Hi all, I just have one thing to say. If it wasn't for Dorothy I would not have All the RIGHT� Infor. on my side of the family. thank you Dorothy for all you do. ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Dale Youngblood Benny Youngblood wrote: > Dear Youngblood Family and Dorothy, > > I appreciate reminding of our "rules" and "appreciate use" and believe we > should > respect each other. I personally do not want to believe the reminder > message was > intended for Dorothy. If so, I believe it is out of order. Let me explain. > > The message Dorothy posted, and others like it,� are appropriate and > needed! > We ARE here to share our research and encourage each other as we hunt > relentlessly. > Yet, we ARE also here to discuss authenticity of documents and make sure of > the accuracy > of our research. We need to be aware of discrepancies and information that > has been > published that does not match up. Too many people publish books today > without > proof of family origin. I , along with many of our Youngblood family, > believe this must be corrected and want the Youngblood > Line to be as "PURE" as we can help it be to preserve it for the future. > We live in a society that is saying that we must "tolerate" each other and > that "each person > has the right to believe what is true and who is to say it is not true" ... > This is wrong thinking > as far as genealogy research is concerned and many other things. There is > absolute > truth and true facts in our family research. We should not feel bad when we > need to debate or when > someone finds contrary facts. We should be thankful and engage in > discussion. This is what moves > us to the true facts. > > Therefore, Youngblood Cousins I do not believe it is� improper or against > the policies > of RootsWeb to correct research that has been produced knowingly or > unknowingly with > wrong information. Also, we have freedom to debate each others findings > when we see need. > This is what makes our study refined and purifies our authenticity. We > together are much > stronger than apart. If someone can not "handle" or "accept" this kind of > scrutiny then > such a person will have a hard time refining their research. We need this > and I encourage > Dorothy and others to continue to openly share discrepancies if it is > presented on our > YOUNGBLOOD -List. > > Futhermore , Dorothy and others please do not stop pointing out > discrepancies. This is needed. > I appreciate your humility and generosity and we do need to be kind but not > at the expense > of getting to the truth. Keep those emails going and research postings > going. Do not fear the > dreaded "that s a no no from someone". We need to be bold and hold to high > standards. > We need to openly share facts about our line even when it is a little > uncomfortable. We need to > protect the integrity of our Youngblood Family Research. This is right and > proper. Keep it going > Cousins! > > Yours Truly, > James Benjamin Youngblood, Jr. (Benny) > byoungblood@compuserve.com > Fairhope Alabama