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From: David Greene <>
Subject: Ratings issues--and TAG
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:30:38 -0500


May I respond to Rafal Prinke's comment that an article published in TAG
on Polish families would not necessarily mean that a consensus had been
reached even if it brought forth no response from TAG's readers?

TAG publishes medieval articles fairly frequently if (1) they are
ancestral to an colonial American family or (2) deal with a major crux
in medieval genealogy. TAG's editors are not experts in Polish research,
nor do we have many Polish readers. TAG, however, is a refereed journal;
at least three of our close colleagues--two of whom are FASGs--are
experts in Polish and Slavic research, and we would submit Polish
articles to them for their evaluation.

Having said that in defense of articles published in TAG, let me add
that I may shortly enter the general fray about rating issues (my views
are in line with Stewart Baldwin's).

DAVID GREENE

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