Yes Melinda I treat Wikipedia just as I treat family trees from Ancestry or any other source that come without documentation. They are clues to yet unproven facts. As we all know in doing our family history work you need or I feel obligated to drill down to the original records or as close as you can get. On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Melinda Skinner <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > While Wikipedia should never be considered a reliable source by itself, I > have found some information that pointed to to explorations that I might > not have known about and some valuable footnotes that have led me to good > sources when researching. I know its not academically pc to admit even > looking at Wikipedia, but I wouldn't toss it away. -- Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical Society(VGS), I support and adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics. ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html