Oral history is problematic, but oft times is all there is. It should
be checked and reported as "oral" history and not fact. On the other
hand, documents can be forged or fabricated, the Edict of Constantine
comes to mind...
On Oct 20, 2008, at 4:56 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Oral history ain't worth the paper it's written on.
>
> J south
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