With LDS Ancestral File, IGI, etc. as with FTM and other databases that are submitted by human beings, there's always a chance of error. This is particularly true of family pedigrees contributed by individuals who are less meticulous in their search for accuracy. Things of this nature should be regarded as clues, however, until the sources are checked personally, and documented. Even those who are meticulous in their research, it isn't unheard of to occasionally make a mistake (human nature being what it is.) The thing then is to fix it and move on. Apparently LDS is getting ready to put Ancestral File on-line for everyone to use from home, possibly as early as May, if all goes without hitch [does it ever?]. (This is a very different thing from some of the other rumors of digitizing ALL the microfilms that they have available and putting them on- line. The likelihood of that happening is probably much less, particularly since there are a great many microfilms that are restricted in nature as to what circulation they can make available to potential patrons.) And while a great many of us can't afford regular pilgrimages to either the ancestral home to search for records, or to Salt Lake where microfilm copies of many of those same records are kept available for use, using the facilities of the LDS FHC for access to copies of the original records can't be encouraged enough. It's the next best thing to being there. Certainly looking at a microfilm of the original is better than trusting a transcriber of a book to be 100% accurate (always subject to human accuracy, interpretation of handwriting, familiarity with names, etc.) Bottom line simply has to be, if it isn't the original source, or microfilm/xerox copy of same, use it as a clue, and verify, verify, verify. Anything less and we risk repeating someone else's mistakes. Karen