Greetings:
If I may, I would caution against a too-heavy reliance upon digitized
sources found on the Internet. They are ubiquitous, true, but IMHO, best
used as a reference to find the originals. I have found this particularly
true when working with older documents such as some types of 19th century
mortgages and leases; for example, clerks often indicated a satisfaction of
mortgage on the reverse side of the document, a leaf which is sometimes
missed by digitizers and even sometimes by microfilmers. Also, much was
expressed in marginalia, which is sometimes omitted in digitized
renditions. I can think of half a dozen "professional" genealogy databases
who routinely cut off document margins where relevant data is sometimes
found.
Kindly,
A. Colvin
The Colvin Study,
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Rondina Muncy <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Eric,
>
> My point was that you do not need a database if you can look at digital or
> microfilmed images of the original documents. Derivative sources are
> helpful, but reliance on them often leads researchers to overlook documents
> that will answer their questions.
>
> While everyone's tree being online is an ideal, it is only so if the
> information includes the sources it is based on. Looking at online trees is
> a low priority for myself and the use of information posted should be
> followed with research to document the discoveries. The opportunity is
> there to achieve what you want, but with millions of hobbyists re-posting
> someone else's inaccurate and undocumented conclusions with no analysis,
> I will not see this in my lifetime.
>
> I do not post to the Muncy tree. My husband was a descendant of Francis
> Muncy of Virginia.
>
> Rondina
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> Rondina P. Muncy
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>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > True to a certain point because not all databases are available for
> > Internet use. Not everyone's tree is online. To that we still need
> > volunteers for lookups and people to post lineage someplace where others
> > can share and connect to or someone like me, who figure by now certain
> > branches would have been filled via scan documents, have no way of
> > knowing if people don't post their finds somewhere. By not sharing
> > only creates new brick walls for others.
> >
> > Now, I see you are a Muncy. Have we corresponded before on a Muncy tree
> > here in Virginia?
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rondina Muncy
> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 11:26 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Genealgy Future
> >
> > Eric,
> >
> > I believe you are correct in your observation that some genealogical
> > websites that five to ten years ago were very active don't seem to be
> > updated. From this we cannot tell whether it is from lack of interest in
> > the sites by visitors or from lack of interest by persons or groups in
> > keeping up the sites.
> >
> > My theory is that the abstracts and databases that used to be uploaded
> > and added to on a regular basis have been replaced by digital images of
> > the original records by repositories of all sorts. It used to be written
> > in stone that a trip to the library for derivative sources was the first
> > item in a genealogical research plan. My first step is to now search the
> > Internet for both derivative and original sources.
> >
> > Rondina
> > _______________________
> > Rondina P. Muncy
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