In my opinion One World Tree information is all but useless. These trees were created by merging trees that mostly are unsourced. Where you say you see 20 user submitted trees probably at least half have been copied from each other. Using One World Tree or one of these user submittted trees as a source is no source at all. The people who put these trees together are what I call name gatherers and really don't want to learn about their ancestors. They just want to brag about having this data file with over 100,000 people. The only time I even look at these trees is when my ladder will no longer even reach the top of the brick wall let alone knock it down. Even then I am looking for clues and will not use their data unless I can validate it. In other words assume this data is incorrect unless you can prove otherwise. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <bluerainbow@earthlink.net> To: "Genealogy: Brooklyn List Serve" <nybrooklyn-l@rootsweb.com>; "Genealogy: Hudson County List Serve" <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com>; "Genealogy: Kings County List Serve" <NYKINGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 6:03 PM Subject: [BKLYN] One World Tree > How accurate do you believe the information is in One World Tree? I often > see trees submitted by multiple people and although some have the same > information, others may have different information. E.g. Bonde, Thord > has 20 user submitted trees. Some have him married to Eda while others > have him married to other women. > > Do I go by the majority? > > Are all 20 suppose to be the same person or could these be different > Bonde, Thord's? > > What other questions should I be asking before I accept the information on > One World Tree as my family? > > Thanks > Mary > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >