Thanks to everyone who responded to my post of a couple of days ago raising questions about some of the complaints some recent posts have made about the ways in which Ancestry.com is being utilized by many of us.  I appreciate each and every one of the responses and have learned from them!

Forgive me also for (in a "senior moment"?) writing that I was nearing "four score and ten."  The phrase I intended is, of course, "three score and ten."  I have a good chance of reaching the latter number within a few weeks; but I'll need both good fortune and good health over the next couple of decades to achieve the former designation.

Good research; good authentication; and best wishes to all, Marvin Reed
PS:  I have no connection with Ancestry.com (other than my monthly "dues" and my excitement at all the revelations about my ancestry that I continue to find there).

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--- On Mon, 5/17/10, Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [VA-ROOTS] reliable sources
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 11:39 AM

 I'm sorry, no one...absolutely no one should be careless enough to post
data where there is a hundred or so years difference between the births of
the husband and wife.  Don't we have some responsibility to each other and
to history?
Enough said.
M. Preston

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