Audrey, are you using a Mac?  Sometimes unusual characters show up when I send on my Mac. Chere --- On Sun, 6/14/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Excellent Point Made! ??? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 1:30 PM ????? Don't know where those came from! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 11:44 am Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Excellent Point Made! I sgree.? I used to be a "gatherer" and considered every bit of information I got as "fact."? I started out by getting?some information from my husband's uncle.??Then I got more from other people.? I just started gathering and didn't even?KNOW that I was supposed to verify everything.? As  I got more involved, I tried to go back to check all?my info, but I still have a lot of unverified "stuff" that's mixed up with the verified facts. So, to everyone just starting out -- check your information as you gather it.? It's a lot easier and less frustrating than going back.? Good luck to all! Audrey -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Sprowls <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Chere Thrasher Athey <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 11:15 am Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Excellent Point Made! It does bother me a little that some use another's tree as "documentation". I whole heartedly agree with you Chere.   Possibly one reason new people working on their family history use others trees as their "documentation" is that they assume the other person has verified the data and they don't need to; or are lazy; or just don't know to verify everything.   (note that I didn't say new researchers, because not all people doing their family history are RESEARCHERS.  Just "gatherers" of names.) Ruth ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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