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From: "Jeff Piper" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 19:45:14 +0100
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If someone registers a birth and then goes home and writes the details of
that birth in a family bible then which is the most reliable source?
I would say that both are equally valid and hence both can be used.

Jeff
Co. Durham
Land of the Prince Bishops

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Soderback" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death


>
> >
> > > 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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