I learned my lesson well before I ever had an internet connection.  While
volunteering at the Family History Center one evening, I checked out a
couple of my surnames when things were quiet.  Within minutes, using the
IGI, I was back into the 12th century. (!)  Looking at the actual data,
though, I discovered that I had female ancestors who had given birth in
their 70s and 80s (!!), and some even bore children even after death (!!!).
My, my.

Mary Beth Dalton
Williamsburg VA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Grogan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 10:04 AM
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Subject: Incorrect data

I have one ancestor who was born 1759. Numerous trees have her father as 
being born in 1746 and her mother as born in 1730. That would mean the
father 
was 13 years of age and his "wife" age 29 when their child was born. This 
should certainly raise red flags to those copying the data but it apparently

didn't as one hundred or more have copied that data and display it proudly 
all over Ancestry trees.

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