It is a matter os snobbery when we tell others that their work is not "good enough" because they do not meet certain "qualifications." When we expect others to abide by our own rules of research, we are being snobs. I do not owe anybody a qualification of any of my research results, and I do put out my resources with my information as much as possible. If my computer work does not meet another person's standards, then they should just move on and not criticize it. A little advice once in awhile is ok if asked for, but to expect the small time family researcher to meet with the strict standards of the "professional" genealogist is plain ridiculous. Each and every one of us has the right to do our hunting and documenting the way we see fit, and to NOT be spoke down to because we are not taking it so seriously as to feel the need to prove to the world who they are....as if we are all registered purebred humans only if we can prove it!! I am waiting for the "serious" genealigist to start digging up DNA samples from graves to "verify" who they are. That is what the furture holds if we take our family research to extremes. I personally do not think it is the most important detail to my family tree. I think that when my great great grandchildren sit down and flip through the pages of my family tree, they will think to themselves how wonderful it is to "know" where they came from, even if it is just wishful thinking because "great great gramma" didn't prove, verify, document, and swear under oath that all the details were as written. I wish my great great gramma would have done research for me to enjoy, even if it were not exactly the gospel. Carolyn Randall