In a message dated 1/30/00 11:51:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, melissab@cchat.com writes: << The Rembert book is no longer considered an acceptable source by The Huguenot Society of South Carolina due to its many errors and lack of documentation. One major error occurs in the very first generation. >> Melissa, I cannot speak to the Rembert book as I have never seen it, but as a scientist I can speak to investigation , experiments, and making use of data and research. I do not throw out all results because I have found a major error --even one in the beginning of an experiment, but I carefully examine the results obtained to see how or if the error has produced an effect. I have spent many, many hours redoing material I received from a respected professional genealogist regarding a Dutch line of mine. Very great errors were made in some early generations that caused havoc. I continued to find compounded errors throught the years. My initial reaction was to scrap all of his work. However, as the research has progressed, I keep referring back to his work and every now and then I glean a new clue which I can go after. There may be valuable material in the mess, i.e., the baby may still be in the bath water. I read his work with a jaundiced eye, but I DO read it. We all know that it was not the custom when genealogy was very popular in the 20's and 30's to attach documentation, but that doesn't invalidate the work that was done. When we sit down and interview Aunt Bess in her 90's and she rattles off generation after generation from a failing memory, she may make some terrible mistatkes confusing generations and families, but if we dismissed her out-of-hand instead of using her valuable contribution as a marvelous guide, we would never get anywhere. The exceptions to using flawed material as guides, of course, would be in the cases of known genealogical forgeries (and there are some famous ones) and these might be best dismissed or discredited by this Society or that. So, can you tell us what category the Rembert book fits in and what the specific objections of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina are. That would be a big help. Bob Robert Cooper Manning, Jr Atlanta rcmjr@aol.com rmanning@dhr.state.ga.us