By all means after you have found your information in a printout of some sort, order in the film or whatever to see the original. I thought an ancestor's last name was Later. Thought what a strange German name. Went to read the original and it was LAHR. This week I found a deed from a Martha to Jacob (this in the index to the will books, hand written, not printed. Turned out it was Matthias to Jacob. A census transcription by someone in Fayette Co., who is doing a wonderful job, but didn't recognize my name of Lappin, filed us our Tappin. This person is acquainted with the area very much, but this family didn't stay much after 1800 and so no one would consider looking for this name. So you can see how important it is to see the originals. If I hadn't known the Lappin first names and about what area, I would have thought they weren't listed. Keep searching and have fun while doing it. Jerilyn