I personally have not used the Horn collection for research.? But to me, it would be no different than any other person writing a genealogy of a family or families and for asking an older member of a family comments about their ancestors.? I have found that while there is some truth in the contents, there is also no facts in other comments or contents. Once, you have the data and you are not sure, then the researcher should either prove or disprove any statements that appear in a book or genealogy of a family. Family stories can be intriguing.?Once my mother-in-law and sister-in-law?both told a story about my mother-in-law's grandfather as having drown in Pennsylvania.? While riding close to a river, he was caught up in a flood and when they recovered the body he was still holding on to the reins. We looked and looked and could find nothing about this.? One day, while researching in Jay Co., Indiana, my husband picked up a History of Adams Co., Indiana. Checked the index and there was the name of his great-grandfather. It told the story of a man and his neighbor that were riding in a horse-drawn wagon being caught up in a flood in Adams Co.? He drown in the racing waters of the St. Mary's & Wabash rivers in 1867.? When they pulled him from the river, he was still holding on to the reins.? This was the grandfather that was suppose to have died in Pennsylvania. ?So be a sleuth and once you have data prove it or disprove it! Roberta