Hi Evelyn and all, So sorry about the bad experience you had when you found the misinformation on your family. If the misinformation were deliberately done, it would indeed be a cruel hoax, but it is hard to believe this was the case. More likely it was an unfortunate and hurtful but all-too-human error. It would be wonderful it people were impecably accurate when posting, but haste, carelessness or lack of verification of some misinformation they themselves have received causes no end of mistakes like this to happen. Too often these mistakes are perpetuated by others who accept them as fact without further checking. Because I'm so afraid of being the cause of something like this, I have avoided doing much posting, but material I have shared privately has occasionally made its way to the internet. It has been very frustrating for me to find items that obviously came from me being altered enough to make them incorrect and also being posted without my permission. It is downright embarrassing! Usually there is no good way to correct them either. It is always wise to be skeptical of information found on the internet until it is substantiated. There is also the possibility in a case like this that the person who posted it has made a false assumption about someone with the same name. I have found this several times in postings on my family - for example the "wrong Solomon Gottschall", was listed as dying young and childless in the east, -- even the burial place given, -- when actually the "right Solomon Gottschall" came west and became my ancestor. Another very good genealogist sent me a family tree, supposedly for my ancestor Luther Nutting, born 1796, Groton, MA -- unfortunately it was the lineage of another Luther Nutting, born on the same date in the same place, but a different line. My sympathy to you for the fear and heartache you went through while establishing that your relative was indeed alive and well. It must have been a bad time for you. Sincerely, Patti Gottschall Schuknecht -- looking for STEELE, DUNSHEE, COWAN, KELLY, RIDDLE, SMITH, STRANGEWAY, FERGUSON, and others in Delaware County, NY; CHRISLER, CARNCROSS/Gerngross; BELLINGER MATTICE; PUTMAN; SNELL; FINK, and others in Schoharie County, NY; HERR, CHRISLAW/Kraeusslach, PAAR, OESTERLING, LAWRENCE and others in NYC, and the Syracuse/Oswego area; SMITH, GARDNER, FELLOWS and others in Columbia County, NY NOTT, NUTTING, BROWNING and others in Genesee and Niagra County, NY.

Hi Patti - I also have Steele family in Delaware County from the 1790's through the 1830's. Two generations of Nathaniel Steele - Nathaniel Sr m. Bethia Centre and came from Hartford CT area to Delhi in mid 1790's. Nathaniel Jr came with them from CT and m. 1.Esther Benedict & 2.Damarus Johnson in Delhi or Walton - not sure which. Do any of these look familiar to you? It's a huge family with many branches. Let me know. Emmi Holmes -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bob & Patti Gottschall Schuknecht Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:49 AM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDELAWA] Misinformation Hi Evelyn and all, So sorry about the bad experience you had when you found the misinformation on your family. If the misinformation were deliberately done, it would indeed be a cruel hoax, but it is hard to believe this was the case. More likely it was an unfortunate and hurtful but all-too-human error. It would be wonderful it people were impecably accurate when posting, but haste, carelessness or lack of verification of some misinformation they themselves have received causes no end of mistakes like this to happen. Too often these mistakes are perpetuated by others who accept them as fact without further checking. Because I'm so afraid of being the cause of something like this, I have avoided doing much posting, but material I have shared privately has occasionally made its way to the internet. It has been very frustrating for me to find items that obviously came from me being altered enough to make them incorrect and also being posted without my permission. It is downright embarrassing! Usually there is no good way to correct them either. It is always wise to be skeptical of information found on the internet until it is substantiated. There is also the possibility in a case like this that the person who posted it has made a false assumption about someone with the same name. I have found this several times in postings on my family - for example the "wrong Solomon Gottschall", was listed as dying young and childless in the east, -- even the burial place given, -- when actually the "right Solomon Gottschall" came west and became my ancestor. Another very good genealogist sent me a family tree, supposedly for my ancestor Luther Nutting, born 1796, Groton, MA -- unfortunately it was the lineage of another Luther Nutting, born on the same date in the same place, but a different line. My sympathy to you for the fear and heartache you went through while establishing that your relative was indeed alive and well. It must have been a bad time for you. Sincerely, Patti Gottschall Schuknecht -- looking for STEELE, DUNSHEE, COWAN, KELLY, RIDDLE, SMITH, STRANGEWAY, FERGUSON, and others in Delaware County, NY; CHRISLER, CARNCROSS/Gerngross; BELLINGER MATTICE; PUTMAN; SNELL; FINK, and others in Schoharie County, NY; HERR, CHRISLAW/Kraeusslach, PAAR, OESTERLING, LAWRENCE and others in NYC, and the Syracuse/Oswego area; SMITH, GARDNER, FELLOWS and others in Columbia County, NY NOTT, NUTTING, BROWNING and others in Genesee and Niagra County, NY. To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message