[or-roots] Re:Lawsuit Against Morphcorp for Fake Family Hist...

[LinLouVan at aol.com]

Early on in my genealogy days, I bought two family books from Beatrice  
Bailey. When you buy one for each of your lines, you soon see that not a lot of  
thought was put into them.
 
However, all was not lost. On my own Umpleby family, I sent letters to the  
first 20 in North Dakota. I think I got two or three responses, but one was a  
real cousin. They subsequently came to Oregon to compare genealogy with mine. 
He  sent me a box of photos from his side of the family when I first got my 
scanner.  That one contact was worth the price of both the books.
 
I also ordered a couple of the FAKE Coat of Arms for my father-in-law for a  
Christmas gift one year. He didn't know the difference. He wasn't interested 
in  genealogy and didn't understand why I wanted to know all that stuff anyway. 
I  also don't regret that purchase. It is now hanging on my genealogy wall 
and is  well marked as a fake.
 
So, as long as one buys "with eyes wide open", they are not all bad. But,  
their claims are
truly exaggerated.
 
Linda VanOrden
Junction City, OR
LinLouVan at aol.com
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