I guess this adds new meaning to Ripley's Believe It of Not (grin) When I started my genealogy 25 yrs ago you had to do it the old fashion way........ Now you can get your mouth swabbed and see if the DNA matches someone dead for 400 yrs...... Or you can go to these wonderful sites that someone who has never been in a courthouse except to get his or her drivers license........but they have set all day at their computers going from place to place gathering information that is probably for the most part as "iffy" as his or hers will be because few sites ..........do just that "site the proof for their information" I am not saying that John Phillips Buczek's site is like that I have never seen it. But it really makes me sick at what some people are doing to genealogy and the spreading of false information. So, people if you want to be sure that your gggg grandparents are yours you had better check, check, check or your gggg grandparents may belong to someone else. Marsha.........descendant of James Phillips b abt 1720 md Sarah Cartwright............down to Margaret Ellen Phillips b Jan 8, 1820 d 1880 md Rev. Greenberry Fleece ----- Original Message ----- From: <john.buczek@comcast.net> To: <PHILLIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: [PHILLIPS] Re: Richard Ripley's misinformation about the Phillips family > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5840.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Regarding Mr. Ripley's information. There are so many errors that it is > impossible to believe any of the information he publishes. > > Mr. Ripley states at his World Connect site (Rootsweb) that > > "Richard Ripley, MA, is a member of APG Association of Professional > Genealogists (Westminster, Colorado) and OGS Ontario Genealogical Society > (Toronto, Ontario). Nevertheless, there may be some unintentional errors or > omissions in some entries here. Also, this site is very busy, and there may > be overdue but pending updates." > > He is no longer a member of the APG. After receiving so many complaints, he > has been dropped as a member but continues to indicate as such. > > In an email sent to the APG, I was informed that they have suspended his > membership until such time as he responds to all of the complaints. > > If any of you have taken info from his site, I suggest you verify it before > publishing. Mr. Ripley has plagerized many sites, mine for one, and has not > asked for permission to use the information and has not credited the source > of the information. > > He has so many errors in my PHILLIPS line that I stopped adding "Postems". > He has not responded to my emails and has not taken action on the postems. > Emails were sent over one year ago and postems added in the winter of 2002. > > This further contradicts his statement > > "there may be some unintentional errors or omissions in some entries here. > Also, this site is very busy, and there may be overdue but pending updates." > > I concur with Nancy Kiser in her findings. A wise person would not use his > data for the several reasons I mention. > > Sincerely > > John Phillips Buczek > Marlborough, Ma. > >