Thank God, I have never put a family tree online. I say that to myself every day! I did put one on line twenty years ago....and it was so wrong, I was embarrassed, so I had it removed and have never published since. I refuse to do so. :-) ________________________________ From: "kaysfo@aol.com" <kaysfo@aol.com> To: njhunter@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 8:25 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] A MEA CULPA to any SHERMAN RESEARCHERS Please, if there are any Sherman researchers out there, accept my apologies for an error in my research that I believe I may have shared with you. If any of you added this information to your database, please correct it. I don't want my mistake perpetuated. I will also change my entry on findagrave as well. Thank God, I have never put a family tree online. AGAIN, I TRY to be very careful, but I made the most EGREGIOUS of errors ----admittedly one that won't upset any genealogical applecarts too much since there was no issue from the marriage, but I listed my grandfather STACY SHERMAN as having taken for his second wife, MALINDA STOUT. INSTEAD, her name was actually MALINDA SLOUT (in one census listed as Melinda SLOAT) born 1864, died 7 Feb 1895, buried at Rosemont Cemetery in the Stacy Sherman plot. I made the most stupid of errors in trusting a respected tertiary source over and above what my own eyes saw on what was on a primary source document. Based on what I thought I knew, I stupidly believed that the person who had filled out the marriage license had forgotton to cross the first T in Stout. But yesterday I looked at that record again (to recheck the spelling of her first name) and I looked AGAIN and I knew that was no mistake----the L was really an L, written in the same way on two places on the license. I had never been able to find Malinda STOUT on any census and no wonder. Last night I looked for SLOUT and found her and a number of siblings. It seems that for some reason the family broke up after the 1870 census, for in 1880 she is living with an Aunt and an Uncle in Locktown---John and Sarah Chamberlain, in close proximity with her grandmother Deborah Strimple. Thank you Mr. Bill for publishing the corrected death index for in looking at that and then writing to tell you that indeed you were correct with your death date of 1895, I went back to a primary source to check the spelling of her first name and , with fresh eyes, took another look and discovered my mistake. Again, my apologies and a promise to you and myself that I will not be so sloppy again. Kay Larsen Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks for your very empathetic reply to my apology. Kay -----Original Message----- From: BMacKie <lu2silly@yahoo.com> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 11:18 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] A MEA CULPA to any SHERMAN RESEARCHERS Thank God, I have never put a family tree online. I say that to myself every day! I did put one on line twenty years ago....and t was so wrong, I was embarrassed, so I had it removed and have never published ince. I refuse to do so. :-) ________________________________ From: "kaysfo@aol.com" <kaysfo@aol.com> o: njhunter@rootsweb.com ent: Monday, April 2, 2012 8:25 AM ubject: [NJHUNTER] A MEA CULPA to any SHERMAN RESEARCHERS lease, if there are any Sherman researchers out there, accept my apologies for n error in my research that I believe I may have shared with you. If any of ou added this information to your database, please correct it. I don't want my istake perpetuated. I will also change my entry on findagrave as well. Thank od, I have never put a family tree online. AGAIN, I TRY to be very careful, but I made the most EGREGIOUS of errors ---admittedly one that won't upset any genealogical applecarts too much since here was no issue from the marriage, but I listed my grandfather STACY SHERMAN s having taken for his second wife, MALINDA STOUT. INSTEAD, her name was actually MALINDA SLOUT (in one census listed as Melinda LOAT) born 1864, died 7 Feb 1895, buried at Rosemont Cemetery in the Stacy herman plot. I made the most stupid of errors in trusting a respected tertiary source over nd above what my own eyes saw on what was on a primary source document. Based n what I thought I knew, I stupidly believed that the person who had filled out he marriage license had forgotton to cross the first T in Stout. But esterday I looked at that record again (to recheck the spelling of her first ame) and I looked AGAIN and I knew that was no mistake----the L was really an , written in the same way on two places on the license. I had never been able to find Malinda STOUT on any census and no wonder. Last ight I looked for SLOUT and found her and a number of siblings. It seems that or some reason the family broke up after the 1870 census, for in 1880 she is iving with an Aunt and an Uncle in Locktown---John and Sarah Chamberlain, in lose proximity with her grandmother Deborah Strimple. Thank you Mr. Bill for publishing the corrected death index for in looking at hat and then writing to tell you that indeed you were correct with your death ate of 1895, I went back to a primary source to check the spelling of her first ame and , with fresh eyes, took another look and discovered my mistake. Again, my apologies and a promise to you and myself that I will not be so sloppy gain. Kay Larsen Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message