Oral history is problematic, but oft times is all there is. It should  
be checked and reported as "oral" history and not fact. On the other  
hand, documents can be forged or fabricated, the Edict of Constantine  
comes to mind...

On Oct 20, 2008, at 4:56 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Oral history ain't worth the paper it's written on.
>
> J south
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