I have noticed that people are very often protective of what they believe to be true and that's good except I have learned through experience that you never know when that one piece of documentation comes along that changes all of your perceptions. For example, look what just happend on our very own list. It was a common perception that Nehemiah Younger was the son of Lewis Younger of Anne Arundel County MD. That assumption was drawn from the fact that they were the only two Youngers in that county and one was older than the other. Along comes a piece of documentation which demonstrated that Lewis was not the father of Nehemiah and that Humphrey Younger, Jr. was. If we wanted to be closed minded we could say, "Oh, that piece of evidence doesn't mean that, etc, etc, etc." Change has to be the watchword of researchers - open to change. Very early in my own personal research I misread a middle initial on a Victorian census record and merrily went my way following that man. One day, I got a telephone call from a very nice man telling me he thought I had made a mistake. He was right. I felt like I had been adopted! We became the best of friends and collaborated in our research until he died. I still hear from his wife and daughter so, sometimes, these can be good experiences and all for the best. My mantra is, "Show me the documentation." When I have seen it, I can accept it and change. JYG wrote: > Wilma, > > I did not think you were faulting me, but thanks for the nice note, you made > my day. I was hoping I was helping someone, that is my goal. On one of the > forums I was somewhat chastised for something I posted on Humphrey Younger. > (I think I explained about loosing a lot of my sources in a pc meltdown and > in a GEDcom transfer that lost the sources field.) Anyway, to make a long > story short I have thought that Humphrey came from Scotland from the records > I had. I am having to backtrack to try and find them once again. I also > noted many descendants of Humphrey used the name Alexander. Cole Younger is > of that line and had red hair and I guess that has stuck in my mind as well, > as most of my family were Scot-Irish, hence the red hair. A German > connection has never shown itself to me. In my making this statement I > realized that there were two groups on the forum: those who connect to the > German side, and those to the Scots. I never meant to offend the Scot side > with my reference to Humphrey. The Younger research I had done up to this > time was purely on my own and this was my first attempt to join in any group > discussion. I meant no harm nor to step on any toes. I also am not trying to > make Cole Younger a Scotsman, whaever he was I want only his true heritage. > > Anyway, forgive me if I seem a little thin skinned right now, but that is > why. I have a lot of notes that my mother wrote down since 1964 and there > are no sources. At that time we did not comprehend anything like the > interest in genealogy of today and certainly never dreamed of computerized > exchanges! So, she left me in 1995 with boxes of paper and reams of legal > pads of jotted notes that some make NO sense at all. I am still going > through boxes. Most of her work was done thru the US Post office, hired > genealogists and family members. Most of which did not recite their sources > either. :( > > Hopefully this can be put behind us now and we can get on with more > research! Thankyou again for the encouragement, I was beginning to feel a > little unwelcomed in a new place. > > Linda in KCMO > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > For a place To Store and show pictures of your ancesters, goto www.ancientfaces.com (If anyone has a problem with this little ad, let me know.) > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Thankyou Wilma :) Linda in KCMO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma C. Hillman" <hillman@one.net> To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] thankyou sincerely > I have noticed that people are very often protective of what they believe to be true and that's good except I have learned through experience that > you never know when that one piece of documentation comes along that changes all of your perceptions. For example, look what just happend on our > very own list. It was a common perception that Nehemiah Younger was the son of Lewis Younger of Anne Arundel County MD. That assumption was drawn > from the fact that they were the only two Youngers in that county and one was older than the other. Along comes a piece of documentation which > demonstrated that Lewis was not the father of Nehemiah and that Humphrey Younger, Jr. was. If we wanted to be closed minded we could say, "Oh, that > piece of evidence doesn't mean that, etc, etc, etc." Change has to be the watchword of researchers - open to change. > > Very early in my own personal research I misread a middle initial on a Victorian census record and merrily went my way following that man. One day, > I got a telephone call from a very nice man telling me he thought I had made a mistake. He was right. I felt like I had been adopted! We became the > best of friends and collaborated in our research until he died. I still hear from his wife and daughter so, sometimes, these can be good experiences > and all for the best. My mantra is, "Show me the documentation." When I have seen it, I can accept it and change. > > JYG wrote: > > > Wilma, > > > > I did not think you were faulting me, but thanks for the nice note, you made > > my day. I was hoping I was helping someone, that is my goal. On one of the > > forums I was somewhat chastised for something I posted on Humphrey Younger. > > (I think I explained about loosing a lot of my sources in a pc meltdown and > > in a GEDcom transfer that lost the sources field.) Anyway, to make a long > > story short I have thought that Humphrey came from Scotland from the records > > I had. I am having to backtrack to try and find them once again. I also > > noted many descendants of Humphrey used the name Alexander. Cole Younger is > > of that line and had red hair and I guess that has stuck in my mind as well, > > as most of my family were Scot-Irish, hence the red hair. A German > > connection has never shown itself to me. In my making this statement I > > realized that there were two groups on the forum: those who connect to the > > German side, and those to the Scots. I never meant to offend the Scot side > > with my reference to Humphrey. The Younger research I had done up to this > > time was purely on my own and this was my first attempt to join in any group > > discussion. I meant no harm nor to step on any toes. I also am not trying to > > make Cole Younger a Scotsman, whaever he was I want only his true heritage. > > > > Anyway, forgive me if I seem a little thin skinned right now, but that is > > why. I have a lot of notes that my mother wrote down since 1964 and there > > are no sources. At that time we did not comprehend anything like the > > interest in genealogy of today and certainly never dreamed of computerized > > exchanges! So, she left me in 1995 with boxes of paper and reams of legal > > pads of jotted notes that some make NO sense at all. I am still going > > through boxes. Most of her work was done thru the US Post office, hired > > genealogists and family members. Most of which did not recite their sources > > either. :( > > > > Hopefully this can be put behind us now and we can get on with more > > research! Thankyou again for the encouragement, I was beginning to feel a > > little unwelcomed in a new place. > > > > Linda in KCMO > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > > For a place To Store and show pictures of your ancesters, goto www.ancientfaces.com (If anyone has a problem with this little ad, let me know.) > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > If anyone knows what would make a good line for this area. Don't hesitate to e-mail > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >