This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: christinamae1211 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/7499.2.1.5.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if it makes a difference but in some trees I have seen Sarah (sare) Day listed in place of Lydia married to Jacob. I found a death record that said she died of child bed fever and the following census listed just Jacob and the remaining kids. I don't remember the dates. I'll have to look. That is one of the biggest discrepancies I have come across on whether it is Lydia or sarah. Are records usually this complicated and hard to piece together? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
Hi , if you are speaking about Ancestry.com Public Trees they are the most frustrating documents you will ever see - if you let them. Unfortunately people just refuse to correct their mistakes. I have had that happen several times. On others it is quite apparent that some people want to collect names and in doing so accuracy means nothing. Unfortunately Ancestry does not give a ( well you know what) and just leave it up to the owners of the trees to correct the errors themselves. Having said that however, it can be a very important part of your research experience, just as long as you are prepared to do your due diligence, check your sources, compare and think things through to reach a probable conclusion. Sounds easy . Frank Easton Sherwood Park Alberta Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Myers] Dead end ------------------------------- 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
That's no lie!!! It's especially difficult when several family members have similar names. I have a Samuel Bu rton McFerrin son of Burton McFerrin Brother of Benton McFerrin all in the confederate army regiments etc... After doing some verifying someone put together and transcribed things completely wrong making 3 men in one family completely interchangeable. It's so frustrating- I wish people would take as long as it takes to be accurate. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:33:00 PM Subject: Re: [Myers] Dead end Hi , if you are speaking about Ancestry.com Public Trees they are the most frustrating documents you will ever see - if you let them. Unfortunately people just refuse to correct their mistakes. I have had that happen several times. On others it is quite apparent that some people want to collect names and in doing so accuracy means nothing. Unfortunately Ancestry does not give a ( well you know what) and just leave it up to the owners of the trees to correct the errors themselves. Having said that however, it can be a very important part of your research experience, just as long as you are prepared to do your due diligence, check your sources, compare and think things through to reach a probable conclusion. Sounds easy . Frank Easton Sherwood Park Alberta Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Myers] Dead end ------------------------------- 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 ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS ********* Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. ************ ------------------------------- 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