>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 11:04:00 -0400 ... >Hello all -- The nice thing about a website is that it is a vehible to >hitch up with other people who are Robblee etc. desc. Who knows - >someone may have information that is the "missing link". ... > >Here is one concern -- if we are going to include information from >gedcoms, I think we will need to have some stiff standards. Right now, >some of us have information in our databases that is ranges from educated >guesses, to theory, to speculation, to guesses. I know I do. I always >put information in my notes that identifies that something is tentative, >or a guess -- partly to remind myself that it is a guess, that basis for >that guess -- and to flag it for more research. When when you put things >in print, publishing to the web gives information an authority it may not >have. Someone reads it, downloads it, and takes it as gospel. So, I >think we would need to limit posted gedcoms to information we feel quite >certain about. Then, perhaps we could have an article that talks about >the theories we have. In my mind, organizing the Huntington baptisms >into families, as Bob [Robblee] has attempted to do, is still in the >realm of theory. Bob has also raised some questions about the Carpenter >manuscript, which are legitimate to ask. >...