Hi all and Merry Christmas, Just read Darci's latest post and it reminded me of something that I found in the book Pioneer's of Madison Co. Where it talked about Zadock Beebe my ggggggrandfather, if you happen to look at that section where he is mentioned you might find that the information printed about him doesn't seem quite right at least by my calculations. So I was wondering if the information that I found about Zadock Beebe is in error could other information about any of your ancestors be in error as well? It is just a thought but one I felt worth mentioning. We can't just take one person's word for truth we need to check and double check and triple check if necessary. Then hopefully we find the info to back up what we find. And by the way any one doing a search on the family of Will and May A. Beebe Payne formerly of Earlville, then of Candor, NY please get in contact with me. I have more information I would love to share with you. Or if your doing a search for Anna Personeous second wife of Will Beebe, or if your related to the children of Chloe Clarke Hills and her husband James Hills of Brookfield. Their children are Lucy Hills who married George White ( no children) Frances Hills who married Henry ( Hank) Spooner ( child is Frank) Sarah Hills who married George Wentworth or Woodworth, I think they had two children a daughter who died about age 7 and a son, not sure about him. Phoebe Eudocia Hills married Henry Tuttle, he was murdered, later married George K. Knapp a widower with to children, Fanny and George . George died about age 41 with diphtheria. Fanny married Ellen Amelia Hills ( she went by Amelia when she was a child and at home later after her marriage to my great grandfather Hiram J. Beebe son of Judson L. and Susan Blanding Beebe). Ellen and Hiram had three children William, Lela, and James. Will and Lela both married and had children and James remained a bachelor. Wishing you all happy holiday's Joan Beebe Meddaugh Finally back home in wonderful NY.

> Hi all and Merry Christmas, > > Just read Darci's latest post and it reminded me of something that I > found in the book Pioneer's of Madison Co. > > Where it talked about Zadock Beebe my ggggggrandfather, if you happen to > look at that section where he is mentioned you might find that the > information printed about him doesn't seem quite right at least by my > calculations. > > So I was wondering if the information that I found about Zadock Beebe is > in error could other information about any of your ancestors be in error > as well? It is just a thought but one I felt worth mentioning. <snip> --- Greetings to you also, Joan. I'm glad you brought up that very good point. Your information in the book about Zadock Beebe may contain an error or two, and I am thinking almost all of these sketches/bios will have errors of some sort, or an exaggeration of some kind. They do tend to embellish a lot. You were correct saying: "We can't just take one person's word for truth we need to check and double check and triple check if necessary. Then hopefully we find the info to back up what we find." I'm hoping people who find these sketches for their ancestors interesting, also do a follow up. A point to begin: a person's main story always seems to be correct by listing the town and village they lived in. This gives us a jump to zero in on those local record sources and begin another search there, in the heart of where they were once living. In our family tree, those towns were always correct. Ages were another matter, of course. I read somewhere that the women's age is always reflected in the best light and the man's will have added years to give him a dignity. Our own ancestors followed this pattern and it took some searching and research to unwind it. And still never got it finished! Darci http://darcisplace.com/darci/ --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.799 / Virus Database: 543 - Release Date: 11/19/2004