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Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Drawing hasty (and accidentally correct, or even false, conclus...
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:26:36 EDT
Bob:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a wise sleuth. He probably would have
made a grand genealogist!
He has Sherlock (undoubtedly) say:
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Inevitably
one begins to twist the facts to suit the theories".
thankyou for reminding us.
Harry Willis
In a message dated 6/16/04 2:22:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> It is common practice among amateur genealogists to connect a
> birth record to a marriage record 20-25 years later based on the fact
> that the two names are the same in the same town.
> This probably turns out to be accurate for most cases but can often
> lead to complications particularly when dealing with relatively
> common names.
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