please note I am not any kind of an expert [i.e. no titles / degrees nor certificates] ... but will impart with my own learned observations of the past 30+ yrs ... WFT = World Family Tree ... Est. = Estimate, Estimated, Estimation ... it is suppose to be an estimate, time frame for when the event "could" have happened ... which in most cases "should" be taken with a grain of salt ... as usually the time span is greatly over exaggerated, AND is badly abused more than not ... I have seem cases where one or more child/ren was estimated to have been born "after" one and/ or both parents were "estimated" to have died ... sure "A" child [or a set of twins] could have been born nine months after the father died ... but NOT several years AFTERWARDS :( and especially NOT if the mother was estimated to have already died ... the worst case for not paying any attention to it ... it can and "has" cause many amateur researchers to SKIP generation(s) when trying to piece lineages together WITHOUT any documentation and/ or the sighting of any :( Christian names were almost always duplicated from generation to generation ... and often multiplied within the same generations [i.e. several 1st cousins with the exact same name] ... and then to compound the issue even further ... it was a very common practice in some families and/ or regions of the world for the next child to be born, to receive the same name as an older sibling that had died just prior to their birth ... i.e. two children within the same family unit with the exact same name ... I have even seen where these exaggerated dates were shown to have been applied to an infant that "had" actually died shortly after it's birth ... and then [a shotty amateur researching habit] someone came along and "claimed" that this infant was their direct line ancestor :( needless to say ... once that info get's burned onto those CD's that are sold ... there is no way of correcting and/ or changing that info, and there by the errors are replicated on into the next millennium and beyond :( I usually discard this type of info when I see that WFT insignia ... too many errors are almost always attached to it some where along the line ... the story line info did make for interesting reading, although noted, that there was no mention of any sources i.e. author/s, book title/s, page number/s etc. :( and so in closing, just another thought to ponder ... if entering the pearlly gates some day was based on ones genealogical research endeavors ... I sure would hate to be dodging all those who were forced to make "U" turns ... and or being responsible for there mishaps ... Ken - hdpth-DNA again please note I am not any kind of an expert [i.e. no titles / degrees nor certificates] ... but will impart with my own learned observations of the past 30+ yrs ... > [Original Message] > From: Tim Stowell <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/25/2006 10:42:59 PM > Subject: Re: [STOWELL-L] STOWELL - ADAM DE STAWELL > > At 07:02 PM 2/25/06 -0500, Laurien Fan wrote: > >Just going through my files and would like to share this. > > > >� ID: I0786 > > > >� Name: Sir Adam I. DECOVENSTONE > > > >� Sex: M > > > >� Birth: WFT Est. 1070-1124 > > > >� Death: WFT Est. 1108-1202 > > > What does the WFT stand for? > > > > Tim Stowell - 12th generation > Chattanooga, TN > Moderator STOWELL-L and STOWELL-D lists [email protected] EarthLink Revolves Around You. a thought to ponder ... Acts 1:8 a message to the outer most parts ...