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Subject: [DALE COUNTY] miss info - Ivey's
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 01:12:28 EDT


In a message dated 10/4/2002 12:45:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:


> Shandi, Kay, Betty and others...
> Your messages about errors in family data underscore what I have advocated
> for some time. Rootsweb needs a message board for family data errors -any
> surname, all locations - where anyone could post corrected information with
> a reference to the incorrect data. It is very time consuming to track
> down
> Family Trees (and other sources), review the information and as I sometimes
> do use post-em notes or email to post the correct information. These
> errors
> can be pretty frustrating as you have indicated. A few I have encountered:
> My mother was not born in 1910 in Alabama as I have seen in several places.
> I have her original birth certificate. My father's parents were not
> married
> in CA. They never had the opportunity to go there before or after they
> were
> married. I have another set of grandparents shown as buried in a cemetery
> where I know they are not. I visit their gravesite often, even planted
> flowers there this last spring. On several sites (family trees) the wrong
> children are shown with the wrong parents. And the one I really love: I
> was
> not born. The Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, for whatever reason,
> skipped my birth certificate on all their published information, including
> their CD. Or perhaps the County Clerk made the error of not sending in the
> information. So if by chance you were looking for information on my birth
> you won't find it. Which makes me wonder sometimes how many other similar
> errors appear in the published data.
>
> The type of errors you have pointed out seem to take on a life of their
> own.
> Assuming my research led me to the same errors and I didn't know the
> information was wrong, the errors would then show up in my data. Well I'm
> not going to live long enough nor do I have the time to personally document
> every bit of information I read but I could very quickly check the Family
> Data Errors message board to find out that someone else has better or at
> least contrary information.
>
> And by the way, I was born. My birth certificate is on file in Smith
> County
> but not listed in any of their published data so if some day any of my
> descendants try to find me or where I was born, well good luck. I'm a
> brick
> wall in the making.
> Rex
>
>

Rex and all,
Great point. I have some curious info in the records about Ephraim Ivey all I
can say is do your research. I would give you to info and I have tryed but
AOL almost on line has dumped me 3 times in the last half hour. So check the
out <www.rootsweb.com/~gawarren> Ephraims last will and testament and
probate. lots of other info to.

Curtis Kennedy
Austell, Ga.

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