Absolutely agree Barton but much depends on the usage of dumb I think its just a term used by Phil and not meant in a malicious way Some words have more force or carry more weight when read literally but I don't believe it was intended that way A better way might have been to say it was incorrect Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/06/2012 21:32, BARTON LEWIS wrote: > "Generally we should be thinking and recording how things were at the > time they happened rather than in todays terms" > > I agree, but Phil's assertion that it would be "dumb" to state that > Sallie's ancestor was born in Germany in 1844 is inappropriate. There's > a polite way to point out such information, and that is not it. > > Barton