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    1. Harmans of North Fork, Pendleton County
    2. Nedra Dickman Brill
    3. Una and all, You have just shown everyone, far better than any of my lectures, the problems with undocumented sources and wholesale adoption of uncited information. Much of the on-line LDS records, as well as most web sites, begin with good intentions. However, Susie posts a page. John finds it, copies it all, decides that a couple of names and dates are not correct so changes these, and then posts it to his web page, sends it to the LDS database, etc. Mary finds John's info, makes corrections based upon George's info that he got from his uncle's third half-cousin twice removed who swears that he knew his great great grandfather intimately, etc. Another common error--I send information to a cousin with the caveat that this is a WORKING hypothesis and not yet proven. Within a month or two I find the correct answer--different parents. However, next thing I know the original hypothesis is in the IGI! This did happen to me. Once you share theories you no longer own and control them--which is why many serious researchers will not share information unless it is proven ironclad!!! To NC, What is the name of the book? The author? Does the author cite where he/she obtained the information? An approximate date for Isaac Harman's migration to Pendleton? Are you now saying that Isaac was NOT born in the area now encompassed by Pendleton County? If so, this certainly suggests that he was not the son of the early Harmans of North Fork area. Yes, could you send us a list of the children and include the page number of the book where this is found? I apologize if this sounds "picky" but so MUCH has been published on the early Pendleton County families that includes purely wrong assumptions and connections. Most German families had branches that migrated south from Pennsylvania through the valleys of the Potomac and Shenandoah. Unfortunately, many family historians have located a name and instantly assumed that every person in Virginia of the same name was related. One of my families had queries published 80+ years ago asking if two same-name men were related. This has become a statement of fact with the genealogical journal used as the source. 'Tis true the info appeared there but certainly not as proof or a statement of any relationship. The bottom line, and this is indeed at the bottom as a reward for those you are still with us on this subject. David Harman probably married Christena, widow of Jacob Henkle (#52 in The Henckel Genealogy and the parents of Rev. Paul Henkle). This is based upon David's will naming son Abraham Henkle/Hinkle--The Henckel Genealogy has a discussion and the citations. Jacob and Christena Henkle had a daughter Christena who married Isaac Harman. It has long been thought, but not proven, that Isaac was the son of David. A client commissioned this to be researched and we have not finished, thus IT IS NOT YET PROVEN, but I have not found anything to discount this theory. Unless a book or web site supplies primary sources (not an undocumented family history) to support allegations of Isaac's father, and especially if the name is other than David, I would not spend much time or paper to look further at that site! Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.

    02/25/2000 11:49:37