As exciting as it is to have the wonderful tools available on the internet,
I often wonder if
the many untrained wannabe genealogists playing
copy-copy-paste-publish-and-share
haven't taken more from our passion for genealogy than has been gained.
Seems  fewer new
 researchers are even aware of the simplest standards of research, not
knowing that
be it genealogy,  history or biology, there are some common "rules."  I'd
almost --well, almost--
be willing to give up my online connection  for good, old snail-mail.
Actually, many of us had
a
well developed circle of researchers who worked together.   It just took
longer.

This is in no way a complaint about the newcomer who is interested in
researching family
ancestors and is willing, even eager, to learn how to go about it.  I was
there once.

--Tom




On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:24 PM, J Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
>
> The days when a person was on their own digging records out of the
> courthouse probably produced most of those mistakes you're talking  about.
> No internet
> to learn from - you would have had to work at finding  out if what you were
> doing was correct. And as soon as most people found that  the f was an
> old-style
> s, they would have changed their ways.
>
> But there are a few people out there whose minds are unable to transform
> from one identification set to another.  A square doesn't always pop out
>  into a
> cube for them, unfortunately.  They must have very frustrating  lives.
>
>
>
> Janice
>
>
>
> And if any transcriber was caught transcribing Mississippi as  "Mipipippi",
> they should be immediately terminated for being afflicted with an  acute
> lack
> of common sense  :-)
>
> Nel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> **************Stay up to date on the latest news - from sports scores to
> stocks and so much more. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000022)
>
> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
> at
> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html
>

To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at
http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html