I obtained a copy of Folmar's Chart before he died. His treatment of Miles Rainwater is way off base. I tried to get it corrected, but his attitude was "this chart represents my best judgment of these lines." There is no reason not to hypothesize about lines, even in print, but be sure to put question marks so other people will know that it is an unproved suggestion, nothing more. Joseph B. Lambert At 05:47 PM 1/18/99 -0700, grm wrote: >I've noticed several of you refer to "Folmar's Chart" and Webber's book >and using the information in them to prove something. There are a lot of >mistakes in both of them and should be used as a guideline only!!!. If your >line ties into someone in Webber's book- prove the information yourself. >Folmar had so many children with the wrong parents. He did the work >himself and if he liked the information and it fit what he was working on, >that's where it went. He lived in Austin, Tex when he was doing his >research, >and he was already deceased when I called him to give him some information; >So I spoke to his widow and she wasn't interested, even though it was her >line. Just because something is written in a family book doesn't mean it's >gospel. It's only as good as the amount of research and documentation >that goes into it. >Again, I hope I don't make anyone mad, but I taught genealogy for 5 years, >and I stressed documentation. Good Luck. >Glidie > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >A Rainwater family database is being compiled. Also, >several list members specialize in certain States and >Counties. Need help/information? Ask for assistance. > Joseph B. Lambert Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 Telephone 847-491-5437 Fax 847-491-7713 E-mail lambert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu or jlambert@nwu.edu Webpage http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~lambert/ (best with Netscape 3.0 or higher)