This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chickenhawk1192004 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/1363.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Edwina: It has been my experince in 8yrs of research that I have very little faith in what I have found on ancestry.com and other sites that claim to have such a good reputation for provining facts about our family's, infact they have been compromised by encourging anybody who thinks they know their family tree to down load it to their database, some may be as it should be and that is how it was ment, but there are those armchair wizards, that have poluted what those good people intended to be a valuable resource, take this as you may but to do some serious questioning of what you find would be good advice, get yourself some site that can educate you to pitfalls and the correct way to some independant research without relying on other peoples work, but on real facts from real records of where your ancestors actually lived....jim Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.