Amen to that. I have sent corrections from my own ancestors Bibles, tombstones, wills, deeds, etc and the people get insulted. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ELEANOR McCAIN" <eleanormccain@comcast.net> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: RE: [TNGRAING-L] Beeler family of Grainger Co., TN > Good luck. Virginia - you have quite a chore ahead of you! Out of the 4 > attempts I have made to get erroneous data on other's web sites, only > one was truly apologetic and agreed to correct it as soon as he could, > one woman was almost insulted that I should question her information but > reluctantly agreed she would change it (I am sure she won't, and she > called herself a "professional" genealogist), and 2 never bothered to > answer. There really is a tremendous amount of incorrect material out > there, simply because people "latch onto" what someone else has put > there, then call it their own without ever bothering to check to see if > it is right - so the problem is compounded, But, good luck with your > efforts! > > Eleanor > > -----Original Message----- > From: Virginia L. Aldridge [mailto:vlaldridge@sigecom.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:42 PM > To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Beeler family of Grainger Co., TN > > Jan, > > Thank you. There are those who have listed an Isaac born 1775 for this > couple. I have an Isaac born 1783 and someone took him and gave him the > birth date of 1775 and linked him to John V. Since my Isaac born 1783 > was alive until 1872 he would have been listed as an heir to this Beeler > couple. So I am now trying to figure out what to do about all the > erronous data out there on the web. > > Regards, > Virginia > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to > tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com >