Tony Proctor wrote: > I have absolutely no issue with high standards - they are essential. In > this very thread, I have bemoaned the lack of standards in online trees > and suggested this was a problem with education rather than anything > beginners should be rebuked for. Tony's post regarding education reminded me of the way I began my genealogical education. I started with the RootsWeb Guides to Tracing Family Trees at http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/#Numerical. The lessons contain plenty of instructions about how to do genealogy, but proof is not emphasized. Proof isn't mentioned in Lesson 1, Where to Begin? A description of proof is given in Lesson 12, but proof is not talked about as a fundamental concept of genealogical research. Tweaking our online lessons to emphasize the importance of proof should improve the work produced by new genealogists. Bonnie Dunphy Kohler South Florida