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From: "James & Colleen Lovan" <>
Subject: [KYJacksonPurchase-L] Does all of my evidence lie?
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:55:11 -0000

Dear fellow researchers,
I'm sorry to bother you but I have run across a situation that I am so
stunned over and so new at genealogical research that I am unsure what to do
next or who to ask!

I answered a query about one of my ancestors. The name was Charles
Sanderfer. I have documentation (his death certificate of 1918 which names
his parents, marriage license, county vital records, censuses, etc.) that
leads me to this ancestor back in 1850 in Casey Co., KY. His parents were
Andrew Jackson Sanderfer & Rebecca Worley. I have tried to be very careful
in gathering my evidence and believe I have done it correctly.

But this gentleman who placed the query claims I am not a descendant because
his grandfather (who died in 1934) said one time that his name was
originally Charles Sandifer, though he was reared by an Evan Thomas and he
later changed it to Worley because another family befriended him. When he
married, he used the name Thomas Worley. That's all the evidence he has, no
one else in his family ever knew anything about his grandfather's family.

This gentleman says my documentation doesn't mean much if anything! He
agrees that one of us has the wrong lineage, strongly hinting several times
that it is me.

What do I do now? How does one deal with a genealogist that won't accept
documentation? I don't think I'll ever be able to convince him.

Thank you for your time & patience,
Colleen

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