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Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Inaccuracies/ Ray co marrages on line
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 21:13:11 -0700
In-Reply-To: <006001bfa174$97ec7e80$3ae42ed0@oemcomputer>



You sound bitter, Pat?

People make a lot of mistakes. Census pages I've found with
incorrect name spellings and middle initials and places of birth.
Death certificates filled out with wrong information, because the
person claiming the body doesn't know. Or did the Undertaker or
Sheriff have a hangover? Ha!
Wills dictated, because the sick old man can't write, and the
recorder spells his name three different ways on the same piece of
paper.
I'm not meaning to defend or agree to blame Ancestry.com for
errors. Even those cherished Archives of the LDS and the DAR are
full of errors and inaccuracies.
I think that's why it helps to have many sources of genealogical
information on your family.

Drew
On 8 Apr 00, at 9:07, sanford collins wrote:

> Beware, all you absolute believers of what is down in print. The Ray
> co marriages that Ancestry has on line are to be taken with a grain of
> salt. I was looking for my g great Grandfather and I found him all
> right, his surname is "JOY" but in Ancestrys info he has been blessed
> with the last name of "JAY". And the middle initial of his wife is
> incorrect also. The correct info on this particular pair is: John
> Gray JOY married Harriet LINNEY McBEE on 2/13/1876 Her middle initial
> is shown as T.
> Pat, in Oregon
>
>
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> Ray County Genealogical Assn. Webpage
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~moray/rcga/index.htm
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> http://www.rootsweb.com/~moray/index.htm
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