wrote
I know that I can benefit from someone else's research as a starting
point for my own, so I don't want to reinvent the proverbial wheel.
If you are going to take your genealogy studies seriously you really
should do your own research and not just rely on someone else's say-so.
That's not to say you shouldn't download someone's tree (with their
permission, preferably!) and use it as a basis for your own research.
If the other person's tree has what look like well-founded and reliable
Sources, you might feel it less important to follow everything up, but
if there are no Sources or flimsy ones, you'd be well advised to do your
own research, but their data will give you a good idea where to start.
Doing your own research is much more fun than have someone else do it
all for you and the "professional" way is to start with yourself and
work back one generation at a time.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
