In a message dated 12/15/2004 4:42:07 PM Central Standard Time, hubfam@earthlink.net writes: I looked at the IGI records for John and Ann... I recommend not going that route unless you wish to have a good chuckle. I could not agree with Gene more. There are many "sources" where we can go for information that are not sources at all. They are someone's opinion, someone's conjecture, even someone's fabrication. Among these are the LDS Ancestral Files; the LDS IGI files; the WFT CDs and online files; LDS Pedigree Files; Ancestry.com family trees; and all of the online family trees and databases. Now - I agree there are some that are a good source of information, well-documented and able to direct you to the publication or document that will verify to YOU that the information is correct. But you have to take what they give you and check it out yourself. If nothing else, remember that we are all guilty of typographical errors. Within the LDS IGI files there are "extracted records". These are good as it means that someone looked at the document and transcribed the information. However, if at all possible you need to review the document yourself. Often that is not possible and then I make other attempts to verify the information. For example, if the extracted record gives someone's birthdate, parents and location...I attempt to verify that by a DIFFERENT transcription if at all possible. If not, I note my source and note the reliability of the source in my database. At a glance I can see that I need more evidence. But for the most part the IGI and such will give you a HINT and as Gene said, a good chuckle. Jo Hogle