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From: "Cliff Soderback" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:53:45 -0700
References: <166.e925880.2a2c2a90@cs.com>


>
> > 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


These same issues came up during the early days of Social Security, many
people
could not prove their age or place of birth.

I suspect that more than one courthouse fire wasn't accidental because all
the
mortgage recordings were lost and some could claim they didn't need to repay
them.

To me, it is a waste of time to source something that no one can verify, in
legal
terms it is hearsay.

Cliff Soderback


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