This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_4056_44e6_18e4 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I have the correction that Frances Lockwood did on the Blackmore Family in the Early Settlers Books and would love to see these correction made a part of or an addemdum to these books. If a seperate addendum book was done then those of us who own the original books could purchase this addemdum book and have the corrections. With the computer and high speed printers this addemdum book could be self published and comb bound. CharAnne A Descendant of the Blackmore, Hamblen and Byrd Families of Lee and Scott County, VA Char Anne charanne3red@hotmail.com Personal Web Page (contains Ancestors, Descendants Pictures and other special links) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~redfield/index.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------=_NextPart_000_4056_44e6_18e4 Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns;hotmail.com Received-From-MTA: dns;mail.hotmail.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:51:47 -0700 Final-Recipient: rfc822;VVALEE-L@rootsweb.com Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 5.1.1 <VVALEE-L@rootsweb.com>... User unknown ------=_NextPart_000_4056_44e6_18e4 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:51:47 -0700 Received: from 4.65.138.48 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 02:51:46 GMT X-Originating-IP: [4.65.138.48] From: "Char Anne" <charanne3red@hotmail.com> To: VVALEE-L@rootsweb.com Bcc: Subject: Corrections on the Blackmore Family Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:51:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F200Kiz6xq3XsvJynp20001bd26@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jun 2002 02:51:47.0219 (UTC) FILETIME=[17E4CE30:01C211BC] I have the correction that Frances Lockwood did on the Blackmore Family in the Early Settlers Books and would love to see these correction made a part of or an addemdum to these books. If a seperate addendum book was done then those of us who own the original books could purchase this addemdum book and have the corrections. With the computer and high speed printers this addemdum book could be self published and comb bound. CharAnne A Descendant of the Blackmore, Hamblen and Byrd Families of Lee and Scott County, VA >From: Gary Williams <gwilli26@bellsouth.net> >Reply-To: gwilli26@bellsouth.net >To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VALEE] Errors in Early Settlers books >Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:17:03 -0400 > > > >We all know there are mistakes in the various genealogy books, but does it >mean we have to continue with these mistakes? Many researchers have put >hours in finding and refining the information. Why should we keep passing >along incorrect information? > >I think it would be a good idea, if possible, to have people send to the >person preparing to reprint the book, corrected information and have an >addendum at the back of the book showing what present day researchers have >found. > >I guess the biggest draw back would be the time it would take to get all of >this printed. Maybe a supplement could be printed at a later date with the >new findings. > >Joan Williams > > > > > As Jack Barron says, there are errors in these books. Even with the >errors, both are a great source for genealogists. I don't know of any >genealogy book that does not include errors of one sort or another. > > > > However, everyone needs a starting point on tracing their family >history. It is up to each of us to prove a statement, not take it for >gospel as truth since it if printed. Look at all the errors in census >records, for example. But, over several decades, a person can pretty well >identify 'his or her family members' by using a little common sense. > > > > As an example of errors in Early Settlers, David A. Martin's family >listed Thomas Martin as age 9 [ ref - 1860 census]. If that fact had been >true, it eliminated this Thomas Martin as ancestor of my husband. However, >the 1850 census showed Thomas M. Martin as age 2. The 1870 census showed >the Martins & Yearys were neighbors. [Tom & Emily Yeary married & divorced. >No marriage record was found, but the divorce papers are filed in Lee >County Court. The authors of Early Settlers used the 1860 census as a >record of persons in the area, and did the best they could with what they >had. Even the Bicentennial History has errors, but I 'wouldn't give' for >any of these books as a reference to the older generations. > > > > Now, can you imagine what a current printing of Lee County history would >be like??? So many are working on their surnames, and have access to so >many records, it would take over 10 volumes to cover the surnames listed in >the earlier books!! > > > > Jeanette in Oklahoma > > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at ><ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >==== VALEE Mailing List ==== >To post messages to the Lee County, VA discussion list, send them to >VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Char Anne charanne3red@hotmail.com Personal Web Page (contains Ancestors, Descendants Pictures and other special links) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~redfield/index.html _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------=_NextPart_000_4056_44e6_18e4--