Regarding the following from Judy. A question arises in my mind, "Dos Family Tree document everything they post and SELL"? On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 08:17:33 -0400 "wjnp" <starlite@nac.net> writes: > Dear Geri, I enjoy the many posts you write. I have even seen leads > to > ancestors that I am researching, but do not have the source and > cannot > document it from something I see posted on the site. -Judy > -----Original Message----- > From: wilma <darrhays@jetlink.net> > To: PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com <PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:26 PM > Subject: [PANORTHA-L] Sources > > > >I agree with Jeff and Marge - without sources any information > becomes > useless except for clues to further research. I try to document all > my > information and gladly refer my sources to anyone. Wilma > > > > > > >

This is a wonderful point Larry....my thought is that it is truly poor genealogy to rely on someone elses research. I have found over the years that many things have been posted that are inaccurate and then when others who don't bother to back up their information find them online, they haven't questioned the source and end up passing 'wrong' info on to others. Geri posts some great info and if one finds something that pertains to them, I'm sure she would be more than happy to furnish the source. A good rule of thumb is to never put info within your family program unless you personally have the source to document. When I find info that I don't have the source for, I indicate so in my records. I have found tons of stuff online that is inaccurate. When I've written to question it, the response I all to often have gotten was....oh, I don't have a source, I just found that online. Ugh. Having working on family history for over 25 years now, I have learned that while the net is a wonderful thing, it can also backfire on a person who doesn't use good research practices. Deb in VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry A. Warner" <warnerlarry@juno.com> To: <PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [PANORTHA-L] Sources > Regarding the following from Judy. A question arises in my mind, > "Dos Family Tree document everything they post and SELL"? > > On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 08:17:33 -0400 "wjnp" <starlite@nac.net> writes: > > Dear Geri, I enjoy the many posts you write. I have even seen leads > > to > > ancestors that I am researching, but do not have the source and > > cannot > > document it from something I see posted on the site. -Judy > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wilma <darrhays@jetlink.net> > > To: PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com <PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:26 PM > > Subject: [PANORTHA-L] Sources > > > > > > >I agree with Jeff and Marge - without sources any information > > becomes > > useless except for clues to further research. I try to document all > > my > > information and gladly refer my sources to anyone. Wilma > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________