tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post3465511647108859550..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: One Piece of Paper Isn't ProofMichael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-30087017697124270422011-08-21T09:30:21.527-05:002011-08-21T09:30:21.527-05:00Great tip, my next blog posts (to post Monday) wil...Great tip, my next blog posts (to post Monday) will demonstrate this!Tracing Ancestors, an a3Genealogy Partnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479631946579184004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-77520580024035089652011-08-20T14:17:23.452-05:002011-08-20T14:17:23.452-05:00The whole picture is key to the truth as even inte...The whole picture is key to the truth as even interviews with aging relatives can be in err too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-64918421930525746282011-08-20T12:00:31.657-05:002011-08-20T12:00:31.657-05:00Even if the piece of paper would seem to pass thos...Even if the piece of paper would seem to pass those tests, and matches other information, it could still be wrong. An odd example: a friend found out that his aunt was actually his mother, and his father was unknown. However, his "father" had the aunt admitted to the hospital under his "mother's" name, and the birth certificate was made out with "mother's" and "father's" name instead of the aunt and unknown (apparently the "father" had to pay someone to do that). So the birth certificate could have lead to bad genealogical information, had he not been told of this. Wonder how many bad official documents like this have skewed our research? Makes me wonder if we can trust anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-18277849769708065042011-08-20T09:52:39.885-05:002011-08-20T09:52:39.885-05:00Totally agree, even official documents sometimes g...Totally agree, even official documents sometimes get it wrong. Example: census records sometimes spell name wrong, person may have lied about their age or marital status. Use that "piece of paper " as a staring point to more research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com