Few, if any of us, have completely accurate and fully documented family trees. That's what message boards and mailing lists are about. We share what we think we know. That's why it's so important to include sources when we make assertions in our postings and discussions. LDS, through their web site and their Family History Centers, provides easy access to "pre-digested" genealogy research, as well as to original sources on microfilm. Ancestry.com and other such sites offer easy access, but you have to be wary of their indexing and creative with your search strategies. Even original sources can contain erroneous information or can be misinterpreted by the reader. The best we can do is to continue to share information and sources and document and share our doubts, as well as our certainties. W. McCollum (Descendant of Pleasant Williams and Elizabeth Streetman of early 19th century Georgia) -------------- Original message -------------- > LDS is dangerous. They list anything people put on there without checking > for correctness (that would be pretty well impossible, wouldn't it?) so it > is a place to start but everything has to be checked out carefully. You can > find most anything on LDS. They do have excellent resources for checking, > however, if you just know to go to that. The local Mormon library > attendants are so very helpful. > > Dorothy C. White > [email protected] > 804.795.4296 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 7:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Fake Family Genealogy > > > > > > What about www.familysearch.com ? > > Some of the stuff on there is plain wrong, and has set me back ages. > > > > Nathan > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn > > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Beautifully stated!! Leona L. Gustafson (Wife of Williams descendant) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: Re: FW: [WILLIAMS] Fake Family Genealogy > Few, if any of us, have completely accurate and fully documented > family trees. That's what message boards and mailing lists are about. We > share what we think we know. That's why it's so important to include > sources when we make assertions in our postings and discussions. > LDS, through their web site and their Family History Centers, provides > easy access to "pre-digested" genealogy research, as well as to original > sources on microfilm. Ancestry.com and other such sites offer easy access, > but you have to be wary of their indexing and creative with your search > strategies. Even original sources can contain erroneous information or > can be misinterpreted by the reader. > The best we can do is to continue to share information and sources and > document and share our doubts, as well as our certainties. > W. McCollum > (Descendant of Pleasant Williams and Elizabeth Streetman of early 19th > century Georgia) >