To brenick and others searching Harnesses: We all need to commend Barbara Renick for her 10/03/06 reminder that "slowing down, working things out, and being patient" are essential to sensible genealogy. The Moorefield Library Harness genealogy was too unclear and erroneous to ever have been offered as "help." [more on that in a minute] I would like to add another advisory: that is, offer to others only that for which you have sound evidence. If you have reason to think other data possibly is correct, offer it; but explain why it may be only a possibility. I say this about any family's data, but especially about the Harness family. In the 296 years since the founder of this family arrived in North America, NO ONE has yet found totally exact vital statistics for him, his wife, and their 13 children! His descendants need valid data, not someone else's unvalidated chart. We can help each other by making certain we contribute validated data. Now, Barbara, about that chart. No. 1 never existed, nor a wife named Elizabeth Jasper; no. 2 and spouse Barbara Devries may have existed but not in this family; and no. 3 had an erroneous surname and 2 erroneous alternates; and among the nos. 4 two children were left out. There are other lesser errors elsewhere. There is but one Harness website of value, and that is the one provided by Charles Harness. I can help in part through my studies on the Hardy County website. You may contact me at _JTEVEGEN@aol.com_ (mailto:JTEVEGEN@aol.com) . Thanks, John Tevebaugh

Waiting to hear from you regarding Harness and Tevebaugh? ----- Original Message ----- From: <JTEVEGEN@aol.com> To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] Dorothy Harness, George Renick > To brenick and others searching Harnesses: > We all need to commend Barbara Renick for her 10/03/06 reminder that > "slowing down, working things out, and being patient" are essential to > sensible > genealogy. The Moorefield Library Harness genealogy was too unclear and > erroneous > to ever have been offered as "help." [more on that in a minute] I would > like > to add another advisory: that is, offer to others only that for which you > have sound evidence. If you have reason to think other data possibly is > correct, offer it; but explain why it may be only a possibility. > > I say this about any family's data, but especially about the Harness > family. > In the 296 years since the founder of this family arrived in North > America, > NO ONE has yet found totally exact vital statistics for him, his wife, > and > their 13 children! His descendants need valid data, not someone else's > unvalidated chart. We can help each other by making certain we contribute > validated > data. > > Now, Barbara, about that chart. No. 1 never existed, nor a wife named > Elizabeth Jasper; no. 2 and spouse Barbara Devries may have existed but > not in this > family; and no. 3 had an > erroneous surname and 2 erroneous alternates; and among the nos. 4 two > children were left out. There are other lesser errors elsewhere. > > There is but one Harness website of value, and that is the one provided by > Charles Harness. > I can help in part through my studies on the Hardy County website. You may > contact me at _JTEVEGEN@aol.com_ (mailto:JTEVEGEN@aol.com) . Thanks, > John Tevebaugh > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >