This is a great thread. I was horrified at some of the false genealogical information in the series that is published as fact, although I am in one of the reference books on Curries as 10 years younger.... Is there a way to more formally let people know it is full of holes? One could waste a lot of time being mislead there, and I cant imagine the site owners want to do that. B On 4/23/07, Wanda Powell <aligator@fairpoint.net> wrote: > > That goes for books written as well done a few too many years ago. > > -----Original Message----- > From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > dfraser@nbnet.nb.ca > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:59 PM > To: polly@pollyshaw.com; newbrunswick@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ NB ] First Family Site > > Hi > > I would like to echo Polly's warnings about the First Families. This was a > lively subject of > discussion at our most recent NBGS Board of Directors meeting. > > The information on First Families is not a collection of genealogies - it > was originally designed > to be an in depth guide to the MC1 and MC80 (and other) collections at > PANB, > helping > researchers find the sources for information on families they are > interested > in. > > Since MC1 and MC80 are all secondary sources of varying ages and accuracy, > the > information in First Families is thus not necessarily correct, as Polly > notes below. So please > be careful about using the family information constructed in the files as > it > may have been > superceded by later, more accurate, research. > > Please note the caveats in the following: > > http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html > > and especially note the following from the Introduction by the compiler: > > "Researchers should remember that the contents of genealogical files, > books > and > collections at the Provincial Archives vary in composition, size, > completeness > and accuracy and I was unable to verify the accuracy of the information > found > in these various sources. Readers who detect errors and who wish to submit > corrections or who want to send donations of genealogies, either large or > small, > are encouraged to contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, PO Box > 6000, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5H1. > > The contents of this guide in no way are intended to replace original > resources > and records found at the Provincial Archives. This guide must be viewed as > an > annotated index intended to direct researchers to the numerous books and > files > held by the Provincial Archives." > > > Dave Fraser > > On 23 Apr 2007 at 17:27, polly shaw wrote: > > > Caution when using this site--a lot of the data contained are from > > sources that are not necessarily well-researched. There are numerous > > errors contained in these data on my families; they have been copied > > from sources that are not reliable resources, such as, LDS CD's etc. > > > > e.g. -- Joseph Rockwell did not marry Mary of Matilda Dickinson; he m. > > Maria Dickinson (d/o Arden Dickinson & Sally/Sarah Campbell); he did not > > die March 30, 1868 but more like 1830 or so. Maria remarried in 1833 > > to Dennis Hale and had children by him. When Dan Johnson was still > > alive I paid for his extraction service of the NB papers for the name > > Rockwell--there is no mention of Joseph Rockwell in any newspapers after > > 1830. It is disheartening to see these same "facts" reprinted over and > > over when they are inaccurate. > > > > So don't use this site as a source when preparing your family tree--more > > like a guide, ok? > > > > > > -- polly shaw > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Dave Fraser > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 > 11:56 AM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 > 11:56 AM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello List When I offered up the link to First Families, I had no idea so many folks were unaware of the site. As with all genealogies, no one *intends* to put out erroneous information; it is simply the information found by the author with what resources they had at hand at the time of the writing. The undertaking of First Families was just enormous, and provides threads to our own first families, which may be verified with the availability of today's information. One oft cited source at First Families is Wiggins "History of Queens County". There are two versions available today. The original one as published in 1876 and the updated one. In many surname instances, they are not one and the same. So someone updated it with new information that *they* found, which, again, may or may not be accurate or complete. First Families indicates they will accept new offerings, which they will include at their next update, which isn't very often. I would hope that these new offerings would contain the notation that they are *new* (date of submission), so that folks scrolling through their surname of interest will know that. Although some researchers will just copy something like this, most will want to verify it through other avenues. All that First Families can do is publish what they have amassed. I am grateful to them for such a huge undertaking. First Families is just one of many sources that are available. We all should know that seeing something in print doesn't make it accurate or complete, and it simply provides a thread to look for further information. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: Beverley Clarkson To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] First Family Site This is a great thread. I was horrified at some of the false genealogical information in the series that is published as fact, although I am in one of the reference books on Curries as 10 years younger.... Is there a way to more formally let people know it is full of holes? One could waste a lot of time being mislead there, and I cant imagine the site owners want to do that. B On 4/23/07, Wanda Powell <aligator@fairpoint.net> wrote: > > That goes for books written as well done a few too many years ago. > > -----Original Message----- > From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > dfraser@nbnet.nb.ca > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:59 PM > To: polly@pollyshaw.com; newbrunswick@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ NB ] First Family Site > > Hi > > I would like to echo Polly's warnings about the First Families. This was a > lively subject of > discussion at our most recent NBGS Board of Directors meeting. > > The information on First Families is not a collection of genealogies - it > was originally designed > to be an in depth guide to the MC1 and MC80 (and other) collections at > PANB, > helping > researchers find the sources for information on families they are > interested > in. > > Since MC1 and MC80 are all secondary sources of varying ages and accuracy, > the > information in First Families is thus not necessarily correct, as Polly > notes below. So please > be careful about using the family information constructed in the files as > it > may have been > superceded by later, more accurate, research. > > Please note the caveats in the following: > > http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html > > and especially note the following from the Introduction by the compiler: > > "Researchers should remember that the contents of genealogical files, > books > and > collections at the Provincial Archives vary in composition, size, > completeness > and accuracy and I was unable to verify the accuracy of the information > found > in these various sources. Readers who detect errors and who wish to submit > corrections or who want to send donations of genealogies, either large or > small, > are encouraged to contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, PO Box > 6000, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5H1. > > The contents of this guide in no way are intended to replace original > resources > and records found at the Provincial Archives. This guide must be viewed as > an > annotated index intended to direct researchers to the numerous books and > files > held by the Provincial Archives." > > > Dave Fraser > > On 23 Apr 2007 at 17:27, polly shaw wrote: > > > Caution when using this site--a lot of the data contained are from > > sources that are not necessarily well-researched. There are numerous > > errors contained in these data on my families; they have been copied > > from sources that are not reliable resources, such as, LDS CD's etc. > > > > e.g. -- Joseph Rockwell did not marry Mary of Matilda Dickinson; he m. > > Maria Dickinson (d/o Arden Dickinson & Sally/Sarah Campbell); he did not > > die March 30, 1868 but more like 1830 or so. Maria remarried in 1833 > > to Dennis Hale and had children by him. When Dan Johnson was still > > alive I paid for his extraction service of the NB papers for the name > > Rockwell--there is no mention of Joseph Rockwell in any newspapers after > > 1830. It is disheartening to see these same "facts" reprinted over and > > over when they are inaccurate. > > > > So don't use this site as a source when preparing your family tree--more > > like a guide, ok? > > > > > > -- polly shaw > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Dave Fraser > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 > 11:56 AM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 > 11:56 AM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com 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 NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message