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From: AROCMAE <>
Subject: Re: [PAALLEGH-L] Re: GENEALOGICAL SUICIDE
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 10:58:03 EDT


David,

You said: "When one piece of erroneous information
becomes 1000 pieces of the same erroneous information, it takes on a life
of it's own and an enearned "truth".

I don't think this is a problem only on the internet.
I have seen genealogies done 100 years ago with oodles of errors. I
correspond with several OTT families [of different origins] and some of them
have their histories so mixed up, I wonder if the will ever straighten them
out!
Primary sources, primary sources and then that combined with a big handful of
caution and good sense and your genealogy might not present a barrier to your
descendants.
Unfortunately genealogies are not like dissertations with a review committee,
etc. They probably should be, but practically never will be.

Cora

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