Dear Listers, rather than looking to place blame for inaccurate data, Scott gives good advice: [........] >>>>> Peering into the Past > I would like to disagree with Alan White who recently wrote about not > posting errors. The problem isn't that there are errors in research, the > problem is most people are not posting their sources. If I copy someone > else's research, I note it as such and usually that it is unchecked. To > me it is my best lead. When I check it, then I add the other sources or > heave it if it is wrong. If it is wrong then I often notify the > incorrect source. Often others check it before I get around to it, > saving me time. > > The past can be mighty murky and the more eyes we have looking, the > better we see into it. > -- Scott Troutman [email protected] > Preceeding Scott's thoughts, Betsy Stewart adds: "[........] However, if somebody had NOT posted their information on the Web, I would now not be on the trail of my grandfather's ancestors...and I would not have found the umpteen cousins that I would not have otherwise known about. I have copied a lot of information from the web, a lot of it from relatives so distant I don't know why I have included them.... and I have noticed a lot of inconsistencies; but I take all information 'with a grain of salt' and [verify dubious data] for myself." -----Betsy Stewart * * * >..................................................................... . Previously published in RootsWeb > Review: Vol. 5, No. 44, 30 October 2002. > * * * > > > > > >