Thank you, Jim, it's a wonderful gift! Dodie, the documentation is in the notes for each person - when a person has an "N" by their name. The notes have the census information, the early births, deaths, and marriage records, etc. There are bound to be mistakes in such a huge database, but there is also a wealth of good information there, and Jim said that he looks forward to any corrections. I don't know if you realize how unfair and mean your messages sometimes sound. Vanessa

Vanessa, I did look at the notes, and yes, I did see the "N", as well as the "S" and the documentation is not there- mostly just notes and not everything even had sources. Of course there are bound to be mistakes in such huge databases, but thank you for "explaining" it to me. I did my research before computers and "databases" and long before the Internet. My research was based on the premise that Marie Justice used in her book, One Mullins Family: "We do ourselves and our posterity a great dis-service when we set down for fact things not thouroughly researched and not proven." Huge databases confuse fiction and ASSUMPTIONS with facts . I learned growing up in Logan County that I had enough to do to mind my own business and take care of my own family. That's what I still believe. I may sound "mean" sometimes, but sometimes the TRUTH does sound mean. I am definitely NOT one of the "wonderful ladies" contributing to and expanding Jim's LDS database. I have finally finished my book, Whirlwind In Appalachia. It is not for sale. I am sending it to family members as a Christmas present this year. I was born at Whirlwind in Appalachia and most people have never heard of it. Whirlwind is is now extinct, like the lost city of Gilgal in the Bible. According Webster's dictionary, the definition of whirlwind is "a small rotating windstorm of limited extent marked by an inward and upward spiral motion and usually with a progressive motion at all levels." Dodie (Smith) Browning Jim and Vanessa Allen <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you, Jim, it's a wonderful gift! Dodie, the documentation is in the notes for each person - when a person has an "N" by their name. The notes have the census information, the early births, deaths, and marriage records, etc. There are bound to be mistakes in such a huge database, but there is also a wealth of good information there, and Jim said that he looks forward to any corrections. I don't know if you realize how unfair and mean your messages sometimes sound. Vanessa ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.