Re: I am willing to learn: please show me on this one.
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In reply to:
I am willing to learn: please show me on this one.
7/28/99
You stated in one of your posts that most of your research/documentation came from wills. If so, then I assume thatyour info is also filled with mistakes.A will alone doesn't always tell the whole tale. Many times it takes a birth, marriage , death, names and birthdates of all children and their spouses,etc.to document a line. The reason for this is because, more often than not, people in the same area, as well as surrounding, who are not related, shared the same given and last names, as well as birthdates. As a result,it is very difficult to identify the particular family that you are looking for. It is also VERY EXPENSIVE!! And, when you get as far back as some say they have, then you run into the language barrier. Ancient English looks nothing like the English of today, and experts in this area are few and far between and very expensive.
Gwendolyn Meade