Speaking of sources! I have a so called cousin who is the repository for information about the Schmidt family of Northampton and Monroe Counties of which I am apart. Much of the information he shares (?) I originally gave to his uncle many years ago. (about 30) There was a missing grandmother whom we all searched fervently for. One time I found the name of this grandmother listed on a site. Of course I was delighted and contacted this fellow for the information. I found that when his uncle had died he had received the family files. He entered worthwhile" information into his files and destroyed the originals. (fortunately I have some of them.) Then he changed the data before he posted the information so he could keep track of where "his" information went. This guy is a nut and has done more to destroy any realiability of the original information and admits it. Beware of this type of information. It's a killer. Visit the Berks County GenWeb site for information pertaining to Berks County Genealogy consolidated all in one place. This site contains information about history, families, wills, obituaries, pictures and booklets, vital records, newspaper clippings and much more -- all pertaining to Berks County. In addition, all of the biographies from Morton Montgomery s two volume History of Berks County are right there at your fingertips. To post inquiries to the Berks County list, join the list on our Index Page. Judy Parsons Webmaster -------Original Message------- From: Budd Family Date: Sunday, August 03, 2003 09:57:50 To: PANORTHA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Fw: [PANORTHA-L] Sources 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ .