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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Questionable place names
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:41:10 -0800
References: <b2.1165f95b.27c1b763@aol.com>


I think multiple submitters is the reason you will find multiple AFN numbers
for the same individual. Each time it was submitted it was assigned a new
number with no attempt to look for duplicates. I have some folks that have
3 or 4 AFN numbers.



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Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Questionable place names


> In a message dated 18-Feb-01 6:30:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > I was in the local Family History Center and it was explained to me that
if
> > you wanted to become the primary reasearcher on some data, submit it in
such
> > a was that it was not exactly like other data. This may explain why
there
> > are so many records similar with just a little bit of diference. This
makes
> > the person submitting the data come up when you want a reference.
> >
> > Myrnice
> >
> >
>
> I wonder about that. In checking the submitters for Ancestral File
records
> for the same name, same AFN, in some cases, there were as many as 7
> submitters listed, sometimes listed more than once in a submission
listing.
> No differentiation between who submitted what because all the records
though
> a tad different had the same submitters listed altogether.
>
> You'd have to write to each submitter and get a copy of the actual work
they
> submitted before knowing exactly who submited what, or omitted what.
>
> Cathy
>

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