Well said Paul.
Now if everyone can calm thier emotions, hopefully this thread can come to
rest and on with research. (or are we afraid to share anymore)
Dave Goodman
The GOODMAN Clearinghouse
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Baltimore PC Users Group
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Baltimore County Genealogical Society
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Drake" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Ancestry.com
> Brand me as a heretic if you so wish. While I believe that one day
> MUCH research will be accomplished via the Internet, at this time
> there is far more junk there than there is reliable material, and a
> vast quantity - surely a large majority - of records have not yet been
> made available through this medium. Note that this VA site is surely
> an exception to that rule, and MUCH can be gained by following the
> advice of the known researchers and library folks who have provided
> guides for tens of thousands at this website. Similarly, the raw and
> early records available at LDS are also a very valuable resource.
>
> The shortcomings of the Internet are not a condition for which we
> should place blame, since every "new" technology that has ever come
> upon the scene - weapons, cars, trains, record players, planes, on and
> on - has required a long time for the culling out of errors, for
> correcting failures of design, and for the removal of the charlatans,
> opportunists, and money grubbers. So, use what is there that carries
> with it explicit, demonstrable and understandable documentation, and
> view all other info, including what I and every other pretended
> "expert" says, with a VERY, VERY skeptical eye.
>
> Personally, I have almost NO trust in the accuracy of any of the
> "genealogy for money sites" that also suggest that they have "free"
> materials. Someone said long ago, "There ain't no such thing as a
> free lunch." Paul
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