I totally agree - I have found inaccuracies in my family on this site simply because someone failed to properly document/authenticate information before "sharing" it with the world. Just because it is found here (on the Internet) does not mean that it is accurate. Even transcriptions of census records can be suspect due to misinterpreting the handwriting of the census takers. Actually this applies to all handwritten documents. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Cooper" <caroljcoop@everestkc.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library While this is a good source, please don't rely on these family histories for accuracy. I've seen some that are very faulted and undocumented. The best way to research your roots is to do your own digging and not rely on what others have done. Carolyn Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Harris" <peaches@strato.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: [SC] LDS Family History Library > fyi... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. S. Balch" > To: <ROBERT-REV-PIERRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:59 AM > > > The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the > process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the > Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have been > digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are > adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. > > Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, > http://www.lib.byu.edu/ > > From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: > > "Find Other Materials" > "Electronic" > "On Line Collections at BYU" > Choose the TAB "Text Collections" > And, finally, "Family History Archive" > > Adrian > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > The SC Room: http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== The SC Room: http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx
Dear Phyllis, You are absolutely correct. In SC you have to be very careful when you use Ancestry.com Census records. You need to do a line by line scan. Their search engine has left out people, given them the wrong first names and put people in the wrong locations. I can site you chapter and verse I have communicated to Ancestry.com but they don't change anything. God Bless. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist Hendricks(on) DNA Project Group Administrator Secretary Hendricks Family Association Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com> 1210 Long Meadow DR Lynchburg, VA 24502 434 832 7246 Major/Smith/Hendricks http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendrickson/<http://www.familytreednacom/public/hendrickson/> ----- Original Message ----- From: Phyllis Horry<mailto:wwhorry@islc.net> To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library I totally agree - I have found inaccuracies in my family on this site simply because someone failed to properly document/authenticate information before "sharing" it with the world. Just because it is found here (on the Internet) does not mean that it is accurate. Even transcriptions of census records can be suspect due to misinterpreting the handwriting of the census takers. Actually this applies to all handwritten documents. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Cooper" <caroljcoop@everestkc.net<mailto:caroljcoop@everestkc.net>> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [SC] LDS Family History Library While this is a good source, please don't rely on these family histories for accuracy. I've seen some that are very faulted and undocumented. The best way to research your roots is to do your own digging and not rely on what others have done. Carolyn Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Harris" <peaches@strato.net<mailto:peaches@strato.net>> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: [SC] LDS Family History Library > fyi... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. S. Balch" > To: <ROBERT-REV-PIERRE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROBERT-REV-PIERRE-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:59 AM > > > The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the > process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the > Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have been > digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are > adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. > > Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, > http://www.lib.byu.edu/<http://www.lib.byu.edu/> > > From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: > > "Find Other Materials" > "Electronic" > "On Line Collections at BYU" > Choose the TAB "Text Collections" > And, finally, "Family History Archive" > > Adrian > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > The SC Room: http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html<http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html> > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx> > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== The SC Room: http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html<http://www.ccpl.org/scr.html> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx> ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Subscription instructions are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>