Thank you, Brent. Shirley Cox Schroeder On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Tarter, Brent (LVA) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I, too, have been following this discussion closely, and although it has > now run its useful course, I thought I would try to wrap it up with two > comments. > > > > One is to thank Elizabeth Shown Mills for her wise and thoughtful > commentary on sources and documentation. > > > > The other is to point out that the Internet is not the villain here. Old > books and genealogical articles as well as new Internet postings can all > contain errors or omissions. The authors of some of the older > publications (in whatever format) may not have had access to information > that we can readily get today, so they committed unknowing errors. Which > should remind us that none of us can ever have every fact that we need, > and that from time to time we make well-educated but imperfect > deductions from the evidence that we can find. > > > > I treat Internet sources precisely as I treat printed sources, as > starting places with leads to the original records, hoping that the > original documents survive and do not contain inconsistencies or errors, > themselves. > > > > Now, back to work. > > > > Brent Tarter > > The Library of Virginia > > [log in to unmask] > > > > Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at > http://www.lva.virginia.gov > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html