Website: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/faq.htm List Admin: Hatcher email list Researching: Cook, Hall, Hatcher, Kuhns, Miller, Shepherd, Timberman HATCHER DNA Project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hatDNA.htm "Genealogy Without Documentation is Nothing" - Paul Drake I have to agree with Marie. Although one will find mistakes on records found online, one must always remember that all of these records have been transcribed by a human being who can either misinterpret the original writing or simply make a typo, either of which can be fatal to those attempting to use that online record. But this also holds true for the researcher who obtains a copy of the original from a library or research facility. This researcher can also misinterpret wording in that document and form an erroneous opinion regarding relationships. OR, if that researcher simply is not fully up to speed on the laws of that time, more erroneous conclusions can be drawn. In my humble opinion, it is not so much WHERE you find the record as it is your ability to interpret the meaning of that record. I know for fact that there are innumerable family trees online that all have the same bad connections (every one of them copying each other's geds), and many of these bad connections were made by pre-computer researchers and since then debunked by the finding of additional (sometimes online) records. Cheers, Nel To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html