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From: Linda Lawhon <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:46:17 -0500
In-Reply-To: <a.1fcaadc6.2a2c5ec5@aol.com>


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

I think my question is -- if you consider something hearsay, do you enter
the date/place at all?

I know I oft times encounter some entry in my TMG where I have given no
source. Funny -- I was sure I would remember the source. <g> The way I
try to approach this is -- if I am going to enter some date or place, then
I need to record where I got the info -- even if it were on the bathroom
wall. Sometimes I have put a questionable source in the memo, in
{ }. At least it tells me where I came up with the data. For example,
just last week my husband told me his aunt was from Oklahoma. I told him I
didn't know that and didn't think I had that. Went to TMG and, sure nuff,
I had she was born in Iowa. My source? A family group sheet filled out by
said aunt. But -- if I did not have that FGS, her birth place would have
been Oklahoma -- and the source would have been my husband. Least I would
know who to blame. <g>

Linda

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