I too had a similar situation. A group of us for years had been digging into the line on my husband's side. We had names but no proof how each generation was linked to each other. There were several scenarios floating around. A new inquiry from a young woman came on the scene --who was doing a genealogy project for "school". She gleaned from each contact and then wondrously found the missing links. Oh the works were published all right -- she was a member of the Mormon church -- she turned the data in as truth for her family. They are now published as what some consider as the truth for ever. I contacted members of the church and representatives of the church at an LDS research center. No one could help. To make matters worse, the same wrong information was given to the companies that publish and sell. It is out there on cd after cd and in the vast Internet for every. My regret is that for generations to come, decedents will be led down the wrong path. We think finally we have sorted out the ordeal, and it is not like published. This experience soured me so. Our family research group had limited the sharing but some twit made a rosy story anyway declared to her church as the truth. Carolyn Williams

Oh, Carolyn the same thing happened to me, but I did find out from the Mormon Church that the correct information can be submitted as well. They will not, or do not remove the information that is in error, but by having the correct information there it gives future researchers the option of discovering on their own which is correct. It is infuriating and because of that I have also stopped sharing except with a couple in my group who I know won't share the information all over the Internet. Once the Mormon Church gets the information it is automatically made available everywhere. I think that is a good thing if it is marked only as possible names or dates and noted as such because at least then it would give you a clue to go on and then you can either qualify the information or disregard it and move on to the next clue. But when information is put up as FACT without the proof it is very misleading. No shortcuts in life - Bottom line - everyone needs to confirm all their information. When I find information on someone in my line I immediately try to confirm that information instead of assuming it is correct. -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Trim [mailto:ctrim@pdq.net] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:56 AM To: WILLIAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] Let me explain my Williams I too had a similar situation. A group of us for years had been digging into the line on my husband's side. We had names but no proof how each generation was linked to each other. There were several scenarios floating around. A new inquiry from a young woman came on the scene --who was doing a genealogy project for "school". She gleaned from each contact and then wondrously found the missing links. Oh the works were published all right -- she was a member of the Mormon church -- she turned the data in as truth for her family. They are now published as what some consider as the truth for ever. I contacted members of the church and representatives of the church at an LDS research center. No one could help. To make matters worse, the same wrong information was given to the companies that publish and sell. It is out there on cd after cd and in the vast Internet for every. My regret is that for generations to come, decedents will be led down the wrong path. We think finally we have sorted out the ordeal, and it is not like published. This experience soured me so. Our family research group had limited the sharing but some twit made a rosy story anyway declared to her church as the truth. Carolyn Williams ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/WILLIAMS.htm Your WILLIAMS listowner - Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/