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Re: How accurate are Pedigree entries in FamilySearch
Susannah Brooks Oct 17, 2020 9:45 PM (in response to William Wadl)I recommend that you only use pedigree charts (lines), family trees, and any other user created information as clues for your research, unless they are thoroughly documented from original documents or sources (not other trees, etc). When you first look at someone's family tree do the common sense test. Examples of common sense test questions: Could a parent have actually have been born 5 years before their child? Could children in the family have been born 6 months apart to the same mother? Was the birth mother 65 when her last child was born? Did a person immigrate to the US 18 years after their death? I have found all of these "facts" in on-line trees on familysearch and ancestry.
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Re: How accurate are Pedigree entries in FamilySearch
William Wadl Oct 19, 2020 8:55 PM (in response to Susannah Brooks)Tthank you Susannah, I was curious about what was on the tree I started in FamilySearch. There were very numerous line entries showing on my tree that I had not placed that data. I find the entries quite informative if they are correct. Will do more research, so thank you again.
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