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Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 01:55:17 EDT


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

If you don't bother to note that Great Aunt Ida's bible was the source, then
who's to know that you didn't just pick a date and place out of the air? I
try to source everything. So what if another researcher can't find that old
family bible? At least they know (from my citation) that it once existed.
(For most of my sources, no matter what, I keep copies.) Sometimes the only
source I have is a notation on the back of a family picture. This is noted in
the citation, of course. And sometimes those old family records are more
accurate than the "official" court house records!

Fran Anderson
Olympia, Washington, USA

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