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Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:12:32 EDT


In a message dated 6/2/02 11:54:36 AM Central Daylight Time,
writes:


> I only record sources that can be verified in
> public records,
> why, it does no good to quote a lot of "Aunt Martha's Bible" or Great
> Grandmothers
> diary because no one will ever be able to verify this information.
>
>

I have to disagree. My grandmother has only one record of her birth. Her
aunts Bible. I saw it only once in my lifetime and sourced it in TMG. If I
had not, and did not pass that information down, no one would have any proof
that she was born on that date. Just because a record isn't public knowledge
doesn't mean we shouldn't use it. What if you sourced a deed, and then the
courthouse burned down, would you remove that source?
Teresa Ghee Elliott
<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/">Rutherford County, TN Cemeteries</A>

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