AMEN!!! When I see people talking about their 50,000 name file, I know that rarely are they not filled with lines downloaded from Ancestral File and other unproven *sources* (word used lightly). I made the same mistake when I was just starting in genealogy a decade ago and I am still cleaning up and verifying my data.
Gary Tepleman -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Cary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As a generality, GEDCOMs on the web are suspect. I try to keep my Legacy > file "pure", and find it is always worth the trouble to hand type from > things like One World Tree or strangers' GEDCOMs, sourcing each entry as > unproven and for further investigation. These sources can help you with > where to look, but if too much junk gets into your "real" Legacy file it > can make a mess. > > If only I'd been as careful when I started!!! > > > Cary > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
