<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText">I can sympathize, Glen. What can be done about it? That is a dilemma I would like to know more about how to handle.<br><br>I sympathize with Stephanie as well, but really admire her determination to be a lady about it all. It seems that the site that accepted the work under someone else's name is at fault in not correcting its records once the error was brought to their attention. I find that peculiar, but as Glen has mentioned in his story, there always seem to be a few rotten apples in the genealogical barrel. <br><br>I too had a run-in with someone who would not make corrections to her research when it was brought to her attention that she or her sources were in error. It was weird that a so-called professional genealogist would insist to me on data that was incorrect without showing me proof. It was posted and used by others who would not change it either. If the errors were actually true it would be fine, and I'd like to see the errors proved myself; it would be a good story - it was about my own grandmother and who her parents were. I can prove who her parents were.<br><br>I asked other genealogy "pals" to help me figure out what to do - they said I needed to show proofs, make sure I had good data, then approach with that; they helped me find the proofs, too! I could not locate the person who was the original genealogist with the erros, but I did ask another person online to make corrections, and offered my proof. I was surprised that person was not willingot fix the error! It seems that some of these errors went back to the 1970s to another researcher. I even corresponded with the descendants of the 1970s person, who are my long-lost relatives, and they were willing to make corrections at least! So it seemed that the genealogist I paid found the initial incorrect information posted somewhere from the 1970s. <br><br>I did talk to ancestry.com and familysearch.com about how to get the correct information to replace the errors, but what a struggle that was. It's like people have the right to post their family trees as they see fit, whether or not there might be updates and/or corrections. Finally after a lot of emailing, someone did make the corrections but in a rather begrudging fashion. It's strange and disheartening when the negative happens, because most genealogical people are so totally nice.<br><br>Paulette<br><br><br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: glenkc7mbm@comcast.net
<br>Sent: Apr 9, 2009 6:44 AM
<br>To: or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
<br>Subject: Re: [or-roots] (no subject)
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead><style type="text/css">p { margin: 0; }</style></zzzhead><zzzbody><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>I have the same problem with a person who is a professional genealogist, she has my Great Great Grandfather and an other family with the same name mixed up and even through I have sent her the correct info with documentation refuses to correct her info.</p>
<p>Glen Jones Portland<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "ViolaRae Kassing" <vkassing@minn.net><br>To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br>Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 6:44:01 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<br>Subject: Re: [or-roots] (no subject)<br><br>My thoughts on this whole problem is "the not recognizing Stephanie's work" ! If Stephanie had been consulted, she would have most likely given permission. Without Stephanie Flora's name the validity comes into question. This is why it is so important to validate your work! We need to know where you got your info, SS, newspaper, (They are only half correct) birth records, death records, oral info and from whom, Web site, who submitted it where did they get it. . . I could go on and on for the people just getting into genealogy because I am only repeating what's been said at virtually every seminar , every getting started pamphlet/book and lecture My problem was someone uploaded a bunch of Malheur County's Marriage records and they are all wrong. Brothers are married to sisters Father's to daughters and the names on the death records are misspelled. I wrote to the person that submitted everything and couldn't get him to even respond. There is humor in this mess. Vale has erected a big granite listing of everyone in the Pioneer Cemetery. My Uncle's name is wrong! His marker is one of about a dozen that are still standing so there isn't any excuse for his name being wrong! Isn't genealogy fun? In 1998 I was leaving for the West Coast and so I singed off of "NorCal". Just about 15 minutes before Stephanie sent an email suggesting I stop and look through Vale, Oregon's cemetery. Because of her suggestion, I was able to connect one of my lines. I had thought there was an extra generation. I will support her. Viola Rae (Stacey) Kassing Goodrich, Markham and all the lines the women bring into the families! <br>_______________________________________________ or-roots mailing list or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </p></div></zzzbody></zzzhtml></or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us></blockquote></body><pre>
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