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 Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 17:39
Robert



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 You do have to be careful, I have a cousin in America who is very keen but she seems to just add people to the family tree without checking names, dates, titles or other details and has made several factual errors. I have tried to correct her but she seems oblivious to sense and reason and caries blindly on perpetuating the erroneous data she has acquired.

Trouble is this stuff is relied upon by some and because it's 'On the internet' it has to be right... When it occasionally isn't. You need at least two or three independent and reliable sources to be sure of the facts. Preferably first hand.

I am fortunate in having fairly comprehensive family records going back as far as the 1200's for four branches of my family.



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