proved him on paper, but my mom remembered him, and we found his gravestone in the Piney Fork Cemetery on Leatherwood in Perry Co. Ky. He is buried along with his first wife Mary, and two of his children, and not 50 feet from my g-grandparents, Elihue 'Lihu' and Mary Ann Burns Couch. Sorry if this bursts someone's bubble, but I do have that so sacred paper trail from myself to James Couch b. Bet. 1780 - 1790. Whether my ggg-grandfather James is the same James Couch that traveled with Martin Couch I do not know. I suspect he was since I found no other James in the area at that time, but I have no paper to prove that... maybe someday. Fay On 6/8/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Vic, > For sure, post to the appropriate maillists and bulletin boards, such as for > the surnames and the counties. Post your corrections here! Best when you do > so, to cite the documents or research that have proved your new facts or > debunking of old information. That way we all can evaluate the evidence for proof one > way or the other. I appreciate anyone posting new evidence, especially if it > corrects old mistakes (even my own). We all learn as we go, sometimes make bad > assumptions, and often find out we were off the mark originally. That's > family history research... Most families have some legends and erroneous > information floating around (in the digital age, you can never fully remove anything). > And some people hang on to those legends fiercely. Combat misinformation with > good information. We'll all thank you for it. > > Dona Ritchie > > > ************** > Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch > "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >