....Question to experienced researchers:  Is it foolish or ill-advised of me
to use information I find online as "tentatively my tree" until I can verify
it with original documents or whatever will suffice to verify it?  Is there
something wrong with this idea?
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It is in no way foolish, Cynthia, IF, IF, IF, you do as you say and follow
up with more reliable records.  

I surely would suggest that you not ever represent such findings as factual
until that follow-up is accomplished, and you should tell all with whom you
share these limited findings that you have used sources that are often
unreliable.

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