Ann wrote: I agree, misinformation is worse than no information at all. On the other hand, misinformation, if researched, may lead to sources and documentation to support "your" individual or family.... When I first began searching for my grandfather's parents and siblings, I learned that one of my 2nd or 3rd cousins had done some genealogy, supposedly having traced his/our line back to Germany, and then coming forward again to?living relatives there.? I contacted him with a few specific questions.? He called me and began sharing information over the phone.? I busily made notes of the things he told me.? I wanted to verify for myself the information he shared.? Based on what he told me, I began to research and?was able to learn that lots of the?information?he shared was not true, based on govt. records and other information.? Those people he visited in Germany who were supposedly family members may not, in actuality, have been descendents of his/our gggrandparents.? His misinformation, for me, was better than no information at all.? It pointed me in a direction to begin?searching.? I'm sure it's not always so.? I think it depends on whether we consider every piece of information that comes our way as fact/truth or whether we investigate further to find evidence to help support/verify the information. Just my thoughts as a not-so-advanced family historian. Nancy M. -----Original Message----- From: Ann Hearin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 8:56 am Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Genealogy sites.... I agree, misinformation is worse than no information at all. Ann, in not So Sunny South Fla. at the moment. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:19:59 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Genealogy sites.... > > Same here. > > I have queries out there - but no where have I submitted my "whole" family > tree - > > I have had bad experiences with people taking my stuff and entering it - and > not entering it correctly. > > I learned of grandchildren I do not have - and learned things about my > grandparents and parents that are not true. All out there on the web for > everyone to see and finding no way to correct it. And as for the validity of > their claims - my father knows where he was born much more so than my > mother's mother's third cousin's second wife! Believe me! > > I have had to ask people to remove information on living people - some do > some don't. > > Am I mean and selfish? Maybe mean - but never selfish - I gladly share - > based on what others share with me. > > But I do not submit to websites - I am not comfortable not knowing where > that info goes and who benefits monetarily from my hard work. > > Just my take on the topic. > > Gypsy in dreary cloudy Michigan > > > << I have never added my information to anything on the web > I have given other people information and they have posted it and a lot of > it is wrong>>> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nancy, I'm glad you posted your message. I started one that said almost the same thing, but decided to scrap it. [email protected] wrote: > Ann wrote: > > > I agree, misinformation is worse than no information at all. > > On the other hand, misinformation, if researched, may lead to sources and documentation to support "your" individual or family.... > > When I first began searching for my grandfather's parents and siblings, I learned that one of my 2nd or 3rd cousins had done some genealogy, supposedly having traced his/our line back to Germany, and then coming forward again to?living relatives there.? I contacted him with a few specific questions.? He called me and began sharing information over the phone.? I busily made notes of the things he told me.? I wanted to verify for myself the information he shared.? Based on what he told me, I began to research and?was able to learn that lots of the?information?he shared was not true, based on govt. records and other information.? Those people he visited in Germany who were supposedly family members may not, in actuality, have been descendents of his/our gggrandparents.? > > His misinformation, for me, was better than no information at all.? It pointed me in a direction to begin?searching.? I'm sure it's not always so.? I think it depends on whether we consider every piece of information that comes our way as fact/truth or whether we investigate further to find evidence to help support/verify the information. > > Just my thoughts as a not-so-advanced family historian. > > Nancy M. > > > >> > > I agree, misinformation is worse than no information at all. > > Ann, > in not So Sunny South Fla. at the moment. > -- Mona Houser [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/