Re: Daniel T. and Margaret Eleanore(Ellie)Sinclair

["laurel" <laurel@spiritone.com>]

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Yes, so true.  In Morrisons Sinclair History on page 294, I know of 6 errors
and I'm sure there must be more that I don't know about.
Laurel

-----Original Message-----
From: Amber Dalakas <am1@stratos.net>
To: sinclair@zilker.net <sinclair@zilker.net>
Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Daniel T. and Margaret Eleanore(Ellie)Sinclair


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>Della,
>
>In response to your note and Jean's, I can personally attest to wrong
>information repeating over and over and over especially now with the advent
>of the internet it's even worse.  A History of a county in WV book was done
>in 1916 and was wrong on one of my particular families.  I have seen this
>information on several sites on the internet and it's wrong, for sure, and
>it can waste a lot of time for a researcher.
>
>A pay research service that I've used now and then is Kindred Konnections
>http://www.kindredkonnections.com/
>
>But if you want to use it free, they give you an LDS document (one of those
>sealed family sheets) to type in for them and you get an hour of research
>without paying.  You can do it as many times as you want.  I know there may
>be mistakes in this but it might give you something useful to put you in
the
>right direction.  They also have those family gedcom files that can be
>misleading, but you have to learn to use those as a guide rather than fact.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Amber
>am1@stratos.net
>
>
>>If you will take the advice of an "old genealogist", please do your own
>>research for two reasons:   (1)  You will get the personal satisfaction of
>>"finding clues" and really learning the family history    (2)  You will
>>know that the information you receive is truly documented.
>>
>>I am, to be quite frank, horrified by some of the stuff coming over the
>>internet.  Much of it is plaguerized works of others and because the
person
>>did not do the research himself, many errors result.  Even in my own
>>published works are errors which are later corrected.  However, if a
person
>>did not get the later correction, those errors will float around for years
>>and years.  I always advise a researcher to use every tool available but
>>then to send for the actual documents.
>>
>>I have put your name in my "computer brain" and will certainly let you
know
>>if I come up with something.
>>Jean
>>
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>>> From: Dizzydell@aol.com
>>> To: sinclair@zilker.net
>>> Subject: Re: Daniel T. and Margaret Eleanore(Ellie)Sinclair
>>> Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 8:14 AM
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>>> Jean, I appreciate your advice. Ido have a lot of records to send for. I
>>found
>>> all of the Funeral Home addresses in Covington on the net and will be
>>writing
>>> to them. My Moms recent death was very difiicult for me. It happened so
>>fast
>>> but I was able to be with her. She was a beautiful woman. It will be
>>> interesting to find if she looked like a Sinclair. I will now get
>>everything
>>> together and start using the U.S.postal service. I am aware this will
>>require
>>> $, but for what better cause.I have been told by others it can take
>>years.
>>> Guess I thought with the new info, someone might knowsomething more.
>>> Should I join the GEBWEB or GedForum?,I will join if it would be of
help.
>>One
>>> of them has a charge to get into certain files. Some of the papers I had
>>seen
>>> before in my Moms trunk were not available to me. My brother, being
>>younger
>>> and not at all interested, grudgingly brought out boxes from his garage
>>but I
>>> don't think he brought out all of them, as a few guardienship papers and
>>a
>>> letter on guardienship was not amongst them. Strangely the antique trunk
>>was
>>> not there. Interesting huh? Just boxes. A member of his family is
>>interested
>>> in the value of antiques, I am only interested in knowing of my mothers
>>> family. Again, Jean, thank you very much
>>> Della
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