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From: "John Weiss" <>
Subject: Re: JEAN-FRANCOIS ZINGUE of St. Barts
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 09:50:02 +0100
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Monifa wrote:

[ . . . ]
: If you can't rely on "official" records for consistency.... what's left?

There's a simple set of rules:

Don't trust the spoken word
Don't trust the written word
Don't trust the printed word
and above all (for family history):
Don't trust the word carved in stone.

That makes a reasonably safe starting point.

John Weiss

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